Washington, June 3 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that reconstruction of Gaza cannot move forward unless Hamas is demilitarised, arguing that governments and investors will not commit billions of dollars to rebuilding the territory while the militant group retains military capabilities.At a Congressional hearing Rubio defended the Trump administration’s Gaza strategy amid criticism from Democratic lawmakers who questioned progress on a broader peace and reconstruction plan.”The go…
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Jerusalem, May 27 (IANS) Israel has announced that Hamas military commander Mohammed Odeh was killed in a targeted overnight strike in Gaza City. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz described the operation as a major blow to the militant group’s military structure. According to Israeli authorities, Odeh was killed during an operation conducted jointly by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet after months of intelligence monitoring and surveillance of his movements.In a post on X, Kat…
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, May 24 (IANS) Gujarat CID Crime’s Cyber Centre of Excellence has arrested another accused in an alleged international cryptocurrency syndicate involving more than Rs 226 crore in transactions linked to terror financing, dark web narcotics trade, money laundering and cyber fraud, officials said on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Ghulamali Qureshi (25), a resident of Mirzapur in Ahmedabad, who allegedly operated illegal cryptocurrency transactions and converted …
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Admiral Brad Cooper on defended the Trump administration’s military campaign against Iran, telling lawmakers that Tehran’s military capabilities had been “significantly degraded” following weeks of US-led operations across the Middle East.Appearing before the House Armed Services Committee, the commander of US Central Command repeatedly argued that Operations “Epic Fury” and “Midnight Hammer” had dismantled much of Iran’s ability to project power acros…
Gandhinagar, May 19 (IANS) The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) of Gujarat CID Crime has arrested nine individuals and uncovered an international cryptocurrency syndicate allegedly involved in terror financing, dark web narcotics trafficking, cyber fraud, hawala transactions, and money laundering, with financial transactions worth more than Rs 226 crore traced during the investigation. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, SP Rajdeepsinh Zala said the investigation exposed a network handlin…
Jerusalem, May 18 (IANS) The Israel Defence Force (IDF) on Monday claimed that it has eliminated the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Commander of the Bekaa region in Lebanon.The IDF posted on X saying that “The IDF struck overnight in the Baalbek area and eliminated the terrorist Wael Mahmoud Abdel Halim, who served as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander of the Bekaa region in Lebanon.”According to IDF, Abdel Halim led the joining of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists in the fighting a…
Jerusalem, May 17 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday claimed that it has eliminated the Hamas operations headquarters Commander who advanced terror plots against Israeli forces.”IDF forces in the Southern Command eliminated Bahaa Baroud yesterday, a commander in the operations headquarters of the Hamas terror organisation,” the IDF said on social media platform X.It detailed that Baroud operated throughout the war and particularly in recent times to plan and advance numerous terror…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The busting of the Faridabad module was a major success for Indian security agencies. The Faridabad module, which had procured thousands of kilograms of ammonium nitrate to carry out blasts in Delhi and neighbouring areas, failed to execute its plans as agencies managed to bust the network in the nick of time.However, the module managed to execute one suicide attack near the Red Fort.Agencies later learnt that the bomber, Umar Un Nabi, had carried out the blast …
Tel Aviv, May 12 (IANS) Israel’s parliament has approved a law to establish a special military tribunal for Palestinians suspected of involvement in the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023. The tribunal is authorised to impose the death penalty, a sentence that has not been carried out in Israel since 1962.The law has drawn widespread criticism from rights groups. “The bill denies suspects the basic procedural protections essential to a fair trial,” Adalah, a legal group for Arab minority rights…
Jerusalem, May 9 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday claimed that it had destroyed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad weapons production site and weapons storage facility in northern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces stated that “the site had been used by the organisation’s production array, as well as by Hamas for the production of explosive devices and the storage of additional weapons intended to harm Israeli civilians and Israel Defence Forces troops.”The Israel Defense Forces un…