CAIRO: Israeli tanks advanced to the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city that has stirred global condemnation for its continued civilian toll. Tanks and armoured vehicles mounted with machineguns were spotted near Al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the … Read more
Israeli forces thrust deeper into the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday, laying waste to residential districts with tank and air bombardments, residents said, while Israeli air strikes killed at least five people in the southern city of Rafah.Simultaneous Israeli assaults on the northern and southern edges of the Gaza Strip this month have … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan carried out airstrikes inside Afghanistan on Monday in retaliation to the killing of seven soldiers in a recent attack on a security check post that authorities blame on militants based across the border.Kabul denounced the strikes as a violation of Afghanistan’s territorial integrity and warned that such reckless acts could lead to dire … Read more
NEW DELHI: Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen have reported the first civilian death in recent US and British airstrikes. The Huthis’ official news agency confirmed that one person was killed and eight others were wounded on Sunday, following joint raids by US and British forces across Yemen.“The American-British aggression on the district of Maqbana in … Read more
CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces carried out arrests in Gaza‘s largest functioning hospital, health officials and the military said on Saturday, as airstrikes hit across the enclave and rain battered Palestinians taking shelter in Rafah. Israeli forces raided the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Thursday as they pressed their war on Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group … Read more
Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place — where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he played with his 5-year-old nieces, where he helped his 1-year-old nephew take his first steps. His entire family was now … Read more
Gold, reeling under hotter than expected December US CPI inflation data released on Thursday, caught a bid Friday as the US and the UK launched airstrikes on Iran-backed Houthis’ targets in Yemen to stop shipping attacks in the Red Sea. In a reaction, the Yemeni Group vowed to retaliate with an urgent response in the … Read more
BAGHDAD: Three overnight airstrikes on eastern Syria Saturday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq killed six Iran-backed militants, two members of Iraqi militia groups told The Associated Press. The strikes on the border region of Boukamal came hours after an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militants – known as the Islamic Resistance – claimed … Read more
By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Jack Jeffery | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee camps across Gaza on Thursday, killing dozens of people in a widening air and ground offensive against Hamas that has forced thousands more to flee from homes and shelters in recent days. … Read more
By Deir al-Balah, Samy Magdy and Lee Keath | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from the brunt of Israel’s expanding ground offensive into Gaza’s few remaining, overcrowded refuges, as the military launched heavy strikes across the center and south of the territory, killing dozens, Palestinian health officials … Read more