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 southern Gaza Strip, with clouds of grey and black smoke rising over […]
Israel pressed its Gaza offensive Saturday, with Hamas authorities reporting heavy shelling in several cities hours after world powers demanded more aid be allowed into the besieged Palestinian territory. The Hamas-controlled health ministry said 18 people were killed in a strike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as other […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday there will be no ceasefire in Gaza until the “elimination” of Hamas, which is at war with Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory. “We won’t stop fighting until we’ve achieved all the objectives we’ve set ourselves: the elimination of Hamas, the release of our hostages and the end […]
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that there was no end in sight to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as fatigue builds among Kyiv’s allies nearly two years into the war and the Kremlin voices growing confidence of victory. Zelensky said he had turned down a request from the military — for now — to mobilise […]
The Israeli army said Tuesday it had demolished the family home of a Palestinian man accused of killing two Israelis — a father and his son — at a car wash in the occupied West Bank. Police arrested Osama Bani Fadl in November after a months-long hunt, accusing him of killing Shay Silas Nigrekar […]
An Israeli strike hit a building opposite a Hezbollah fighter’s funeral procession in southern Lebanon on Monday without causing casualties, official media reported. The frontier between Lebanon and Israel has seen regular exchanges of fire, mainly between the Israeli army and Hamas ally Hezbollah, since the conflict in the Gaza Strip began on October […]
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 110 Palestinians had been killed since the previous day in Israeli strikes on a northern part of the territory. In a brief statement, the ministry said “there were 50 martyrs in occupation strikes on houses in Jabalia,” bringing to 110 the number of […]
The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground […]
Three Israelis being held hostage in by Hamas in Gaza were yesterday killed in what the Israeli military called a mistake. The accident occurred during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military. The army’s chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said Israeli troops found the hostages and erroneously identified them […]
Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, said on Wednesday that the Gaza-ruling Palestinian faction is ready to discuss with Israel any arrangement or initiative that could lead to a ceasefire in Gaza. “We are open to discussing any arrangement or initiative that could end the (Israeli) aggression,” Haniyeh said. He is the head of the Hamas […]
