WHO Chief warned that more people in Gaza would die of starvation and disease. (File) Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a “true solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body’s governing body on Thursday where he described conditions in Gaza as … Read more
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in response to the group’s unprecedented October 7 attacks. (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli army announced Sunday the death of another soldier in the October 7 Hamas attacks and said his body was being held in the Gaza Strip. “Sergeant Shay Levinson, 19, died on October 7… his body is … Read more
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says about 1.7 million people have been displaced in Gaza. (File) Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said the death count in the war-torn Palestinian territory breached 25,000 as Israel pushed its southward offensive and renewed bombardment in the north. Israel is pressing its push against Hamas … Read more
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
Four monkeys have already died and a fifth is now so weak it cannot even feed itself said the zoo owner. Gaza: In Rafah zoo, dozens of destitute Gazans are camping between the cages where starving monkeys, parrots and lions cry out for food 12 weeks into Israel’s offensive. Nearly all Gaza’s 2.3 million people … Read more
Over 520 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank in 2023: Palestinian health ministry Jerusalem, Undefined: Israeli settlers killed at least 10 Palestinians and torched dozens of homes in the occupied West Bank in 2023, making it the “most violent” year on record for settler attacks, an Israeli watchdog said Monday. Numerous West Bank … 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
Israel’s ongoing Gaza offensive has killed more than 21,800 people (File) Palestinian Territories: A former Palestinian Authority minister was killed on Sunday in an Israeli strike on his home in the Gaza Strip, the official Palestinian news agency and Hamas health ministry said. Youssef Salama, the 68-year-old former minister of religious affairs in the Palestinian … Read more