Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned Israeli authorities not to pursue Hamas members on Turkish territory. “If they dare to take such a step against Turkey, they will pay the price in a way that they will not be able to recover,’’ Erdoğan told reporters on his return flight from Qatar on Wednesday. […]
Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza’s main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the October 7 attacks. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble […]
Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza’s main city on Wednesday, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble and […]
Communication services have been cut off again leaving Gaza in a ‘near total blackout’ as Israel relentlessly attacks the southern city. Recall, that the telecommunication services were cut off in Gaza in late October as a result of Israel’s bombardment on the Strip which caused the wide-scale blackout that left most people in Gaza […]
Israel said Monday it was not seeking to force Palestinian civilians to permanently leave their homes, even as it acknowledged conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip were “tough.” Any suggestion of Palestinian dispersal is highly contentious in the Arab world, as the war that led to Israel’s creation 75 years ago gave rise to […]
Hundreds of Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in Gaza at the weekend as the Israeli army ordered more areas in and around the enclave’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, reports indicate. Qatar, with the help of Egypt, had facilitated a four-day ceasefire deal which took effect on November 24 but was […]
The Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said 15,523 people had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with Israel. Seventy percent of the Palestinians killed in the war between Israel and the militant group, which runs Gaza, were women and children, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, adding that 41,316 people […]
Kamala Harris, the United States Vice President (US) has emphasised the need for Israel as a nation to defend itself against Hamas. Harris who made this call on Saturday, December 2 said international and humanitarian law must be respected, noting that too many Palestinians have been killed. “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering, and […]
Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza on Sunday as international calls mounted for greater protection of civilians and the renewal of an expired truce with Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Israeli army said it had conducted more than 400 strikes in Gaza since a ceasefire collapsed on Friday, with the Hamas government saying […]
Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets. Smoke again clouded the sky over the north of the Palestinian territory, whose Hamas government said 240 people had been killed since a pause in hostilities […]
