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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said America will reopen its consulate in Jerusalem – as he also pledged to rally international support to rebuild Gaza. The consulate’s reopening will restore ties with Palestinians, which were downgraded under President Trump’s administration. Mr Blinken said it would be “an important way for our country to

Israel’s response will be “very powerful” if Hamas breaks the ceasefire, the country’s prime minister has warned. Benjamin Netanyahu was speaking as he and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave short statements after meeting during a visit to the region by Joe Biden’s foreign minister. The Israeli prime minister said: “If Hamas breaks the

A Belarusian opposition activist who was arrested after the Ryanair plane he was on was diverted to Minsk in a “state-sponsored hijacking” has appeared in a new video. Journalist Roman Protasevich‘s flight from Athens in Greece was rerouted from its scheduled destination of Vilnius, Lithuania, to the Belarusian capital on the orders of President Alexander

There are fears for the life of a journalist who was arrested when his Ryanair flight was diverted to Belarus. Roman Protasevich has been detained after his flight from Athens, Greece, was rerouted from its scheduled destination of Vilnius, in Lithuania, to Belarus capital Minsk on Sunday. The 26-year-old has been described as a “private

A senior Hamas leader has told Sky News the group’s current ceasefire should hold but warned there was no chance of making peace with Israel for the moment. In a wide ranging interview – the first he’s given to any broadcaster since the ceasefire was announced – Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas co-founder, denied the group

DR Congo’s Mount Nyiragongo has erupted for the first time in nearly two decades. Many thousands of people have fled the city of Goma, some heading for its highest point Mount Goma. Others headed for the nearby Rwandan border, with authorities there saying that around 3,000 people had already crossed over on Saturday night. Goma

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is continuing to hold, allowing the first aid convoys to reach Gaza. The truce, which began before dawn on Friday, is allowing both sides to assess the damage following 11 days of conflict in which Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes and militants fired thousands of rockets at Israel. Gaza

US President Joe Biden has said a two-state solution is the only answer to resolving the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people. Speaking at a White House news conference, Mr Biden said that he was praying that the current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas would hold. The US administration worked in the background, along

Fundamental facts on the ground will have to change for the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza to hold. The past 11 days of bombardments did not just spark overnight. They were the product of decades of failed diplomacy and the inability to turn previous ceasefires into a lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

Israeli and Hamas have agreed a ceasefire to end their conflict after 11 days of fighting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the ceasefire and a statement from the security cabinet called the truce “mutual and unconditional”. Hamas said the truce would begin at 2am local time on Friday (midnight UK time), but Israel said

The ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas overnight appeared to have been upheld by both sides in the first 12 hours. Eleven days of violence officially came to an end at 2am on Friday (12am UK time) after Egypt and the US helped broker a peace deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced it had

Closed off to the world, Gaza is being bombed into submission. Inside the coastal enclave is a scene of daily terror and horror. People living here describe it as a prison. The fear of being caught in the bombardment is all too real. Image: Smoke rises during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City This is

Ultranationalist Israelis are are trying to hide their activities by creating private online groups where members must prove who they are in order to gain access. One such group told its prospective members they were trying to block “police, Arabs and journalists” from tracking them. Sky News has been examining active Israeli ultranationalist social media

There remains little sign of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza after more than a week of cross-border attacks. While France has called for a UN Security Council resolution on the violence, the United States has said it prefers “intensive behind-the-scenes discussions”. After Israeli’s N12 TV news channel said fighting could end on Thursday morning,

Eleven children having treatment to help them deal with trauma were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in recent days, according to an independent humanitarian organisation. They were among more than 60 youngsters who have died in the territory since the latest wave of attacks between Palestinian militants and Israel erupted on Monday last week.

The fighting between Israel and Hamas is showing few signs of slowing down following another night of bombardments.  More strikes on Gaza have been reported this morning following with plumes of smoke rising from suspected Israeli missile strikes. And after more than a week of violence, the Israeli military said Hamas and other Palestinian groups