GENEVA: People in the Gaza Strip are risking their lives to find food, water and other supplies such is the level of hunger and despair amid the unrelenting Israeli assault, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.“The system in Gaza is on its knees, it’s more than on its knees,” WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier … Read more
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 said.On foot or riding donkey carts loaded with belongings, a stream of … Read more
TEL AVIV: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin was expected to press Israel to wind down major combat operations in Gaza on a visit Monday, in the latest test of whether the US can leverage its unwavering support for the offensive to blunt its devastating impact on Palestinian civilians. France, the UK and Germany – some … Read more
GAZA: 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 raided the medical facility last month, an AFP correspondent reported from the hospital.Its medical equipment was heavily damaged … Read more
GAZA CITY: Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an “apocalyptic” humanitarian situation.Aid workers say Gaza’s humanitarian system is on the verge of collapse, as disease and starvation threaten.Washington’s veto was swiftly condemned … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH: Israeli fighter jets hit Hamas targets in the GazaStrip on Friday shortly after a weeklong truce expired, the military said, as the war resumed in full force. Airstrikes hit southern Gaza, including the community of Abassan east of the town of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry in the Hamas-run territory said. Another strike … Read more
GAZA/TEL AVIV:A temporary truce between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas militants that was due to end at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT) on Friday has expired, with neither side announcing a deal to extend it. In the hour before the truce was set to end, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and Hamas-affiliated media … Read more
DEIR AL BALAH: Eight Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza strip on Thursday as part of a temporary cease-fire deal that has lasted for seven days, the Israeli military said. Israel freed 30 Palestinian prisoners in the early hours of Friday under the truce deal, which has paused the deadliest fighting … Read more
DUBAI: Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to attend the UN climate talks in the United Arab Emirates Thursday where he will hold talks with diplomats on the release of hostages held by Hamas.His visit comes seven weeks into the Israel-Hamas war and coincides with a day-long extension of truce that had been due to … Read more
The US has warned Israel that it must fight more surgically and avoid further mass displacement of Palestinians in its war against Hamas to avoid a humanitarian crisis that overwhelms the world’s ability to respond, according to senior Biden administration officials. The White House has told Israel that replicating the scale of its bombardment in … Read more