A deadly strike hit a school turned shelter in southern Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli forces in the war-ravaged territory’s main city pushed on with a major offensive that has again…
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Hamas says Biden Gaza ceasefire plan ‘just words’
A senior Hamas official said Thursday that US President Joe Biden’s proposed Gaza ceasefire deal was “just words” and the Palestinian militant group had not received any written commitments related…
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…
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…
Hopes dim for Gaza truce before Ramadan as war enters sixth month
Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month with dozens more killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in…
US calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, upping the pressure on key ally Israel as heavy fighting raged in the Palestinian territory. Harris’s comments on Sunday,…
War spurs anger over Israel military exemption for ultra-Orthodox
As Israelis are called up to join the war effort in Gaza, anger is mounting at the ultra-Orthodox community which has long been spared the compulsory military service required of…
Israel forces fire on Gazans rushing for food aid
Israeli forces in war-torn Gaza opened fire on Palestinians scrambling for food aid in a chaotic melee on Thursday that the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said killed more…