Israel strikes Gaza after Lebanon flare-up
Israel鈥檚 military struck the Gaza Strip on Monday a day after truce talks in Cairo coincided with a major but brief cross-border escalation involving Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon...
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Gaza talks set to resume in Cairo as fighting rages
Negotiators geared up for a crucial weekend of Gaza ceasefire talks Saturday, as Hamas said it was sending delegates to Cairo but would not participate in the discussions, and fighting raged in the Palestinian territory....
Border corridor becomes sticking point in Gaza truce talks
A narrow stretch of land along the Gaza Strip鈥檚 border with Egypt has emerged as the main stumbling block in negotiations for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Proliferating evacuation orders sow chaos, confusion in Gaza
The Israeli military has issued so many evacuation orders in 10 months of war that many Gaza civilians no longer heed them, despairing of finding space or safety in the...
Ceasefire hopes fade as Gaza fighting rages
Hopes were dwindling on Thursday for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where fighting raged despite pressure from the United States on Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas to reach an agreement...
12 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school shelter
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter killed at least 12 people on Tuesday, while the Israeli military said it struck a Hamas command centre...
Gaza protesters breach Democratic convention fence in Chicago
Protesters against Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza briefly breached the outer security fence of the Democratic convention in Chicago on Monday, hours before US president Joe Biden passed the torch to...
But not for you, Palestinian
I HAVE a very intense relationship with water.聽 As a result of a long-term health condition, I am often feeling very thirsty and drained. I cannot go more than perhaps 15 minutes without having a sup of water until I start to feel uncomfortable. On average people in the UK use 149 litres of water per-day, and although there is poverty in this country...
Blinken meets Israeli leaders at 鈥榙ecisive moment鈥� for Gaza talks
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Hamas not to derail negotiations that he said may be a 鈥榣ast opportunity鈥� to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal...
United Nations condemns violence against aid workers
The United Nations on Monday condemned the 鈥榰nacceptable鈥� level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023...
Hamas rejects US 鈥榙iktats鈥� in Gaza truce push
Top US diplomat Antony Blinken headed to Israel on Sunday seeking a Gaza ceasefire deal that could help avert a wider war, while a senior Hamas official dismissed 鈥楢merican diktats鈥� in negotiations...
Deadly Israeli strikes after US imposes new truce condition
Deadly Israeli strikes hit Gaza on Saturday as the US secretary of state was set to visit Israel aiming to finalise a Gaza truce agreement, which diplomats say could...
Pressure mounts on Israel as Gaza truce talks to resume in Qatar
Diplomatic pressure mounted on Israel Friday to secure a truce that could avert a wider war after more than 10 months of fighting in Gaza, as mediators prepared to meet for...
Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Doha
Gaza ceasefire talks resumed in Doha on Thursday as pressure mounted for a deal to halt the spread of a war that the Hamas-run territory鈥檚 health ministry said has killed 40,000.
Gaza death toll tops 40,000
The health ministry in Gaza said over 40,000 Palestinians had been killed to date after Israel attacked the Hamas-run territory following Hamas鈥檚 unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Israel pounds Gaza ahead of ceasefire talks
Israeli air strikes targeted Gaza on Wednesday ahead of ceasefire talks that the United States hopes will stop Iran striking Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader...
Israel faces anger after 93 killed in Gaza school strike
Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on a religious school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people on Saturday, sparking international condemnation despite Israel鈥檚 insistence that it was targeting militants...
Hamas names Sinwar as new leader
Hamas named the alleged mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history as its new leader, further inflaming regional tensions as the Gaza war entered its 11th month on Wednesday...
Israel鈥檚 barbarism is grossly minimised
THE reported death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this 鈥� all the more so when Israel鈥檚 apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated...
80 Palestinian bodies handed over by Israel
Gaza鈥檚 Civil Defence agency said it received the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians from Israel on Monday, which it buried in a mass grave...
UN calls for urgent de-escalation in Middle East
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Monday called for an urgent de-escalation in the Middle East over fears that the Gaza war could spread.
Iran says has 鈥榣egal right鈥� to punish Israel
Iran said Monday it has the 鈥榣egal right鈥� to respond to the assassination in Tehran last week of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, an attack blamed on Israel amid the...
Talks must go beyond hostage negotiations
AS THE war on Gaza rages unabated, European diplomats must step up and use their experience of multiparty diplomacy. The truth is perhaps an uncomfortable one for many: that a genuinely workable solution to this conflict requires an inclusive approach 鈥� one that recognises Hamas鈥檚 role in Palestinian sovereignty...
Even in Palestine, birds shall return
ON JULY 26, senior United Nations officials briefed the UN Security Council about the terrible situation in Gaza. 鈥楳ore than two million people in Gaza remain trapped in an endless nightmare of death and destruction on a staggering scale鈥�, said deputy commissioner general Antonia De Meo of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...
Thousands bid farewell as Hamas chief laid to rest
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was buried in Qatar on Friday after his killing in Tehran, an attack blamed on Israel that has heightened regional tensions as the...
15 people killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
At least 15 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli bombing of a school sheltering displaced families in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Thursday, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported...
The murder of Ismail Haniyeh
THE 62鈥搚ear-old chairman of Hamas鈥檚 Politburo, murdered during an official visit to Iran, was the organization鈥檚 chief negotiator in talks intended to produce a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages Hamas holds and Palestinian prisoners held in Israel鈥檚 jails...
Official Gaza death toll is a lie
THE death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this 鈥� all the more so when Israel鈥檚 apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated...
Hamas military chief Deif killed in July, says Israel
Israel鈥檚 army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike in July in the southern Gaza Strip.
No more moral compromises on Palestine
WHY are many amongst us still tiptoeing around language when it comes to the horrific Israeli genocide in Gaza?..
