Hamas frees US-Israeli hostage
Palestinian group Hamas said its armed wing handed over a US-Israeli hostage held in Gaza since October 2023 on Monday, ahead of a regional visit by US president Donald Trump.
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Gaza faces 鈥榗ritical risk of famine鈥�, UN report says
Gaza is at 鈥榗ritical risk of famine鈥�, with 22 percent of the population facing an imminent humanitarian 鈥榗atastrophe鈥� after more than two months of an aid blockade by Israel, a food security monitor warned Monday.
Israeli strike kills eight in Khan Yunis
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence on Sunday reported eight deaths, including four young children, in an Israeli air strike on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Khan Yunis...
Israeli strike kills five in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Saturday that five people were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza City, all members of single family according to relatives.
Obscenity of collective punishment in Gaza
MAYBE you remember an incident like this from your schooldays. Someone in your class has done something wrong, like pass around a caricature of the principal, and the teacher decides to punish the whole class by taking away your recess. Maybe this...
GAZA TRUCE:聽Hamas meetings with mediators yeild no progress
A Hamas delegation held two meetings with Egyptian and Qatari mediators in Doha this week but they produced no breakthrough in the search for a Gaza truce, sources close to the group said Friday.
First responders in Gaza say running out of supplies
First responders in Gaza said Thursday that their operations were at a near standstill, more than two months into a full Israeli blockade that has left food and fuel in severe shortage.
Hamas insists on 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� deal to end Gaza war
Hamas insisted on Wednesday on a 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe...
Pulitzers honour coverage of Gaza, Sudan wars, Trump assassination attempt
Coverage of the wars in Gaza and Sudan, and the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump, dominated the Pulitzer Prizes announced Monday at Columbia University in New York.
Israeli strikes kill 19 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said two Israeli air strikes killed at least 19 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory鈥檚 north early Monday...
ICJ, Israel and the Gaza blockade
THE murder and starvation of populations in real time, subject to rolling coverage and commentary, is not usually the done thing.聽 These are the sorts of activities kept quiet and secluded in their vicious execution.聽 In the Gaza Strip, these actions are taking place with a confident, almost brazen assuredness...
Israeli strikes kill 16 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Sunday said Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory killed 16 people, including at least three children...
Israel calls up tens of thousands of reservists for Gaza offensive
Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar...
Israeli strikes kill 29 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 29 people Friday in the Palestinian territory, devastated by war and under a total Israeli aid blockade for two months.
Gaza humanitarian work on verge of total collapse: Red Cross
The Red Cross warned Friday that the humanitarian response in Gaza was on the 鈥榲erge of total collapse鈥� after two months of Israel blocking aid to the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Drones attacked aid boat bound for Gaza: activists
A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday as it headed towards the Palestinian territory by drones in international waters off Malta.
Myth of conquest: why Gaza will never be subdued by Israel
TO CONQUER a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from 鈥榦ccupation鈥�, a specific legal term that governs the relationship between a foreign 鈥榦ccupying power鈥� and the occupied nation under international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention...
Amnesty accuses Israel of 鈥榣ive-streamed genocide鈥� in Gaza
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of committing a 鈥榣ive-streamed genocide鈥� by forcibly displacing most Gazans and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe 鈥� allegations Israel dismissed as 鈥榖latant lies鈥�.
Israeli strikes kill 16 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on Monday killed at least 16 people across the Palestinian territory, which has been under an Israeli aid blockade for more than 50 days...
Palestinian official tells ICJ Israel using aid blockage as 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�
A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN鈥檚 top court.
Death toll rises to 52,243 in Gaza
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza announced Sunday that the death toll from the war had risen to more than 52,000 people, after hundreds previously listed as missing were confirmed dead...
Hamas open to 5-yr Gaza truce
Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday ahead of talks with mediators...
Starvation as weapon of war morally reprehensible
AS ISRAELI forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, forcibly displacing people and deliberately blocking essential aid, the World Food Programme on April 25 reported that all its food stocks for families in Gaza were exhausted and it had served its last hot meals. At least 25 bakeries distributing bread also closed on March...
WFP runs out of food in Gaza
The UN鈥檚 World Food Programme on Friday warned it has depleted all its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza, where the entry of humanitarian aid has been blocked by Israel since March 2.
Israeli strikes kill 36 in Gaza
Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 36 people on Thursday, including a family of six whose home was struck in Gaza City...
Gaza civil defence describes medic killings as 鈥榮ummary executions鈥�
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out 鈥榮ummary executions鈥� in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
Israeli air strikes kill 25 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children...
Gazans resort to turtle meat in hunt for food
With food scarce in the besieged and war-battered Gaza Strip, some desperate families have turned to eating sea turtles as a rare source of protein...
Israeli strikes kill 24
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence rescue agency said on Friday that Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people, including 10 from the same family, after Hamas signalled its rejection of Israel鈥檚 latest ceasefire proposal.
Israeli air strikes kill 40 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Thursday that a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its offensive in the Palestinian territory.