Israel鈥檚 strike on UN school in Gaza kills 27
The Israeli military said Thursday it had carried out a deadly strike on a UN school in Gaza that it said housed a Hamas compound, with the militant group saying the attack killed at least 27 people.
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Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza
Muslim-majority Indonesia is ready to send 鈥榮ignificant peacekeeping forces鈥� as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal, president-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday....
Israel troops push into central Rafah
The Israeli army said Friday its troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating its nearly eight-month war with Hamas despite international objections over any offensive in the southern Gaza city...
S Africa鈥檚 genocide case against Israel
THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel鈥檚 ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...
China hosts Arab leaders at forum aimed at deepening ties
China on Wednesday hosts a litany of Arab dignitaries and diplomats ahead of a forum Beijing hopes will deepen ties with the region and present a 鈥榗ommon voice鈥� on the conflict between Israel and Hamas...
Who鈥檚 above law? Israel, Hamas and ICC
WHILE statements that 鈥楴o one is above the law鈥� are repeated in the United States over the trials of former president Donald Trump, can the same be said internationally? By analogy, chief prosecutor Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court said 鈥榶es鈥� when he...
Israel launches deadly Gaza strikes
Israel launched devastating air strikes on Gaza early on Thursday while also saying it is ready to resume stalled talks on a truce and hostage release deal with Hamas to...
Historic ICC decision to recommend arrest of Israeli, Hamas leaders
THE International Criminal Court this week made the first truly historic move since its establishment in 2002, with its chief prosecutor recommending arrest warrants against two top Israeli officials, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, and three prominent Hamas leaders...
Israel鈥檚 crimes far worse than Hamas鈥檚
THERE is one thing we should all be able to agree with Benjamin Netanyahu on: Any comparison between Israel鈥檚 war crimes and those of Hamas is, as the Israeli prime minister put it, 鈥榓bsurd and false鈥� and a 鈥榙istortion of reality.鈥�...
Medics, WHO say north Gaza hospitals barely operational
North Gaza鈥檚 last two functioning hospitals, Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan, are barely operational, doctors and the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday with the Israel-Hamas war now in its eighth month...
ICC prosecutor seeks Gaza 鈥榳ar crimes鈥� arrest warrant
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top...
Israel descends into barbarism
UNLESS you are the victim of a moral narrow-mindedness (and there seems to be an epidemic of this defect nowadays), it should be obvious to you that Israel has descended into barbarism. Why barbarism? Because in Israel, cruel, murderous, and otherwise criminal behaviour has become state policy...
Women, children 56pc of Gaza war dead: UN
Women and children make up at least 56 per cent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said on Tuesday, amid controversy over the toll based on numbers from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza...
Israeli tanks push into Rafah
Israel鈥檚 military operation in Rafah has set truce negotiations with Hamas 鈥榖ackward鈥�, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, adding that talks have reached...
Fighting rocks Gaza despite US warning
Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and...
Fighting rages across Gaza as death toll crosses 35,000
Israel struck Gaza on Sunday and troops were battling militants in several areas of the Hamas-run territory, where the health ministry said that...
Gaza aid worker reveals dire conditions for women
Gazans are feeling the toll of seven months of war, with women bearing the brunt as hospitals face overcrowding and shortages, says a doctor who just left the southern city of Rafah...
Hamas, Israel entrench positions at Gaza truce talks
Talks to reach a Gaza truce resumed on Sunday, a Hamas source said, but public disagreement between the Islamist movement and Israel intensified over...
Hamas weighs Gaza truce proposal
Hamas said it was considering in a 鈥榩ositive spirit鈥� a proposed truce and hostage release deal with Israel as the bloodiest ever Gaza war claimed more...
Turkey says suspending all trade with Israel
Turkey said on Thursday that it was suspending all trade with Israel until it allows aid to enter Gaza unhindered during its offensive against Hamas in the territory.....
Gaza needs biggest post-war reconstruction effort since WWII, says UN
The United Nations said on Thursday that Gaza鈥檚 post-war reconstruction would require an international effort unseen since the aftermath of World War II, estimating it could cost up to $40 billion.....
Iran slaps sanctions on US, UK over Israel support
Iran announced on Thursday sanctions on several American and British individuals and entities for supporting Israel in its war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas...
Arrests, evictions continue on campuses across United States
Police tore down a protest encampment at the University of Texas on Wednesday, arresting more than a dozen people, as unrest over Israel鈥檚 war against Hamas in Gaza simmered on the United States campuses...
US, Egypt 鈥榟opeful鈥� of Gaza truce
US top diplomat Antony Blinken said on Monday he was 鈥榟opeful鈥� Hamas would accept the latest proposal for a long-sought Gaza truce and hostage release deal as negotiators from the Palestinian group were due in Egypt...
Gaza truce effort builds with Hamas to respond to Israel proposal
Diplomatic efforts intensified on Sunday to reach a long sought-after truce and hostage-release deal in Gaza, as Hamas said it would travel to mediator Egypt to deliver its response to Israel鈥檚 latest proposal...
Saudi warns of economic fallout from Gaza war
Saudi Arabia on Sunday called for regional 鈥榮tability鈥�, warning of the effects of the on-going Israel-Hamas war on global economic sentiment at the start of a...
Hamas releases video of 2 hostages calling for Gaza deal
Hamas鈥檚 armed wing released video on Saturday of two men held hostage in Gaza who are seen alive and urging Israeli authorities to strike a deal for the release of all the remaining captives.....
Hamas says studying new Israeli truce proposal
Hamas said it was studying on Saturday the latest Israeli counterproposal regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza, a day after media reports said...
Qataris 鈥榮trike back鈥� at Gaza mediation critics
Criticism of Qatar over its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas has prompted a rare pushback by the Gulf state against its...
No let-up on 200th day of Israel-Hamas war
The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday with fears mounting of an Israeli invasion in the overcrowded south of the besieged Gaza Strip amid calls for hostages to be freed...