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Israel identifies latest returned body as Israeli-Argentine hostage

08-11-2025 08:39 Lior Rudaeff was killed in the Nir Yitzhak kibbutz while trying to protect his community with four other residents on October 7, 2023,

GUEST COLUMN

Peace in the Middle East: Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is not enough

17-10-2025 08:36 The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is not the last step, but the first step on a long road.

by Marwan Gill

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Joy as last remaining Israel-Argentine hostages released by Hamas

16-10-2025 16:06 Twenty living hostages, including three Argentine-Israelis, were released by Hamas on Monday after more than two years in captivity in Gaza, but some victims and family members are still voicing their anger.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel observes October 7 anniversary amid Gaza peace talks

07-10-2025 13:47 Indirect talks continue in Egypt as Israel marks two years since the deadly October 7 attack.

POLITICS

Scandal in Congress: Kirchnerite, libertarian deputies row ends session

03-07-2025 19:02 Chamber of Deputies session ends early with pushing and shoving between La Libertad Avanza and Kirchnerite legislators.

CONFLICT IN MIDDLE EAST

Hamas hands over bodies of Israel's Bibas family, elderly hostage

20-02-2025 10:36 Hamas militants hand the bodies of four hostages taken into Gaza during their October 7, 2023 attack, reportedly including members of the Bibas family – symbols of Israel's ordeal since the Gaza war began.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Trump and Gaza: No laughing matter

07-02-2025 10:01 What Trump wants to happen in Gaza is downright dangerous and could have dire consequences for a region that has triggered one war after another for decades.

by David Smith

As I see it

Mar-a-Lago on the Med

07-02-2025 09:58 Why is Trump’s suggestion being derided as hopelessly far-fetched and reactionary?

by James Neilson

MIDDLE EAST

'We live or die here': Gazans reject Trump proposal

06-02-2025 13:35 War-displaced Palestinians say they would never agree to give up the territory.

Crisis in Middle East

US appears to backtrack as Trump’s Gaza plan sparks global outcry

06-02-2025 13:28 Palestinians, Arab governments and world leaders respond with criticism to Donald Trump’s shock suggestion that the United States should take over Gaza.

CRISIS IN MIDDLE EAST

Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza as he welcomes Netanyahu

04-02-2025 22:07 Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for crucial talks on the truce with Hamas, as the US president suggested permanently resettling Palestinians from war-battered Gaza.

HAMAS HOSTAGE RELEASE

After Gaza hostage release, Israeli family demand 'answers' on wife, sons

04-02-2025 07:41 Bibas family demands "answers" from Israel and Hamas over fate of child hostages, Argentine mother following kidnapping in Gaza.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Milei 'eagerly' awaiting release of Israeli-Argentine hostages

17-01-2025 09:28 President Milei says he hopes US president-elect Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are "successful" in securing the release of hostages.

Israel Palestinian Conflict

Air strikes in Gaza crush joy of ceasefire deal

16-01-2025 12:16 Israeli air strikes have killed 73 people and injured 200 since Wednesday’s ceasefire announcement, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.

CATHOLIC LEADER

Pope slams 'invader arrogance' in 'Palestine' and Ukraine

25-11-2024 14:11 Marking 40 years of a peace deal between Chile and Argentina, Francis recalls ongoing conflicts where the "arrogance of the invader prevails over dialogue."

MIDDLE EAST

World marks first anniversary of October 7 attack on Israel

07-10-2024 07:37 Global commemorations mark first anniversary of Hamas's deadly October 7 attack, with memorials held to honour the victims and the hostages still in captivity in Gaza.

Bombing in Beirut

Israel hits Beirut as world awaits its response against Iran

03-10-2024 15:54 Nine people died and dozens injured in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after an Israeli strike on a medical site. Amidst waiting for Israel’s response against Iran, Beirut was bombed and the European Union increased humanitarian aid by 30 million euros.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina rejects UN vote on 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

18-09-2024 14:43 Prior to President Javier Milei's speech to the UN General Assembly this weekend, Argentina votes against non-binding resolution

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

06-06-2024 12:20 President Javier Milei’s government co-signs US-led statement urging Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal and Israel to accept compromises in a bid to stop the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

‘Wrong’: Argentina slams ICC decision to request Netanyahu’s arrest

23-05-2024 15:37 “Argentina considers the comparison made by the prosecutor of lawful authorities of a democratic State with leaders of a terrorist organisation responsible for brutal crimes wrong and rejects it,” the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Argentina shifts historic position on Palestine as UN member state

10-05-2024 17:12 President Javier Milei's government votes against recognition of Palestinian state at United Nations, breaking with its normal diplomatic position.

GEOPOLITICS

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions.

by Sam Forster

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

UN Security Council demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

25-03-2024 11:54 UN Security Council demands 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire for first time; Only United States abstains, 14 other members vote in favour.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Israel's Shiri Bibas: unwitting face of hostages

06-03-2024 14:31 Poignant images of an anguished Shiri Bibas clutching her two red-headed boys as she was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 have turned her into the face of the Israeli hostages seized that day.

War in Middle East

Mediators seek Gaza truce as United States calls for 'immediate ceasefire'

04-03-2024 13:04 Mediators in Cairo push towards a Gaza truce after the US, Israel's top ally, stepped up pressure for a halt in fighting and more aid to enter the besieged Palestinian territory.

Blinken in Brazil

Blinken heads to Brazil after Lula's Israel denunciation

20-02-2024 13:33 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken goes to Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro for the Group of 20 summit; trip seen as an opportunity to build ties with two key leaders

War in Gaza

Pressure mounts on Israel for Gaza ceasefire

13-02-2024 11:33 Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah.

WAR IN MIDDLE EAST

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

12-02-2024 10:06 Israeli special forces in a dramatic overnight raid freed two Argentine-Israeli captives held by Hamas militants since the October 7 attack, in Gaza's densely crowded southern city of Rafah near Egypt.

Milei in Israel

President Milei likens Hamas attack on Israel to the Holocaust

08-02-2024 12:20 Argentina's President Javier Milei on Thursday likened Hamas' attacks on southern Israel to the Holocaust after touring a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 raids.

World news

US lawmakers to vote on US$17.6 billion Israel aid bill

06-02-2024 14:33 Congress is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill that would provide $17.6 billion in military aid for Israel, which is strongly supported by the vast majority of lawmakers in both parties