DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations — fled their home in the middle of the night after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. They found refuge with extended relatives in a building further north, inside an […]
TEL AVIV — One of Gaza’s top doctors accused Israel of abusing Palestinian prisoners hours after he was freed along with dozens of other detainees — a decision that sparked outrage and recriminations among right-wing lawmakers and Israel’s security establishment. After more than seven months in Israeli detention without charge or trial, Dr. Muhammad Abu […]
Influential Israeli politician Benny Gantz is leaving the emergency government formed in Israel following the attack by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on October 7, due to differences of opinion over the future of the Gaza Strip, he told journalists on Sunday evening. The 65-year-old former defence minister had already threatened to take this step […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 274 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday. The ministry said around 700 people were wounded in Saturday’s operation. The complex assault deep into central Gaza was the largest rescue operation since […]
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas’ armed al-Qassam Brigades said on Saturday that some hostages were killed in Israel’s hostage freeing operation at al-Nuseirat refugee camp and nearby areas in central Gaza. Israel, “by committing horrific massacres, was able to free some its hostages, yet it killed some others during the operation,” al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesperson, Abu Ubaida, […]
The UN’s Palestinian aid agency on Sunday said all 36 of its shelters in the southern Gaza city of Rafah are “empty” due to Israel’s continuing military operation. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) wrote on the social platform X that “thousands of families have been […]
Israel’s military has taken control of the entire section of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, army spokesman Daniel Hagari said late on Wednesday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had gained operational control of the area known as the Philadelphi Corridor, on the border between Egypt and Rafah, Hagari said. The IDF had […]
According to Israeli media reports, Israel’s military has taken control of the entire section of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt. Israeli troops are stationed in most of the area known as the Philadelphi Corridor, several media reported on Wednesday evening, citing the army. When asked, the military said it was investigating the […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it had seized control of a strategic corridor that runs along the length of Gaza’s border with Egypt, an objective Israel had said was necessary in its bid to destroy Hamas as part of the ongoing war, now in its eighth month. The capture of the area, known […]
Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to witnesses, first responders and hospital officials. The strikes overnight and on Tuesday pummelled the same area where strikes had triggered a deadly fire that swept through a camp for […]
Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah, according to witnesses, first responders and hospital officials. The strikes overnight and on Tuesday pummelled the same area where strikes had triggered a deadly fire that swept through a camp for […]
By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, in a landmark emergency ruling in South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide. While the International Court of Justice, or […]