Some Gazans have criticised the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the besieged and conflict-ravaged Palestinian territory, for failing to end the war with Israel that has devastated their lives. Hamas has “led the Palestinian people into a war of annihilation”, said Umm Ala, 67, who has been displaced twice during more than eight months of […]
Palestinians who have returned to Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in recent days have expressed shock at the level of destruction following a three-week Israeli military operation there against Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups. One displaced man who was among the more than 60,000 people who fled the intense battles and bombardment in […]
CNN Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied the allegation from an International Criminal Court prosecutor that he was starving Palestinians in Gaza as a method of war, arguing the ICC arrest warrant was based on “a pack of lies.” On CNN, Netanyahu labeled ICC prosecutor Karim Khan a “rogue prosecutor” putting forth “false charges” after he […]
Gazans cheered and chanted outside a hospital in central Gaza on Monday, May 6, after hearing the news that Hamas told Egyptian and Qatari mediators that they accepted a ceasefire proposal. Footage captured by Gaza-based journalist Mohammed Abo Oun shows crowds of people celebrating in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. Israel […]
The Israeli military has informed aid groups and the Biden administration of a plan to begin removing Gazans from Rafah ahead of an invasion, according to a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the situation. The Israel Defense Forces recently told the U.S. government and aid groups operating on the ground that they […]
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken has urged Hamas to accept a Gaza truce plan despite an Israeli warning that the army will keep fighting the Palestinian militant group after any ceasefire. Mediators have proposed a truce deal that would halt fighting for 40 days and exchange dozens of hostages for many more Palestinian prisoners. Hamas […]
This embedded content is not available in your region. The devastated landscape of their city feels unreal to the thousands of Palestinians who have been returning to Khan Younis in Gaza. Through the rubble of the streets, they have been filing back on bicycles, donkey carts and by foot, looking for their homes or what […]
Many Palestinians in the Gaza Strip will be wondering how they are going to feed their families after World Central Kitchen (WCK) paused its operations in response to the killing of seven of its aid workers in an Israeli air strike. Another US charity it works with, Anera, has also suspended work because of the […]
By John Davison, Michelle Nichols, Emma Farge, Emily Rose and Farah Saafan CAIRO (Reuters) – In mid-March, a line of trucks stretched for 3 kilometers along a desert road near a crossing point from Israel into the Gaza Strip. On the same day, another line of trucks, some 1.5 kilometers long, sometimes two or three […]
Israel says its army is continuing attacks on Hamas targets in Gaza and more than 70 Palestinians were killed in the embattled coastal area in the past 24 hours. The Israeli air force on Friday struck some 35 targets on Friday, including operational command centres, military posts and “the infrastructure of terrorist organizations,” the military […]
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military said armed Palestinians had opened fire while crowds were waiting for aid trucks in the northern Gaza Strip and denied soldiers fired at the convoy, defending its actions in an incident on Thursday in which Gaza officials said 21 people were killed. The incident echoed a similar incident at the […]
(Bloomberg) — A program to provide temporary residency to Gazans with family in Canada isn’t working because they can’t get out of the war-torn region, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said. Most Read from Bloomberg “Right now, hope is pretty slim,” Miller said during a news conference Thursday in Ottawa. While a small number of people […]