The Gaza health ministry has said almost 24,000 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive (File) Doha/Gaza: China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the group Hamas aired a video of three Israeli hostages and said their fate would be disclosed on Monday. Speaking in Egypt … Read more
“We cannot lose these health facilities. They absolutely must be protected”: WHO Gaza Coordinator Geneva: World Health Organization officials voiced concern on Tuesday about the possible collapse of hospital provision in southern and central Gaza, with hundreds of medical staff and patients having fled facilities for their lives. Only about a third of Gaza’s hospitals … Read more
At least 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel. (File) Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces troops operating in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah districts discovered components used by Hamas to produce precision-guided missiles and other strategic weapons with direct assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military announced on Sunday. Nahal Brigade … Read more
Israel says it has killed more than 8,000 Palestinian fighters. (File) Jerusalem: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas, and is partially returning reservists to civilian life to help the economy as the country enters the new year set for a prolonged war, an Israeli official said. … Read more
“To have security we must control the territory,” Bezalel Smotrich said (File) Jerusalem, Undefined: Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Sunday called for the return of Jewish settlers to the Gaza Strip after the war and said its Palestinian population should be encouraged to emigrate. Israel launched a relentless military campaign against Hamas in … Read more
Israel charged Abdelrahman al-Zaghal with hurling a petrol bomb, which he denies. Jerusalem: Fourteen-year-old Abdelrahman al-Zaghal was one of the youngest Palestinians released by Israel in exchange for hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led raid on Israel. Weeks later, his life still bears little resemblance to that of a normal teenager – he is … Read more
20,258 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory: Hamas (File) Palestinian Territories: Gaza officials said Saturday that more than 200 people had been killed in Israeli strikes in 24 hours, as violence rages on after a UN resolution demanded more aid into the besieged territory. Israel pressed on with its offensive focusing on the … Read more
The Israel Defense Forces described the find as “a strategic shaft, with stairs built into it”. (File) Tel Aviv: Soldiers discovered a tunnel shaft underneath a baby’s bed in a children’s room in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces described the find as “a … Read more
The Gaza war has also seen violence spiral in the occupied West Bank. (File) Palestinian Territories: Israel kept up deadly strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday despite growing international calls for a ceasefire and pleas from desperate relatives to bring home the remaining hostages. Fighting raged on in the bloodiest ever Gaza war, … Read more
An estimated 1.9 million of Gaza’s 2.4 million people have been displaced: UN (File) Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Hundreds of makeshift tents stand in a desolate landscape at the foot of Gaza City’s ruined Al-Shifa hospital. At least 30,000 people have taken refuge in its grounds between piles of rubble and waste after Israeli forces … Read more