Mid East – Page 48 – Prologue Journal

Hamas Releases Video of Teenage Israeli Soldier Held Hostage in Gaza

New York Times Liri Albag, 19, is one of about 100 hostages believed to remain held in the enclave nearly 15 months after the Hamas-led attacks on Israel. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-gaza-hostage.html

Resistance axis and people of West Asia shatter Western hegemony’s unholy plots

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Western hegemonic front and its Zionist proxy want to control the resources of West Asia. And, like the rest of the world, people in this region are waking up to these plots. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740301/resistance-axis-people-west-asia-shatter-western-hegemony-unholy-plots

UNRWA warns of Israel’s ‘unprecedented’ aid ban to millions of Palestinians

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The UNRWA issues an urgent warning about an impending Israeli ban on delivery of essential services to millions of Palestinian refugees. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740302/Palestine-Gaza-Israel-UNRWA-aid-ban-spokesperson-Juliette-Touma-Ireland-RTE-unprecedented-Knesset

Iraqi territory won’t be launch pad for aggression on neighbors: President

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Iraqi president says the Baghdad government won’t allow the Arab country’s territory to be used a launch pad for acts of aggression against neighboring countries. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740297/Iraqi-territory-won%E2%80%99t-be-launch-pad-for-aggression-on-neighbors,-says-President-Rashid-

UN experts ‘horrified’ by Israel’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Two independent United Nations human rights experts have denounced the deadly Israeli attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740295/Palestine-Israeli-airstrikes-Kamal-Adwan-Hospital-Gaza-UN-experts-denounce-attack-

Israel kills nearly 60 Palestinians across Gaza, many still uncounted for

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Rescue workers say many people are still trapped under the rubble, with no way to recover them. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740294/Israel-massacre-Palestinians-children-Gaza-City-Khan-Yunis-

Syrian gov’t proposes ‘Islamic path’ changes to education system

Jerusalem Post “There have been amendments that interfere with the Islamic ideology of society and education,” Mar Boutros Qassis, the archbishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Aleppo, said. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-836049

Syria’s International Airport to Reopen as Government Presses for Stability

New York Times Tensions are high on Syria’s border with Lebanon. The ouster of President Bashar al-Assad led to worry that violence could spill over into neighboring countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/middleeast/syria-lebanon-israel-gaza.html

Israel paying with blood for every single day of stay in Gaza: Report

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Israeli media have acknowledged the regime’s failure to achieve its declared goals in the 15-month-old war on the Gaza Strip, stressing that the occupying entity is paying with blood the cost of…

Israeli MPs demand army destroy Gaza food, water and power sources

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. Eight members of the Israeli Knesset (parliament) have called on the minister of military affairs to order the destruction of all sources of water, food and energy in northern Gaza to ensure Hamas’…