Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as US President Joe Biden called Hamas the “biggest hang-up” to another truce.…
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Hezbollah rains rockets on Israel after strike kills commander
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired successive barrages of rockets at northern Israel on Wednesday, after an Israeli air strike killed a senior commander in south Lebanon the previous day. Hezbollah…
146 countries now recognise a Palestinian state
The Israel-Hamas war, raging in Gaza since the Palestinian militant group’s October 7 attack, has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Slovenia…
The Threat of Escalation: Can the Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Stay Contained?
The growing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah could be the Middle Eastern crisis capturing the world's attention at the moment if it weren't for the continued slaughter in Gaza.
Singer Dua Lipa condemns ‘Israeli genocide’ in Gaza
British-Albanian pop singer Dua Lipa has denounced Israel’s offensive in Gaza as a “genocide”, after a new pro-Palestinian protest took place in London that saw dozens of people arrested. “Burning…
Cannes film portrays trans ‘warriors’ on Israel’s margins
An intimate documentary about Palestinian transsexual women in Israel, filmed before the latest Gaza war and unrelated to the conflict, screened at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. In “The…
Gaza officials say 49 bodies found at Al-Shifa hospital
Gaza health workers uncovered Wednesday at least 49 bodies at Al-Shifa hospital, a medical official and Hamas authorities said, the latest such discovery at the facility previously raided by Israeli…
Student protests against Israel’s offensive in Gaza spread
Student protests against the Israeli military assault on Gaza following the unprecedented October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel have spread to several countries. Here is a round-up of the…
World reactions to Iran strikes on Israel
Countries around the world condemned Iran’s strikes on Israel late Saturday, warning the attack threatened to further destabilise the Middle East. Here are some of the main reactions so far:…
Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital devastated in two-week battle
Israeli forces on Monday pulled out of Gaza’s largest hospital complex after an intensive two-week military operation against Hamas militants, leaving behind charred buildings and bodies in the sprawling complex.…
Israel’s Netanyahu approves new Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead Friday for a new round of talks on a Gaza ceasefire, a day after the world’s top court ordered Israel to ensure…
From the Skies to the Heart as US Airdrop Brings Hope and Relief to Gaza
Situated between Israel and Egypt, the Gaza Strip is a narrow stretch of land that has historically been the epicenter of suffering and war.
Biden tells Netanyahu Rafah operation would be ‘mistake’
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza’s Rafah would be a “mistake,” as the two leaders spoke for the…