Tag: rages

Making a connection with those living in Gaza as war rages on

It is perhaps this war’s most challenging story to report – hearing what Gaza is like from the people inside it. International journalists aren’t getting in. The best route would be with humanitarian groups, but they’re unable to bring us. The only option is remote. So with the help of able Jerusalem reporters such as […]

UN says nine killed at Gaza shelter as fighting rages

At least nine people were killed and 75 injured when a UN facility sheltering displaced civilians was struck in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says. UNRWA said two tank shells hit its Khan Younis Training Centre during fighting in the city’s western outskirts. Its commissioner condemned the “blatant disregard of […]

Qatar and France send medicine for hostages in Gaza as war rages on

A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is heading to Gaza after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a week-long ceasefire in November. The medicines arrived in Egypt, and are now being transported to the border. A senior Hamas official said that for […]

Qatar and France send medicine for hostages in Gaza as war rages on

A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas is heading to Gaza after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a week-long ceasefire in November. The medicines arrived in Egypt, and are now being transported to the border. A senior Hamas official said that for […]

Residents in Western Australia urged to flee as wildfire rages

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Residents in the state of Western Australia were urged to evacuate their homes on Saturday, as a bushfire burned out of control near the state’s capital Perth, amid soaring temperatures. More than 40 bushfires were burning on Saturday in Australia’s largest state, with residents in the shire of Chittering, about 60 kilometres […]

Fighting rages in Gaza as Israel signals tactics shift, troop pullback

Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with intense bombardment. Israel says the war in Gaza, which has reduced much of the territory to rubble, killing thousands […]

Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in Gaza

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Arafat Barbakh CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel’s campaign against Hamas militants. The sound of shooting indicated fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas […]

Israel warns about Lebanon border hostilities as war in Gaza rages on

Israeli government minister Benny Gantz, one of three men who make up the country’s emergency war cabinet, is threatening to intensify Israeli military action at the Israel-Lebanon border, where Hezbollah militants have been firing at northern Israel. “I want to say to the world: The situation on the northern border requires a change,” Gantz said […]