Oh God, deal with the Jews who have seized and occupied, for they cannot escape your power,” Sheikh Saleh bin Humaid, an imam at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, said in a recent sermon. Saudi Arabia’s state-aligned media outlets have been adopting an increasingly anti-Israel tone in recent months,

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It marks the last hostage-detainee exchange between Israel and Hamas carried out as part of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire reached in October.

The U.S. has approved a massive $15.67 billion arms sales to Israel and Saudi Arabia amid ongoing Gaza ceasefire talks and rising Iran tensions in the region.

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South Africa has declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours.

Israel released 15 bodies of Palestinians killed during its war in Gaza, three days after the remains of the last Israeli hostage was returned.

The return of all remaining hostages, living or dead, had been a key part of the first phase in the ceasefire that paused the war in October.

Omar Shakir, who has worked for the rights group for more than 10 years, says he has lost faith in the organisation.