Efforts to reach a security pact between Syria and Israel have hit a last-minute snag over Israel's demand that it be allowed to open a "humanitarian corridor" to Syria's southern province of Sweida, four sources familiar with the talks said.

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

In the last few weeks, Israel has demolished extensive areas of Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah.

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