FOR years, soldiers from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria roamed freely through coastal cities. War planes flew from the complex to bombard Islamist rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's repressive regime.

HAMILTON, Canada: More than 100,000 students have enrolled in schools across the Gaza Strip since the new academic year began on Feb 23, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported, citing the United Nations (UN) on Thursday.

RAMALLAH: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation condemned the storming of Tulkarm camp by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defence Minister Yisrael Katz, Palestine News and Info Agency (Wafa) reported.

JERUSALEM/WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after US President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

JERUSALEM: Top US diplomat Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a united front on Sunday against their common enemies, threatening to “open the gates of hell” on Hamas and “finish the job” against Iran.

JERUSALEM: Israel's defence ministry said Sunday that a shipment of "heavy" US-made bombs arrived overnight in Israel, as Marco Rubio began his first visit to the country as Washington's top diplomat.

KHAN YUNIS: Gaza fighters are due to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 369 Palestinians in Israeli custody, the sixth swap of a truce that came close to collapse this week.

JERUSALEM: Israel said Friday it had received the names of three hostages to be freed by Hamas in exchange for Palestinian prisoners this weekend, after a crisis in the ceasefire threatened to plunge Gaza back into war.

WHEN two imperialists meet, they have territorial expansion in their mind. So it was when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump met in the White House on Feb 4.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Gaza ceasefire appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after Hamas said US President Donald Trump’s latest warning “further complicates” the agreement with Israel, which has so far led to five hostage-prisoner swaps.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Israel would hand over Gaza to the United States after fighting was over and the enclave's population was already resettled elsewhere, which he said meant no US troops would be needed on the ground.

JERUSALEM: Israel's defence minister ordered the army to prepare for "voluntary" departures from Gaza, after US President Donald Trump proposed moving Palestinians out of the territory.

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically touches on one the most sensitive issues in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Hague Group’s formation is a significant diplomatic move and must expand its support base to achieve its stated goals.

GAZA CITY: “If I die, forgive me, Mom, Dad,” wrote 10-year-old Palestinian Azmi Abu Al-Shaar on his phone before being killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted his family’s home during the 15-month-long genocide on Gaza.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Defence Ministry is in the process of finalising plans to repatriate a group of injured Palestinians, who were brought to Malaysia for medical treatment, back to their homeland.

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Three Israeli hostages released Sunday from Gaza were reunited with their families on the first day of a long-awaited truce aimed at ending more than 15 months of war that has ravaged the Palestinian territory.

JERUSALEM: Israel’s cabinet voted to approve a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal today (Jan 18), the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, ending days of uncertainty about whether the truce would go into effect this weekend.

ONCE a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas takes effect, part of the focus will shift to the monumental task of rebuilding and governing the war-battered Gaza Strip.

JERUSALEM: Israel carried out fresh air strikes on Gaza on Thursday and accused Hamas of backtracking on parts of a fragile ceasefire and hostage release deal ahead of an expected vote by its cabinet.