BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: After what had initially appeared to be a promising week of negotiations, talks between Israel and Hamas have now stalled. * While Israel is understood to have agreed in principle
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. 1. Several incidents yesterday signalled a ratcheting up of tensions between Israel and Hezbollah on the northern border and an escalation of military actions on both sides. First, Hezbollah shot down an
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: Following the success of initial talks with US, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators in Paris, an Israeli team has been dispatched to Qatar to continue negotiations which could lead to
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: On Thursday night, Prime Minister Netanyahu presented the security cabinet with his proposal for ‘the day after Hamas’. * The plan was presented as a draft platform for further discussion,
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Gaza Strip: The IDF continues to operate in the northern, central, and southern Gaza Strip against Hamas combatants and its terror infrastructure. * In Khan Yunis the IDF announced Tuesday, “troops are continuing
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague yesterday began hearing the case on the “legal consequences” of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What happened: 18 of Hamas’s 24 battalions have been defeated and the Khan Yunis Brigade is now no longer effectively operating. * 200 terrorists have surrendered at the city’s Nasser Hospital,
Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister Thank you for coming to my first State of the Nation as Prime Minister. Thank you for coming to a speech where I don’t just get to talk about what we want to do. But a speech about what we will do, and what
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. The north: One Israeli was killed and at least seven wounded in the northern city of Safed following a rocket barrage fired from Lebanon this morning. * Reports claim at least eight rockets
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. 1. Two people were injured by rocket fire from Lebanon this morning. Several rockets were fired into the Upper Galilee, including at Kiryat Shmona, where a 15-year-old boy was seriously wounded. His
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What happened: Overnight, Israeli security forces carried out a successful rescue of the 61-year-old Fernando Simon Marman and 70-year-old Louis Har, both taken from their homes on Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October
Hon Simeon Brown Minister of Transport Transport Minister Simeon Brown has confirmed that the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax will end on 30 June 2024. “Today, I can confirm that the Government has agreed to remove the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax in line with our coalition commitments, and legislation will be
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: After a nearly two-week delay, Hamas has finally responded to the latest proposed hostage deal. * According to Reuters and Israeli media reports Hamas has proposed a three-stage ceasefire plan,
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. What’s happened: Israel’s Defence Minister said yesterday evening that the IDF would soon begin a ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. * “The ground manoeuvre is the way
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon Prime Minister 5 February 2024 [ First paragraph in Maori redacted] Thank you Nga Puhi, Te Tai Tokerau iwi and the Waitangi National Trust for once again hosting these ceremonies commemorating the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Waitangi Day is an opportunity to pause and reflect
BICOM BICOM provides accurate, timely and balanced information that is read by officials, experts, journalists and many others. Potential hostage deal: Hamas announced last night that it had received the latest proposal for a ceasefire and hostage release, but did not relay its response to any of the sides involved
