Today: October 30, 2024
Today: October 30, 2024

Gaza

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Some visitors to Israel have a new stop on their tours: Hamas' destruction in the south

A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

June 24, 2024
Some visitors to Israel have a new stop on their tours: Hamas' destruction in the south
News|World

Israel offensive in Lebanon could increase risk of broader war-U.S. general

An Israeli offensive in Lebanon has the potential to increase the risk of a broader conflict that draws in Iran and Iran-aligned militants,

June 23, 2024
Israel offensive in Lebanon could increase risk of broader war-U.S. general
MidEast|News|World

Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza

Hamas has seen about half its forces wiped out in eight months of war and is relying on hit-and-run insurgent tactics to

June 23, 2024
Diminished Hamas switches to full insurgent mode in Gaza
Africa|Europe|MidEast|News|World

Spain requests to intervene in South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Spain has requested to intervene in South Africa's genocide case against Israel's actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares

June 23, 2024
Spain requests to intervene in South Africa's Gaza genocide case against Israel at ICJ
MidEast|News|World

Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant headed to Washington on Sunday to discuss the next phase of the Gaza war and escalating hostilities on the border with

June 23, 2024
Israel defence chief to discuss Gaza, Lebanon on U.S. trip
Health|News|World

UNICEF finds 90% of Gazan children lack food needed for proper growth

UNICEF said on Thursday that nine out of 10 children in Gaza could not eat nutrients from enough food groups to ensure their healthy growth and development.

June 23, 2024
UNICEF finds 90% of Gazan children lack food needed for proper growth
MidEast|News|World

In apparent blow to Biden plan, Hamas leader demands full end to Gaza war

The leader of Hamas said on Wednesday the group would demand a permanent end to the war in Gaza and Israeli withdrawal as part of a

June 23, 2024
In apparent blow to Biden plan, Hamas leader demands full end to Gaza war
MidEast|News|World

Thousands of Israelis rally to mark to hostage's birthday

Thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday to mark the 20th birthday of Naama Levy, who has been held hostage in Gaza since Oct. 7, and to call for an immediate

June 22, 2024
Thousands of Israelis rally to mark to hostage's birthday
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons

Aharon Barak, a former president of Israel's Supreme Court, has resigned from his role as ad hoc judge on an International Court of Justice panel weighing a genocide allegation

June 22, 2024
Israel's Barak quits ICJ panel, citing personal reasons
Business|MidEast|News|Technology

Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content

A former Meta engineer on Tuesday accused the company of bias in its handling of content related to the war in Gaza, claiming in a lawsuit that

June 22, 2024
Former Meta engineer sues company saying he was fired over handling of Gaza content
News|World

Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave's government media office says

At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, the director of the Hamas-run

June 22, 2024
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave's government media office says
Crime|Education|MidEast|News|US|World

Stanford students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest that took over president's office

More than a dozen people were arrested at Stanford University in California on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian student protesters barricaded themselves inside the office of the

June 21, 2024
Stanford students arrested in pro-Palestinian protest that took over president's office
MidEast|News|World

Israel and Hezbollah faceoff raises risk of wider conflict

Regular puffs of smoke from missile intercepts over northern Israel and fires from air strikes in southern Lebanon are outward signs of a fear that the Gaza war may be expanding

June 21, 2024
Israel and Hezbollah faceoff raises risk of wider conflict
Health|News|World

Intense heat in Gaza could worsen health crisis for Palestinians, WHO warns

The World Health Organization warned on Friday that scorching heat in the Gaza Strip could exacerbate health problems for Palestinians displaced by Israeli bombardment and heavy

June 21, 2024
Intense heat in Gaza could worsen health crisis for Palestinians, WHO warns
MidEast|News|World

Israel pounds Gaza, killing dozens, as fighting rages

Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-

June 21, 2024
Israel pounds Gaza, killing dozens, as fighting rages
News

Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security

An Israeli court on Wednesday upheld a 35-day ban on Al Jazeera operations in Israel imposed by the government on national security grounds and a minister said he hoped to extend

June 21, 2024
Israel court approves temporary ban on Al Jazeera, citing national security
MidEast|World

Netanyahu says Israel prepared for strong action in the north

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Israel was prepared for very strong action in northern Israel, saying it would restore security "one way or another" in an

June 21, 2024
Netanyahu says Israel prepared for strong action in the north
News|World

Israel says Gaza offensive would not stop for hostage talks with Hamas

Israel reiterated on Wednesday its refusal to halt the Gaza offensive for a resumption of hostage-release talks with Hamas, after mediator Qatar said it had given the Palestinian

June 21, 2024
Israel says Gaza offensive would not stop for hostage talks with Hamas
Europe|News|World

Slovenia becomes latest EU country to recognise Palestinian state

Slovenia became the latest European Union country to recognise an independent Palestinian state after its parliament approved the move with majority vote on Tuesday, dismissing a

June 20, 2024
Slovenia becomes latest EU country to recognise Palestinian state
MidEast|News|World

Israel strikes, shelling kill 19 in Gaza amid manoeuvring on ceasefire quest

Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 19 people in central and south Gaza on Tuesday including two policemen who were

June 20, 2024
Israel strikes, shelling kill 19 in Gaza amid manoeuvring on ceasefire quest
MidEast|News|World

Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution

Israel has established a corridor for the delivery of aid into southern Gaza but a declared ‘tactical pause’ in its war with Hamas has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians

June 20, 2024
Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution
Health|News|World

Closure of Gaza's only route out leaves boy, 10, with no treatment for cancer

Siraj Yassin, 10, is rolled into the overcrowded Gaza hospital ward in his wheelchair, his light green T-shirt dwarfing his skinny frame since the leukaemia in his blood

June 20, 2024
Closure of Gaza's only route out leaves boy, 10, with no treatment for cancer
MidEast|News|Political|World

Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox coalition partners back Gaza hostage deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's biggest coalition partner said on Tuesday it would support a prospective deal to free hostages from Hamas captivity

June 20, 2024
Netanyahu's ultra-Orthodox coalition partners back Gaza hostage deal
MidEast|News|US|World

US-built pier in Gaza unloads aid again after weather setback, official says

The U.S. military says a floating pier it built in Gaza has been reattached to the shore and is unloading humanitarian aid again

June 20, 2024
US-built pier in Gaza unloads aid again after weather setback, official says
News|World

Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead

Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the United States sought to advance their recovery under

June 20, 2024
Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead
Education|World

Palestinian children dream of school in Gaza water queues

Thirteen-year-old Palestinian Hadeel Madi has many dreams, she said, and worked hard at school so she could study abroad.

June 20, 2024
Palestinian children dream of school in Gaza water queues
News|World

UN rights chief expresses support for US-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal

United Nations human rights chief Volker Turk on Tuesday expressed his support for a U.S.-proposed ceasefire deal for the conflict in Gaza, describing the situation in the

June 20, 2024
UN rights chief expresses support for US-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal
News|US

Biden says Netanyahu could be prolonging Gaza war for political aims

U.S.

June 20, 2024
Biden says Netanyahu could be prolonging Gaza war for political aims
MidEast|News|World

Qatar says current Gaza ceasefire proposal is closer in positions of both sides

Qatar said on Tuesday it delivered an Israeli proposal to Hamas that reflected the positions stated by U.S.

June 20, 2024
Qatar says current Gaza ceasefire proposal is closer in positions of both sides
News

Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah

Several Israeli air strikes in the central and northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Thursday killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others, according

June 20, 2024
Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah
MidEast|News|World

Back to class - or shelters? Next school year snags Israel's Lebanon strategy

In dozens of northern Israeli towns and villages, evacuated under fire from Lebanon's Hezbollah group in parallel with the Gaza war,

June 20, 2024
Back to class - or shelters? Next school year snags Israel's Lebanon strategy
MidEast|News|Political|World

The fate of the latest cease-fire proposal hinges on Netanyahu and Hamas’ leader in Gaza

The fate of the proposed cease-fire deal for Gaza hinges in many ways on two men: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar

June 20, 2024
The fate of the latest cease-fire proposal hinges on Netanyahu and Hamas’ leader in Gaza
News|US|World

G7 leaders 'fully endorse' Biden's Gaza peace plan

Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies "fully endorse and will stand behind the comprehensive" ceasefire and hostage release deal for the Gaza war outlined by U.S.

June 19, 2024
G7 leaders 'fully endorse' Biden's Gaza peace plan
MidEast|News|World

Four more Israeli hostages died in Gaza captivity, Israel's military says

The Israeli military said another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 had died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Palestinian Islamist group.

June 19, 2024
Four more Israeli hostages died in Gaza captivity, Israel's military says
MidEast|News|World

Rifts seem to appear between Israel's political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war

The Israeli army’s chief spokesman is apparently questioning the stated goal of destroying the Hamas militant group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military leadership

June 19, 2024
Rifts seem to appear between Israel's political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war
MidEast|News|World

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war

The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group says it has new weapons and intelligence capabilities that could help it target more critical positions deeper inside Israel in case of an all-out war

June 19, 2024
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group warns archenemy Israel against wider war
News|World

Hezbollah says Israeli strikes kill 3 fighters as US envoy tries to calm tensions

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed three Hezbollah fighters as a U.S. envoy tasked with avoiding a devastating regional war returned to Israel after meeting officials in Lebanon

June 19, 2024
Hezbollah says Israeli strikes kill 3 fighters as US envoy tries to calm tensions
News|World

Rafah border crossing can't reopen unless Israeli forces quit Gaza side, Egypt says

The Rafah border crossing critical to aid deliveries into Gaza from Egypt cannot operate again unless Israel relinquishes control and hands it back to Palestinians on the Gaza side,

June 19, 2024
Rafah border crossing can't reopen unless Israeli forces quit Gaza side, Egypt says
MidEast|News|World

Palestinian sisters cry out for missing mother after Gaza airstrike

After another airstrike pulverised Gaza, the two al-Breim sisters realised their mother Amira was missing and rushed to the scene, crying out her name and

June 19, 2024
Palestinian sisters cry out for missing mother after Gaza airstrike
MidEast|News|World

Israel assessing alternatives to Hamas rule in Gaza, defence minister says

Israel's defence minister said on Sunday that Israel would not accept Hamas continuing to rule Gaza at any stage during the process to wind down the war, and that it was

June 18, 2024
Israel assessing alternatives to Hamas rule in Gaza, defence minister says
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Egypt demands Israel withdraws from Rafah crossing for it to operate again, sources say

Officials from the United States, Israel and Egypt ended a meeting in Cairo on Sunday with Egypt sticking to its position that Israel must withdraw from the Palestinian side of the

June 18, 2024
Egypt demands Israel withdraws from Rafah crossing for it to operate again, sources say
News|World

Two Palestinian teens killed by Israeli gunfire in West Bank, Palestinian officials say

Two Palestinian teenagers were killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday.

June 18, 2024
Two Palestinian teens killed by Israeli gunfire in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
News|World

Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza

June 18, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story
News|US

What's in the new Israel ceasefire proposal Biden announced?

U.S.

June 18, 2024
What's in the new Israel ceasefire proposal Biden announced?
MidEast|News|World

Prabowo says Indonesia willing to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza

Indonesia's president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, said on Saturday that his country was willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required.

June 18, 2024
Prabowo says Indonesia willing to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Qatari PM hopes Gaza ceasefire proposal will be received positively

Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday that mediators hope all parties will deal positively with the principles of a Gaza ceasefire proposal

June 18, 2024
Qatari PM hopes Gaza ceasefire proposal will be received positively
MidEast|News|World

Israel's Netanyahu says there cannot be permanent Gaza ceasefire until Hamas destroyed

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday there would be no permanent ceasefire in Gaza until Hamas' military and governing capabilities were destroyed.

June 18, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu says there cannot be permanent Gaza ceasefire until Hamas destroyed
News|World

Netanyahu accuses Biden of delaying weapons, but US insists arms are flowing

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza

June 18, 2024
Netanyahu accuses Biden of delaying weapons, but US insists arms are flowing
Europe|MidEast|News|Sports

Soccer-Protesters rally outside Hampden Park before Israel women's match

Protesters assembled outside Hampden Park in Glasgow on Friday ahead of Scotland’s Women's Euro 2025 qualifier versus Israel, demonstrating against Israel's military

June 18, 2024
Soccer-Protesters rally outside Hampden Park before Israel women's match
News

Israel's Netanyahu gets invitation to address US Congress

The leaders of the U.S.

June 18, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu gets invitation to address US Congress
MidEast|News|US|World

Hamas says it 'positively' views Gaza ceasefire proposal set out by Biden

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Friday said it had a positive view of the contents of a three-phase ceasefire proposal announced by U.S.

June 18, 2024
Hamas says it 'positively' views Gaza ceasefire proposal set out by Biden
MidEast|News|US|World

US officials who have resigned to protest Biden's Gaza policy

Joe Biden's support for Israel during its eight-month war in Gaza has spurred at least eight U.S. administration officials to quit, with some accusing the U.S.

June 18, 2024
US officials who have resigned to protest Biden's Gaza policy
MidEast|News|World

Harris meets with former Israeli hostage who described being sexually assaulted in Gaza

Vice President Kamala Harris has met with an Israeli lawyer who has publicly described being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza

June 17, 2024
Harris meets with former Israeli hostage who described being sexually assaulted in Gaza
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel's Gantz at the crossroads over challenge to Netanyahu

Former general Benny Gantz faces a reckoning next week over his revolt against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been gaining ground in the

June 17, 2024
Israel's Gantz at the crossroads over challenge to Netanyahu
MidEast|News|World

Netanyahu dissolved his war Cabinet. How will that affect cease-fire efforts?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disbanded his war Cabinet, consolidating his influence over the Israel-Hamas war and likely diminishing the odds of a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip anytime soon

June 17, 2024
Netanyahu dissolved his war Cabinet. How will that affect cease-fire efforts?
News|World

Israel will not agree to halt in Gaza fighting without hostage return, official says

Israel will not agree to any halt in fighting in Gaza that is not part of a deal that includes a return of hostages, a senior Israeli security official said on Friday.

June 17, 2024
Israel will not agree to halt in Gaza fighting without hostage return, official says
Crime|News|World

Lebanon hospital treats Adam, first wounded Gazan to arrive in Beirut

Five-year-old Adam Afana dreamt of being a police officer "to keep people safe," his uncle said, before losing his father, his siblings and cousins, and nearly all of his left arm

June 17, 2024
Lebanon hospital treats Adam, first wounded Gazan to arrive in Beirut
Asia|News|World

Muslims in Asia celebrate Eid al-Adha with sacrifice festival and traditional feast

Muslims in Asia are celebrating Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar

June 17, 2024
Muslims in Asia celebrate Eid al-Adha with sacrifice festival and traditional feast
MidEast|News|World

Thousands march in a subdued Jerusalem gay pride parade

Jerusalem on Thursday held its annual gay pride parade under heavy security and with a subdued vibe, given the solemn mood in Israel after months of war.

June 17, 2024
Thousands march in a subdued Jerusalem gay pride parade
News|US

US State Department official resigns, says US report on Gaza inaccurate

A U.S.

June 16, 2024
US State Department official resigns, says US report on Gaza inaccurate
News

Israel's army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid

The Israeli military says it is pausing fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians

June 16, 2024
Israel's army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid
Europe|News|World

French MP says waving Palestinian flag was protest at 'massacre' in Gaza

A hard-left French lawmaker sanctioned for raising a Palestinian flag in parliament on Tuesday said he would "rather be on the right side of history than stick to the rules of the

June 15, 2024
French MP says waving Palestinian flag was protest at 'massacre' in Gaza
Africa|News|World

US says Algeria's proposed UN resolution on Rafah is not balanced

Algeria's proposed draft U.N.

June 15, 2024
US says Algeria's proposed UN resolution on Rafah is not balanced
News|World

Israeli centrist party increases pressure on Netanyahu government

Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz's centrist party proposed on Thursday a bill to dissolve parliament, showing the growing strains in Benjamin

June 15, 2024
Israeli centrist party increases pressure on Netanyahu government
MidEast|News|World

US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say

Two U.S. officials say the American-built aid pier off Gaza's coast will be detached and moved for a second time due to rough seas

June 14, 2024
US is removing aid pier from Gaza coast again due to weather, officials say
Health|News

Israel denounced over Gaza health emergency at WHO meeting

More than 30 countries condemned Israel's attacks on hospitals in Gaza and demanded more scrutiny of its role in the enclave's health crisis at a World Health

June 14, 2024
Israel denounced over Gaza health emergency at WHO meeting
MidEast|News|World

Gaza aid deliveries drop by two-thirds since Israel's move into Rafah, UN says

The United Nations, which has warned of famine in Gaza, said on Wednesday the amount of humanitarian aid entering the enclave has dropped by two-thirds

June 14, 2024
Gaza aid deliveries drop by two-thirds since Israel's move into Rafah, UN says
News|World

Israeli minister says Netanyahu 'failing,' calls for elections

An Israeli cabinet minister accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition of "failing miserably" amid the Gaza war on Wednesday, prompting a rebuke from Netanyahu's Likud

June 14, 2024
Israeli minister says Netanyahu 'failing,' calls for elections
MidEast|News|World

Aid for Gaza still leaving Cyprus by sea while landing pier fixed, Cypriot official says

Humanitarian aid for Gaza is continuing to leave Cyprus by sea and will be held in floating storage off the coast of the enclave until a U.S.-built military pier undergoes repairs,

June 14, 2024
Aid for Gaza still leaving Cyprus by sea while landing pier fixed, Cypriot official says
News|World

Israel tried to avert Iranian response to embassy attack, Iranian Guards commander says

Israel sent messages to Tehran via Egypt that it would "compromise" in Gaza to try to avert an Iranian response to an attack in April on Iran's embassy compound in Syria, Iran's

June 14, 2024
Israel tried to avert Iranian response to embassy attack, Iranian Guards commander says
News|World

Gaza's wounded children denied medical aid with Rafah crossing closed

Ahmed Abu Athab's Aunt Jamila sobs as she implores the world to get the boy out of Gaza for medical treatment after he was injured by Israeli fire this

June 13, 2024
Gaza's wounded children denied medical aid with Rafah crossing closed
MidEast|News|US|World

Blinken urges Israel to craft post-war Gaza plan, warns of chaos

U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday urged Israel to come up with a post-war plan for Gaza and warned that the absence of it could trigger

June 13, 2024
Blinken urges Israel to craft post-war Gaza plan, warns of chaos
MidEast|News|World

US tells UN: Israel undermines goals with civilian harm in Gaza

Israel must do more to protect Palestinian civilians in Gaza and should "remove all barriers to the flow of aid at scale through all crossings and routes"

June 13, 2024
US tells UN: Israel undermines goals with civilian harm in Gaza
News|US

Nikki Haley writes 'Finish Them' on Israeli artillery shell, drawing criticism

Republican former presidential contender Nikki Haley wrote "Finish Them!"

June 13, 2024
Nikki Haley writes 'Finish Them' on Israeli artillery shell, drawing criticism
MidEast|News|World

Israel investigating cause of blaze that followed Rafah air strike

The Israeli military is investigating the possibility that munitions stored near a compound in Gaza hit by an air strike on Sunday may have caught fire, killing more than 40

June 13, 2024
Israel investigating cause of blaze that followed Rafah air strike
MidEast|News

Egypt trying with Qatar, US to revive Gaza truce talks, Al-Qahera News says

An Egyptian security delegation is trying in coordination with Qatar and the U.S. to reactivate talks to reach a truce in Gaza and release hostages, Egypt's state-affiliated Al-

June 13, 2024
Egypt trying with Qatar, US to revive Gaza truce talks, Al-Qahera News says
Health|News|World

Israeli incursion could halt Rafah's last functioning hospital, WHO says

A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday the last hospital in Rafah could stop functioning and a substantial number of deaths could be

June 13, 2024
Israeli incursion could halt Rafah's last functioning hospital, WHO says
News|US|World

US expressed deep concern to Israel over Rafah airstrike, State Department says

The United States expressed deep concern to Israel's government over an airstrike in Rafah and urged an investigation as soon as it saw reports of the incident,

June 13, 2024
US expressed deep concern to Israel over Rafah airstrike, State Department says
MidEast|News|US|World

US defines 'major' Rafah operation that would change Israel policy

The White House on Tuesday provided the most complete definition yet of what it considers a "major ground operation" in Rafah that

June 13, 2024
US defines 'major' Rafah operation that would change Israel policy
News|US|World

US military pier temporarily removed from Gaza coast for repairs

A U.S. military-built pier off Gaza's coast is being temporarily removed after a part of the structure broke off, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in the latest blow to efforts to

June 13, 2024
US military pier temporarily removed from Gaza coast for repairs
MidEast|News|World

World's largest humanitarian network calls for Gaza ceasefire

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called on Wednesday for a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip,

June 12, 2024
World's largest humanitarian network calls for Gaza ceasefire
MidEast|News|World

UNRWA says around 1 million people have fled Rafah in past 3 weeks

Around one million people have fled the Gazan city of Rafah in the past three weeks, the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said on Tuesday.

June 12, 2024
UNRWA says around 1 million people have fled Rafah in past 3 weeks
MidEast|News|World

South Africa condemns Israeli attack on Rafah camp

South Africa on Tuesday condemned an Israeli attack on a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, adding that current conditions in Gaza justified its genocide case against

June 12, 2024
South Africa condemns Israeli attack on Rafah camp
News

Palestinian President's spokesperson calls new Israeli strikes on Rafah a massacre

The Palestinian president's spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, described new Israeli strikes on Rafah on Tuesday as a massacre, and called for the implementation of a World Court 

June 12, 2024
Palestinian President's spokesperson calls new Israeli strikes on Rafah a massacre
MidEast|News|World

What are the main sticking points in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas?

The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of the United States and most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel

June 12, 2024
What are the main sticking points in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas?
Crime|MidEast|News|Political|World

Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed

Hezbollah has vowed to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of violence began eight months ago

June 12, 2024
Hezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military commander is killed
MidEast|News|World

International community should redouble pressure on Israel -Colombia minister

The international community should insist to Israel and its allies that the country negotiate a peaceful solution to the conflict in Gaza, Colombia's foreign

June 12, 2024
International community should redouble pressure on Israel -Colombia minister
MidEast|News|World

Israeli police and Jewish pilgrims clash at beleaguered festival site

Clashes erupted on Sunday between police and Jewish pilgrims at a religious festival site in northern Israel where three years ago 45 people died in a crowd crush, and which

June 12, 2024
Israeli police and Jewish pilgrims clash at beleaguered festival site
MidEast|News|Opinion|World

Italy says violence against civilians in Gaza 'no longer justifiable'

Italy said on Monday Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza were no longer justifiable in one of the strongest criticisms Rome has made so far against Israel's campaign.

June 12, 2024
Italy says violence against civilians in Gaza 'no longer justifiable'
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Spain's foreign minister condemns 'scandalous' Israeli flamenco video

Spain's foreign minister condemned as "scandalous and execrable" a video posted by his Israeli counterpart suggesting Hamas would be grateful to Spain, in a growing spat between the

June 11, 2024
Spain's foreign minister condemns 'scandalous' Israeli flamenco video
MidEast|News|World

At least 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes at displaced area in Gaza's Rafah

At least 20 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded after a number of Israeli air strikes hit a camp for the displaced in Gaza's Rafah which set their tents on fire, a

June 11, 2024
At least 20 Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes at displaced area in Gaza's Rafah
MidEast|News|Political|World

Netanyahu's top rival left Israel's war Cabinet. How does that affect the prime minister and Gaza?

The resignation of a senior member of Israel’s war Cabinet was a dramatic show of distrust in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his strategy for the eight-month-old war with Hamas

June 11, 2024
Netanyahu's top rival left Israel's war Cabinet. How does that affect the prime minister and Gaza?
News|World

Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply

Hamas says it has given Qatari and Egyptian mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal

June 11, 2024
Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's 'evaluating' the reply
World

Israel defiant after World Court ruling

Israeli ministers dismissed Friday's ruling by the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to cease its military operation in the southern Gaza city of

June 11, 2024
Israel defiant after World Court ruling
Food|News

Aid shipments to southern Gaza may resume Friday night, Egyptian security sources say

Humanitarian food and fuel shipments may start coming into southern Gaza via Israel's Kerem Shalom crossing as early as Friday evening, Egyptian security sources said,

June 11, 2024
Aid shipments to southern Gaza may resume Friday night, Egyptian security sources say
MidEast|News|World

UK says World Court order to Israel over Rafah will strengthen Hamas

The British government has criticised the International Court of Justice for ordering Israel to immediately halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying the

June 11, 2024
UK says World Court order to Israel over Rafah will strengthen Hamas
MidEast|News|World

Spanish defence minister says Gaza war is 'real genocide'

The Spanish defence minister said on Saturday that the conflict in Gaza is a "real genocide", as relations between Israel and Spain worsen following Madrid's decision to recognise a

June 11, 2024
Spanish defence minister says Gaza war is 'real genocide'
Europe|MidEast|World

Italy resumes UNRWA funding in Palestinian aid package

Italy will resume funding for the United Nations' Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA as part of a 35 million euro ($38 million) aid package, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani

June 11, 2024
Italy resumes UNRWA funding in Palestinian aid package
News|World

World Court's order on Rafah does not rule out entire offensive, Israel says

Israel considers that an order by the World Court to halt its military offensive on Rafah in southern Gaza allows room for some military action there, Israeli officials said.

June 11, 2024
World Court's order on Rafah does not rule out entire offensive, Israel says
MidEast|News|World

Hamas says it captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza; Israel denies

A spokesman for Hamas' armed wing said on Sunday its fighters had captured Israeli soldiers during fighting in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday, though the

June 11, 2024
Hamas says it captured Israeli soldiers in Gaza; Israel denies
MidEast|News|World

Aid trucks expected to start entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing

About 200 aid trucks, including four fuel trucks, are expected to enter Gaza on Sunday through the Kerem Shalom border crossing, Khaled Zayed, the head of the Egyptian Red Crescent

June 11, 2024
Aid trucks expected to start entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing
MidEast|News|US|World

Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan with 'amendments,' and US is evaluating

Hamas has responded to a U.S.-backed proposal for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release, saying it wants some “amendments” on the deal

June 11, 2024
Hamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan with 'amendments,' and US is evaluating
Africa|News|World

South Africa hails World Court ruling on Israel's Rafah assault

South Africa's government on Friday hailed as ground-breaking a ruling by the World Court that ordered Israel to halt its military

June 10, 2024
South Africa hails World Court ruling on Israel's Rafah assault
News|US

US, Egypt agree to allow aid into Gaza through Kerem Shalom

U.S.

June 10, 2024
US, Egypt agree to allow aid into Gaza through Kerem Shalom
Economy|News|US|World

US will store aid on secure beach in Gaza as UN pauses distribution from pier

The U.S. military says it plans to stockpile humanitarian aid shipments on a secure beach in Gaza during a U.N. pause on distributing food from the American-built pier

June 10, 2024
US will store aid on secure beach in Gaza as UN pauses distribution from pier
MidEast|News|World

UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

The U.N. Security Council has approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza

June 10, 2024
UN Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution aimed at ending Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
Uncategorized

Palestinian players continue push for World Cup qualification amid war back home

Mohammed Rashid once worked as a forklift driver in a Chicago warehouse

June 10, 2024
Palestinian players continue push for World Cup qualification amid war back home
MidEast|News|World

Israel stops Spanish consulate from providing services to Palestinians

Israel will block the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing services to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following Madrid's decision this week to recognize a

June 10, 2024
Israel stops Spanish consulate from providing services to Palestinians
MidEast|News|World

Turbulent year for Israel on the global stage

From international court hearings to sanctions against Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and strains in relations with the United States, it has been one of the most turbulent

June 10, 2024
Turbulent year for Israel on the global stage
MidEast|News|World

Strikes continue in Gaza, as UN court orders Israel to halt Rafah assault

Israeli forces stepped up military strikes on Gaza on Friday, residents and medics said, with planes bombing targets in the southern city of Rafah even as the

June 10, 2024
Strikes continue in Gaza, as UN court orders Israel to halt Rafah assault
News|Political|World

UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza

The U.N. Security Council has overwhelmingly approved a U.S. resolution welcoming a cease-fire proposal

June 10, 2024
UN endorses US-backed cease-fire plan as Blinken holds talks on Gaza
News|World

What does Israel's rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks?

Israel’s dramatic rescue of four hostages from inside the Gaza Strip, in an operation that health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, comes at a sensitive time in the 8-month-old war

June 10, 2024
What does Israel's rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks?
MidEast|News|US|World

Blinken pushes Israel on postwar Gaza plans as pressure mounts on Hamas to accept cease-fire plan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged top Israeli officials to accept a plan for postwar Gaza as he pushed for more international pressure on Hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal newly endorsed by the U.N. Security Council

June 10, 2024
Blinken pushes Israel on postwar Gaza plans as pressure mounts on Hamas to accept cease-fire plan
MidEast|News|World

UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback

The director of the U.N. World Food Program says the program has “paused” its distribution of humanitarian aid from an American-built pier off Gaza out of concern for the safety of its workers

June 10, 2024
UN food agency pauses its aid work at US pier in Gaza over security concerns, in latest setback
News|Political|World

Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel's war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, has announced his resignation, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of mismanaging the war effort and putting his own “political survival” over the country’s security needs

June 09, 2024
Centrist Benny Gantz is quitting Israel's war Cabinet, citing frustrations with Netanyahu
MidEast|News|US|World

Three US troops have non-combat injuries during Gaza pier operation

Three U.S. troops suffered non-combat injuries in the effort to make a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza into a conduit for humanitarian aid,

June 09, 2024
Three US troops have non-combat injuries during Gaza pier operation
Health|News|World

Gaza's Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages

Gaza's Health Ministry says at least 274 Palestinians, including dozens of children, were killed in the Israeli air and ground raid that rescued four hostages held by Hamas

June 09, 2024
Gaza's Health Ministry says 274 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raid that rescued 4 hostages
News|World

Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier, US military says

The U.S. military says the first aid from an American-built pier arrived in Gaza since storm damage required repairs to the project

June 08, 2024
Aid is delivered to Gaza from newly repaired US-built pier, US military says
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Who are the 4 hostages rescued by Israeli forces from captivity in Gaza?

The four captives rescued by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip were abducted from a desert rave near the border during Hamas’ wide-ranging assault into Israel on Oct. 7

June 08, 2024
Who are the 4 hostages rescued by Israeli forces from captivity in Gaza?
News

From wedding photographer to water queue: Gaza mother mourns lost dream life

Falasteen Abdulati mourns her vanished good life as a wedding photographer as she wearily queues day after day for scarce drinking water in a

June 08, 2024
From wedding photographer to water queue: Gaza mother mourns lost dream life
Crime|Europe|News|World

Oxford University students arrested at pro-Palestinian sit-in

British police said they had arrested 16 people on suspicion of aggravated trespass at the University of Oxford on Thursday, after pro-Palestinian protesters

June 08, 2024
Oxford University students arrested at pro-Palestinian sit-in
MidEast|News|World

The US is making its biggest push yet to get Israel and Hamas to halt fighting. Is it succeeding?

The Biden administration is keeping up its biggest push of the eight-month-old war in Gaza to get Israel and Hamas into a cease-fire

June 07, 2024
The US is making its biggest push yet to get Israel and Hamas to halt fighting. Is it succeeding?
News|World

Egypt still committed to Gaza truce talks, say sources

Egypt remains committed to helping negotiate a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza despite doubts about its mediation role, and it is in touch with Israel about setting dates

June 07, 2024
Egypt still committed to Gaza truce talks, say sources
MidEast|News|World

UN will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights in armed conflict

The U.N. secretary-general will tell the Security Council next week that both Israel and Hamas are violating children’s rights and leaving them exposed to danger in their war to eliminate each other

June 07, 2024
UN will declare that both Israel and Hamas are violating children's rights in armed conflict
MidEast|News|Political|World

Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his eighth diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began in October

June 07, 2024
Blinken to push cease-fire proposal in eighth urgent Mideast trip since war in Gaza erupted
Europe|World

Hungary says ICC warrant against Israel's Netanyahu 'unacceptable'

The International Criminal Court prosecutor's request for an arrest warrant against Israel's prime minister is "unacceptable" and could not be enforced in Hungary, Prime Minister

June 07, 2024
Hungary says ICC warrant against Israel's Netanyahu 'unacceptable'
MidEast|World

World Court set to rule on measures over Israel's Rafah offensive

The International Court of Justice will rule on Friday on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza, it said on Thursday

June 07, 2024
World Court set to rule on measures over Israel's Rafah offensive
MidEast|News|World

US-built pier in Gaza is reconnected after repairs, and aid will flow soon, US Central Command says

A U.S. military-built pier designed to carry aid into Gaza by boat has been reconnected to the beach in the besieged territory after it broke apart in storms and rough seas

June 07, 2024
US-built pier in Gaza is reconnected after repairs, and aid will flow soon, US Central Command says
MidEast|News|World

Israel bombs another UN-run school in Gaza, a day after strike on school killed 33

Israel’s military struck what it says was a Hamas position inside a U.N.-run school in northern Gaza

June 07, 2024
Israel bombs another UN-run school in Gaza, a day after strike on school killed 33
MidEast|News|World

Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds

An Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data finds the proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply

June 07, 2024
Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds
News|US

Blinken urges Egypt to ensure aid is flowing into Gaza

U.S.

June 07, 2024
Blinken urges Egypt to ensure aid is flowing into Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle

Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah on Wednesday during one of the most intense nights of bombardment of the southern

June 07, 2024
Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle
MidEast|News|World

Israel briefed White House official on plans to limit civilian harm in Rafah

Israel updated White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on its refined plans to minimize civilian harm in Rafah when he visited the region last weekend, he said on

June 06, 2024
Israel briefed White House official on plans to limit civilian harm in Rafah
Africa|MidEast|News|Political|World

Boosted by Gaza war, South African Muslim party open to deal with ANC

South Africa's small Muslim political party Al Jama-ah is gaining support due to the conflict in Gaza and sees itself as a potential coalition partner for the

June 06, 2024
Boosted by Gaza war, South African Muslim party open to deal with ANC
MidEast|News|World

Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens

The families of American hostages in Gaza say they are hopeful for a deal between Israel and Hamas that would bring their loved ones home

June 06, 2024
Families of US hostages in Gaza plead with Americans: Don't forget your fellow citizens
MidEast|News|Political|World

Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Spain says it will ask a United Nations court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

June 06, 2024
Spain applies to join South Africa’s case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
MidEast|News|World

Israeli strike kills 33 in a Gaza school filled with displaced families

An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza killed at least 33 people overnight when it hit a United Nations-run school sheltering displaced Palestinian families

June 06, 2024
Israeli strike kills 33 in a Gaza school filled with displaced families
Technology

One image, seen by millions: A social media effort to draw attention to Rafah surges

A single image, not even an authentic photograph, is the focus of a singular campaign on Instagram

June 06, 2024
One image, seen by millions: A social media effort to draw attention to Rafah surges
News|Opinion|Political|World

Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says

The United Nations humanitarian chief says leaders in many conflict areas are more interested in power and political rivalries than in listening to the needs of their people, improving their lives and ending the fighting

June 06, 2024
Many leaders are more interested in power than helping end conflict, UN humanitarian chief says
Health|News|World

Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas

Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza killed at least 33 people including 12 women and children

June 06, 2024
Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas
News|US|World

Trump foreign policy adviser urges sanctions on ICC officials after meeting Netanyahu

The United States should slap sanctions on International Criminal Court officials who seek an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a top foreign policy

June 05, 2024
Trump foreign policy adviser urges sanctions on ICC officials after meeting Netanyahu
MidEast|News|Political|World

Ireland to announce recognition of Palestinian state on Wednesday, source says

The Irish government is to announce the recognition of a Palestinian state on Wednesday, a move strongly opposed by Israel, a source familiar with the matter said.

June 05, 2024
Ireland to announce recognition of Palestinian state on Wednesday, source says
MidEast|News|World

Panicked Gaza hospital staff evacuate patients after missile strike, video shows

Israeli missiles struck the emergency department of a northern Gaza hospital on Tuesday, medics said, prompting panicked medical staff to rush patients on hospital beds and stretchers to

June 05, 2024
Panicked Gaza hospital staff evacuate patients after missile strike, video shows
Health|News|World

WHO chief asks Israel to ease curbs on Gaza medical aid

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Tuesday for Israel to lift restrictions on aid into Gaza, saying that the primary pipeline for emergency medical aid into

June 05, 2024
WHO chief asks Israel to ease curbs on Gaza medical aid
MidEast|News|World

Why the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again

A deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has added to concerns that Israel and the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah could be sucked into a full-scale war - something

June 05, 2024
Why the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is heating up again
News

UNRWA says food distribution in Rafah suspended due to insecurity

The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that food distribution in Gaza's southern city of Rafah were currently suspended due to lack of

June 05, 2024
UNRWA says food distribution in Rafah suspended due to insecurity
Crime|News|World

What happens after ICC prosecutor seeks warrants in Israel-Gaza conflict?

The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief Yoav

June 05, 2024
What happens after ICC prosecutor seeks warrants in Israel-Gaza conflict?
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of Jewish prayer at key site

Thousands of ultranationalist Israelis have marched through a sensitive Palestinian area of Jerusalem in an annual procession, chanting racist slogans

June 05, 2024
Israeli nationalists march in Jerusalem as a far-right minister boasts of Jewish prayer at key site
MidEast|News|World

Israeli troops launch attacks in central Gaza, possibly widening their offensive

The Israeli military said it has “operational control” over two areas of central Gaza as it carries out ground incursions and airstrikes in a possible broadening of its monthslong war against Hamas

June 05, 2024
Israeli troops launch attacks in central Gaza, possibly widening their offensive
News|US|World

More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM

The U.S.

June 05, 2024
More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM
Business|Economy|Finance|News|World

S&P expects slower recovery for Israel's economy despite Q1 rebound

Ratings agency S&P Global on Tuesday said it expects Israel's economy to recover at a more moderate pace than previous downturns despite an economic bounce-back in the first

June 05, 2024
S&P expects slower recovery for Israel's economy despite Q1 rebound
MidEast|News|World

Secretive Hamas military chief masterminded Oct 7 strike on Israel

Hamas' elusive military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds behind what Israel called its 9/11 moment, rarely speaks and never appears in

June 04, 2024
Secretive Hamas military chief masterminded Oct 7 strike on Israel
Health|MidEast|News|World

Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns

A new report by an independent group of experts says it's possible that famine is underway in northern Gaza, but that the war between Israel and Hamas and restrictions on humanitarian access have impeded data collection to prove it

June 04, 2024
Famine is possibly underway in northern Gaza despite recent aid efforts, a new report warns
Crime|News|World

Israel reacts in fury as ICC prosecutor seeks Netanyahu arrest warrant

Israel reacted with fury on Monday to the request by the International Criminal Court prosecutor for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

June 04, 2024
Israel reacts in fury as ICC prosecutor seeks Netanyahu arrest warrant
News|World

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm

Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the International Criminal Court prosecutor's office said on Monday

June 04, 2024
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

US launches lobbying blitz to sell Gaza cease-fire plan to Hamas through Arab and Muslim nations

The Biden administration has launched an intense drive to persuade Hamas and Israel to accept a new cease-fire proposal in the nearly eight-month-old war in Gaza while it also presses Arab nations to get the militant group to go along with the terms

June 04, 2024
US launches lobbying blitz to sell Gaza cease-fire plan to Hamas through Arab and Muslim nations
MidEast|News|Political|World

Hamas Gaza leader Sinwar, facing ICC warrant request, plotted Oct 7 attack

Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza who masterminded the bloodiest attack on Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, made no secret of his desire to strike hard

June 04, 2024
Hamas Gaza leader Sinwar, facing ICC warrant request, plotted Oct 7 attack
World

Hamas' Qatar-based leader Haniyeh named in ICC warrant request

Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader based in Qatar, has been the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war

June 04, 2024
Hamas' Qatar-based leader Haniyeh named in ICC warrant request
MidEast|News|World

Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after a parliamentary vote

Slovenia has recognized a Palestinian state after the country’s parliament voted in support of the move, following in the recent steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway

June 04, 2024
Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after a parliamentary vote
News|Political|World

Israel vows to broaden Rafah sweep amid heavy fighting in parts of Gaza

Israel made a new push in central Gaza on Monday, bombarded towns in the north of the Strip and said it intended to broaden its

June 04, 2024
Israel vows to broaden Rafah sweep amid heavy fighting in parts of Gaza
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Key facts about Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday said he had requested arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for

June 04, 2024
Key facts about Israel Defence Minister Yoav Gallant
MidEast|Political|World

Israel seeks bipartisan US support against establishment of a Palestinian state

Israel called for bipartisan support on Sunday from the United States against the establishment of a Palestinian state, which it said would be a reward for Hamas and its backer

June 04, 2024
Israel seeks bipartisan US support against establishment of a Palestinian state
MidEast|News|US|World

Biden takes a big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up

President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement including an extended truce

June 03, 2024
Biden takes a big swing at hostage-for-truce deal, puts onus on Israeli, Hamas officials to step up
News|World

Parents of German-Israeli woman whose body found in Gaza thankful to have a grave

German-Israeli Shani Louk's father says that finally laying his daughter to rest will be a gift after her body was recovered from

June 03, 2024
Parents of German-Israeli woman whose body found in Gaza thankful to have a grave
MidEast|News|World

Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation

Austria will release funds to the U.N.'s Palestinian relief organisation UNRWA that were blocked after allegations agency staff were involved in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

June 03, 2024
Austria to unblock funds for UN Palestinian relief organisation
MidEast|News|World

Palestinian officials apply to join South Africa's case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide

Palestinian officials have applied at the top U.N. court for permission to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

June 03, 2024
Palestinian officials apply to join South Africa's case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy

The cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden has placed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a crossroads

June 03, 2024
Proposed Gaza cease-fire puts Netanyahu at a crossroads that could shape his legacy
MidEast|News|World

Palestinian truckers fear for safety after convoy for Gaza wrecked

Palestinian hauliers said on Tuesday they feared for the security of supply convoys to Gaza, a day after Israeli protesters wrecked trucks carrying goods bound for the

June 03, 2024
Palestinian truckers fear for safety after convoy for Gaza wrecked
Health|MidEast|News|US|World

Trapped US doctors are out of Gaza, White House says

A group of U.S. medical workers left the Gaza Strip after getting stuck at the hospital where they were providing care, the White House said on Friday.

June 03, 2024
Trapped US doctors are out of Gaza, White House says
Election|News|Political|US

New York race for US House becomes latest Israel lobby battleground

The Democratic primary race for a U.S.

June 03, 2024
New York race for US House becomes latest Israel lobby battleground
MidEast|News|World

Western nations urge Israel to comply with international law in Gaza

Israel must comply with international law in Gaza and address the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, a group of Western nations wrote in a

June 03, 2024
Western nations urge Israel to comply with international law in Gaza
MidEast|News|Travel|World

Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza

Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza

June 02, 2024
Maldives to ban Israelis from entering country amid war in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Israel seeks a 'governing alternative' to Hamas in Gaza. It's been tried and failed before

Israel's defense minister says Israel is looking into an alternative local governing body for Gaza, proposing a future beyond Hamas but giving no idea who those challengers might be

June 02, 2024
Israel seeks a 'governing alternative' to Hamas in Gaza. It's been tried and failed before
MidEast|News|Opinion|World

The Israeli army says it investigates itself. Where do those investigations stand?

Throughout the seven-month Israel-Hamas war, Israel has been heavily criticized for alleged wrongdoing by its forces

June 02, 2024
The Israeli army says it investigates itself. Where do those investigations stand?
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

The Biden administration says Israel hasn't crossed a red line on Rafah. This could be why

The Biden administration has gone to lengths to avoid any suggestion that Israeli forces have crossed a red line set by President Joe Biden in the deepening offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

June 01, 2024
The Biden administration says Israel hasn't crossed a red line on Rafah. This could be why
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli base

The militant Hezbollah group says it shot down an Israeli drone over south Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base

June 01, 2024
Hezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at an Israeli base
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal

Israel’s prime minister faces growing pressure after U.S. President Joe Biden described a proposed agreement to end the fighting in Gaza

June 01, 2024
Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal
MidEast|News|Political|World

The key people in Israel's government

More than seven months into the war in Gaza, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant publicly demanded a clear "day after" strategy in Gaza from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

June 01, 2024
The key people in Israel's government
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Congressional leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol

Congressional leaders have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver an address a the U.S. Capitol

May 31, 2024
Congressional leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu to deliver an address at the Capitol
MidEast|News|World

UN aid chief warns on Gaza food supplies, says relief work 'unplannable'

The U.N. aid chief warned on Thursday that famine was an immediate risk in Gaza with food stocks running out, describing fresh challenges since the start of the

May 31, 2024
UN aid chief warns on Gaza food supplies, says relief work 'unplannable'
Europe|Sports

Protestor chains himself to a goalpost ahead of Scotland-Israel women's match

The start of the women’s European Championship qualifier between Scotland and Israel was delayed after a protestor got onto the field at Hampden Park and chained himself to a goalpost

May 31, 2024
Protestor chains himself to a goalpost ahead of Scotland-Israel women's match
News|World

Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war

President Joe Biden has detailed a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants that he says would lead to the release of remaining hostages in Gaza and could end the grinding Mideast war

May 31, 2024
Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|World

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

The Israeli military has confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

May 31, 2024
Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city
MidEast|World

Egypt president says Israel evades Gaza ceasefire efforts

Israel continues to evade efforts to reach a ceasefire in its war with Hamas in Gaza, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, whose country has mediated in the conflict, told Arab

May 31, 2024
Egypt president says Israel evades Gaza ceasefire efforts
MidEast|News|World

Egypt rejects Israeli plans for Rafah crossing, sources say

Egypt has rejected an Israeli proposal for the two countries to coordinate to re-open the Rafah crossing between Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, and to manage its future

May 31, 2024
Egypt rejects Israeli plans for Rafah crossing, sources say
News|World

Biden says Israel offers Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal

U.S. President Joe Biden says Israel has offered Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal that would unfold over three phases

May 31, 2024
Biden says Israel offers Hamas a cease-fire and hostage release deal
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say

Defense experts who've reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians question why Israel didn't use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby

May 30, 2024
Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say
News|World

Blinken says Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for Gaza's future

Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for the future of Gaza where it faces the potential for a power vacuum that could become filled by chaos, U.S.

May 30, 2024
Blinken says Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for Gaza's future
Health|MidEast|News|World

Palestinians wounded in Gaza desperate for Rafah crossing to reopen

Ni'ma Ali Imad is desperate to get her wounded son Mohammed out of Gaza for the medical treatment that doctors say they cannot provide in the

May 30, 2024
Palestinians wounded in Gaza desperate for Rafah crossing to reopen
MidEast|News|US|World

US working to get trapped American doctors out of Gaza, White House says

The Biden administration is working to get a group of U.S. doctors out of Gaza after Israel closed the Rafah border crossing, the White House said on Wednesday.

May 30, 2024
US working to get trapped American doctors out of Gaza, White House says
News

Hamas chief says Israeli amendments on ceasefire proposal led to deadlock

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh blamed Israel on Wednesday for a deadlock in Gaza ceasefire negotiations and reiterated key demands including that any agreement

May 30, 2024
Hamas chief says Israeli amendments on ceasefire proposal led to deadlock
MidEast|News|US|World

Pro-Palestinian camp at Wayne State dismantled while MIT students walk out of commencement

Police have dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at Wayne State University in Detroit two days after the school suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely

May 30, 2024
Pro-Palestinian camp at Wayne State dismantled while MIT students walk out of commencement
News|US|World

US State Dept moves $1 billion weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, officials say

The U.S. State Department has moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

May 30, 2024
US State Dept moves $1 billion weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, officials say
News|MidEast|World

Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas-led militants in north and south Gaza

Gun battles between Israel and militants from Hamas, Islamic Jihad and smaller Palestinian factions intensified overnight into some of the fiercest in months in

May 30, 2024
Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hamas-led militants in north and south Gaza
News|World

EU's Borrell urges Israel to end Rafah operation

The European Union urges Israel to end its operation in Rafah immediately as the operation disrupts the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and is leading to more internal

May 30, 2024
EU's Borrell urges Israel to end Rafah operation
News|World

India says it is working to repatriate UN staffer killed in Gaza

India said on Wednesday it was working to repatriate the body of a former Indian Army officer serving as a U.N. staffer, who was killed in Gaza when his vehicle was hit by what

May 30, 2024
India says it is working to repatriate UN staffer killed in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next

A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier

May 29, 2024
The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next
MidEast|News|World

Brazil's president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has withdrawn his ambassador to Israel after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza

May 29, 2024
Brazil's president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after criticizing the war in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Palestinians in Israel demand refugee return on 'Nakba' anniversary

Thousands of flag-waving Palestinians marched in northern Israel on Tuesday to commemorate the flight and forced flight of Palestinians during the

May 29, 2024
Palestinians in Israel demand refugee return on 'Nakba' anniversary
MidEast|News|Political|World

Palestinian prime minister visits Madrid after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognize Palestinian state

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid a day after Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state

May 29, 2024
Palestinian prime minister visits Madrid after Spain, Norway and Ireland recognize Palestinian state
News|Opinion|World

Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he's deflecting from his own problems

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly accused critics of Israel or his policies of antisemitism

May 29, 2024
Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he's deflecting from his own problems
Health|World

Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital

The International Red Cross and partners are opening a field hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday to try to meet what it described as "overwhelming" demand for health services since

May 29, 2024
Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital
MidEast|News

Talks over Gaza ceasefire at stalemate after Rafah operation, Qatar PM says

Talks over a ceasefire in Gaza have reached a stalemate due to Israel's operations in the southern border city of Rafah, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani

May 29, 2024
Talks over Gaza ceasefire at stalemate after Rafah operation, Qatar PM says
Africa|MidEast|News|World

Turkey says to apply to intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday that Turkey decided to submit its declaration of official intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the

May 29, 2024
Turkey says to apply to intervene in ICJ genocide case against Israel
Health|News|World

Nothing wrong with Gaza death toll figures, WHO says

The World Health Organization voiced full confidence in Gaza Ministry of Health death toll figures on Tuesday, saying they were actually getting closer to confirming

May 29, 2024
Nothing wrong with Gaza death toll figures, WHO says
News|World

World Court to hold hearings over Israel's Rafah attacks

The U.N.'s International Court of Justice will hold hearings on Thursday and Friday to discuss new emergency measures sought by South Africa over

May 29, 2024
World Court to hold hearings over Israel's Rafah attacks
Crime|Economy|News

Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive in Gaza as cash shortage worsens misery

A shortage of banknotes is gripping Gaza, fuelling criminal gangs and profiteering, after Israel has blocked imports

May 29, 2024
Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive in Gaza as cash shortage worsens misery
Health|MidEast|News|World

Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed?

Palestinian health authorities say Israel's ground and air campaign in Gaza has killed more than 35,000 people, mostly civilians, and driven most of the enclave's 2.3 million people from

May 29, 2024
Gaza death toll: how many Palestinians has Israel's campaign killed?
MidEast|News|US|World

US calls Algeria's proposed UN resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful

The United States says a proposed U_N_ Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and halt to Israel’s military operation in the southern city of Rafah “is not going to be helpful.”

May 28, 2024
US calls Algeria's proposed UN resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful
News|Crime|US

White House sees no genocide in Gaza, condemns aid convoy attacks

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that President Joe Biden's administration does not view the killings of

May 28, 2024
White House sees no genocide in Gaza, condemns aid convoy attacks
MidEast|News|World

US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike

The White House has condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but says it is not planning any policy changes as a result of the Israeli actions

May 28, 2024
US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike
MidEast|News|World

Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza

Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza on Monday, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel

May 28, 2024
Israeli protesters block aid convoy headed to Gaza
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza

The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S.

May 28, 2024
Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza
News|World

Palestinians desperate to flee Rafah as Israelis bear down

The Anseir family loaded their meagre belongings on a beat up car hoping to escape before an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah -- where more than a million Gazans

May 28, 2024
Palestinians desperate to flee Rafah as Israelis bear down
Education|Health|News

College in Detroit suspends in-person classes because of pro-Palestinian camp

Wayne State University in Detroit has suspended in-person classes and encouraged staff to work remotely

May 28, 2024
College in Detroit suspends in-person classes because of pro-Palestinian camp
News|Political|US

Former US military intelligence official says he resigned over Gaza war

A former U.S. military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

May 28, 2024
Former US military intelligence official says he resigned over Gaza war
Education|News|World

Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system

Pupils sitting cross-legged on the sand take classes in a tent near Khan Younis in Gaza.

May 28, 2024
Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands

Renewed Israeli shelling and strikes have killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah

May 28, 2024
Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's Rafah as offensive expands
MidEast|News|World

Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican

Israel's Embassy to the Holy See issued a protest on Monday after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza during an event hosted by the Vatican.

May 28, 2024
Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican
News|World

Interactive Israeli exhibition tells Oct 7 survivor stories

Noam Ben David, 27-year-old survivor of the Nova Music Festival, hid in a garbage container for five hours on Oct. 7, after seeing Hamas gunmen kill her partner.

May 28, 2024
Interactive Israeli exhibition tells Oct 7 survivor stories
MidEast|News|World

An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon kills 2 people near a hospital, officials say

Health officials say an Israeli strike targeting a motorcycle in southern Lebanon has hit next to a hospital entrance and killed two people — the motorcycle driver and a hospital security guard

May 27, 2024
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon kills 2 people near a hospital, officials say
Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Factbox-Switzerland won Eurovision's jury vote, while viewers favoured Croatia, Israel

Swiss artist Nemo won the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, beating 24 rivals with the song "The Code", while Israel's Eden Golan finished fifth despite

May 27, 2024
Factbox-Switzerland won Eurovision's jury vote, while viewers favoured Croatia, Israel
News|World

Turkey's Erdogan says U.S., Europe not doing enough to pressure Israel into Gaza truce

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that the United States and European countries were not doing enough to pressure Israel to agree a ceasefire in Gaza, after

May 27, 2024
Turkey's Erdogan says U.S., Europe not doing enough to pressure Israel into Gaza truce
Africa|MidEast|News|World

Egypt to intervene in ICJ case as Israel tensions rise

Egypt on Sunday said it would intervene in support of South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, citing the growing scale of Israel's operations in

May 27, 2024
Egypt to intervene in ICJ case as Israel tensions rise
Europe|News|World

Relations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to recognize a Palestinian state

Relations between the European Union and Israel are in a nosedive on the eve of the diplomatic recognition of a Palestinian state by EU members Ireland and Spain

May 27, 2024
Relations between EU and Israel plummet as Spain, Ireland prepare to recognize a Palestinian state
News|World

US working to keep Israel, Hamas engaged in Gaza truce efforts

Washington said it was trying to keep Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas engaged "if only virtually" in Gaza truce efforts as a U.N. agency warned

May 27, 2024
US working to keep Israel, Hamas engaged in Gaza truce efforts
News|US|World

US says Israel's use of weapons may have violated international law

The Biden administration on Friday said Israel's use of U.S.-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law during its

May 27, 2024
US says Israel's use of weapons may have violated international law
Asia|Australia|News|World

Australia says Palestinian UN membership bid builds peace momentum

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the country's support for a Palestinian bid to become a full United Nations member was part of building momentum to secure

May 27, 2024
Australia says Palestinian UN membership bid builds peace momentum
MidEast|News|US|World

White House: Gaps on Gaza ceasefire can still be surmounted

In-person talks on a Gaza ceasefire-for-hostages agreement have concluded for now with no deal but the U.S. believes remaining gaps can be surmounted, the White House said on

May 27, 2024
White House: Gaps on Gaza ceasefire can still be surmounted
MidEast|News|World

South Africa asks World Court to order Israel's withdrawal from Rafah

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to withdraw from Rafah as part of additional emergency measures over the war in Gaza, the U.N.'s

May 26, 2024
South Africa asks World Court to order Israel's withdrawal from Rafah
MidEast|World

EU foreign chief says Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence in the West Bank

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has insisted that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court’s rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

May 26, 2024
EU foreign chief says Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence in the West Bank
News|US|World

Netanyahu defiant after Biden warning on arms supplies to Israel

U.S.

May 26, 2024
Netanyahu defiant after Biden warning on arms supplies to Israel
Health|News|World

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit

Palestinian health workers say Israeli attacks have killed at least 35 people and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

May 26, 2024
Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit
Arts|Entertainment|Europe

Israel emerges among top favourites to win Eurovision

Israel's Eden Golan has become one of the favourites among bookmakers to win this year's Eurovision Song Contest after she made it through

May 26, 2024
Israel emerges among top favourites to win Eurovision
MidEast|News|World

Scuffles erupt between police, protesters demanding return of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza

Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters have erupted in Tel Aviv after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza

May 25, 2024
Scuffles erupt between police, protesters demanding return of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza
MidEast|News|US|World

Factbox-Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who has halted exports?

The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy, bunker-busting bombs Israeli forces have used in their war against Hamas militants in Gaza that has killed

May 25, 2024
Factbox-Who are Israel’s main weapons suppliers and who has halted exports?
Health|News|World

Gaza aid operations could grind to halt within days, UN agencies warn

Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza as vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close and

May 25, 2024
Gaza aid operations could grind to halt within days, UN agencies warn
MidEast|News|Political|World

UN court order demanding that Israel halt its Gaza offensive further isolates the US position

A U.N. court's order that Israel halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is deepening a disconnect with the United States

May 25, 2024
UN court order demanding that Israel halt its Gaza offensive further isolates the US position
News|World

British commander says air drops a lifesaver for Gazans facing starvation

Air drops through Jordan by a coalition of Western and Arab states are a lifesaver for starving Palestinians in Gaza struggling to get

May 24, 2024
British commander says air drops a lifesaver for Gazans facing starvation
News|US

Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause

Billions of dollars worth of U.S. weaponry remains in the pipeline for Israel, despite the delay of one shipment of bombs and a review of others by

May 24, 2024
Israel due to get billions of dollars more in US weapons despite Biden pause
News|US

Blinken report expected to say Israel is not breaking weapons terms, Axios reports

U.S.

May 24, 2024
Blinken report expected to say Israel is not breaking weapons terms, Axios reports
MidEast|News|World

Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel is unlikely to comply

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah — but stopped short of ordering a full cease-fire

May 24, 2024
Top UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel is unlikely to comply
MidEast|US|World

Biden’s move on weapons supplies is latest test of US-Israel relations

Here are some milestones in Israel's ties with the United States, now strained by Israeli government plans for a major assault on Rafah in southern Gaza and a warning by President Joe

May 24, 2024
Biden’s move on weapons supplies is latest test of US-Israel relations
MidEast|News|US|World

Vessel carrying aid to US-built pier off Gaza leaves Cyprus

A vessel carrying aid to a pier built by the United States off Gaza set sail from Cyprus on Thursday, Cypriot officials said.

May 24, 2024
Vessel carrying aid to US-built pier off Gaza leaves Cyprus
Europe|MidEast|Political|World

Slovenia to recognise Palestinian state by mid-June

The Slovenian government on Thursday initiated the procedure for the recognition of a Palestinian state as a form of leverage to end the conflict in Gaza, a move it announced in

May 24, 2024
Slovenia to recognise Palestinian state by mid-June
News|US|World

Major Rafah operation will not defeat Hamas, White House says

President Joe Biden believes that a major Rafah operation by Israel will not advance the country's objective of defeating the Hamas

May 24, 2024
Major Rafah operation will not defeat Hamas, White House says
MidEast|News|World

As Rafah offensive looms, Palestinians fear dispossession again

As Israeli forces mass on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, Palestinians fear another "Nakba", when 700,000 of them were

May 24, 2024
As Rafah offensive looms, Palestinians fear dispossession again
News|US

Behind Biden's Israel weapons pause: a defiant Netanyahu, a tense phone call

U.S.

May 24, 2024
Behind Biden's Israel weapons pause: a defiant Netanyahu, a tense phone call
MidEast|News|US|World

US warning on arms supplies prompts Israeli defiance, doubts

U.S.

May 24, 2024
US warning on arms supplies prompts Israeli defiance, doubts
MidEast|News|US|World

More aid getting from US pier to people in Gaza, officials say, after troubled launch

U.S. officials say a six--day-old U.S. pier project in Gaza is starting to get more aid to Palestinians in need but conditions are challenging

May 23, 2024
More aid getting from US pier to people in Gaza, officials say, after troubled launch
News|US|World

Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah

President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah,

May 23, 2024
Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah
MidEast|News|Opinion|Political|World

Most Israelis dislike Netanyahu, but support the war in Gaza – an Israeli scholar explains what’s driving public opinion

Israelis’ and Jewish people’s long-held feeling of persecution, dating back to biblical times, contributes to most Israelis’ desire to continue the war in Gaza.

May 23, 2024
Most Israelis dislike Netanyahu, but support the war in Gaza – an Israeli scholar explains what’s driving public opinion
Health|News

Largest hospital in central Gaza faces imminent shutdown due to lack of fuel

The Health Ministry in Gaza says the largest hospital serving the territory's center faces imminent shutdown

May 23, 2024
Largest hospital in central Gaza faces imminent shutdown due to lack of fuel
MidEast|News|World

Russia says Gaza war is escalating and no sign of any peace settlement

Russia said on Wednesday that the war in Gaza was escalating due to Israel's incursion into Rafah and that Moscow so far saw no prospect for a peace settlement in

May 22, 2024
Russia says Gaza war is escalating and no sign of any peace settlement
News|Business|World

Gaza war cools Israel's once red-hot business ties with UAE

The war in Gaza has cooled Israeli business activity with the United Arab Emirates, with the once-celebrated relationship now conducted

May 22, 2024
Gaza war cools Israel's once red-hot business ties with UAE
MidEast|News|World

Palestinians scramble for safety ahead of expected Rafah operation

As battles raged on the outskirts of Rafah on Wednesday with Israeli forces closing in, Palestinians were on the move again, abandoning

May 22, 2024
Palestinians scramble for safety ahead of expected Rafah operation
News|World

Netanyahu weighs risks of Rafah assault as hostage dilemma divides Israelis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces competing pressures at home and abroad when he weighs how far to push the operation to defeat Hamas in Rafah that

May 22, 2024
Netanyahu weighs risks of Rafah assault as hostage dilemma divides Israelis
Health|MidEast|News|World

Only three days of fuel for health services in south of Gaza, says WHO

There is only enough fuel to run health services in the south of Gaza for three more days, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.

May 22, 2024
Only three days of fuel for health services in south of Gaza, says WHO
Economy|MidEast|News|US|World

Aid for Gaza loading in Cyprus as U.S. offshore jetty completed

Aid for Gaza was being loaded onto a ship in Cyprus on Wednesday in what was expected to be the first cargo to be delivered using a U.S. pier built to expedite supplies to the

May 22, 2024
Aid for Gaza loading in Cyprus as U.S. offshore jetty completed
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Spanish minister's letters to firms in Israel drive wedge in ruling coalition

The Spanish government has distanced itself from letters written by a minister from the left-wing junior coalition partner urging Spanish companies in Israel to ensure they did not

May 22, 2024
Spanish minister's letters to firms in Israel drive wedge in ruling coalition
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US paused Israel weapons shipment due to Rafah, US defense secretary says

President Joe Biden decided to hold back delivery of high payload munitions to Israel because Washington believes a possible Israeli offensive in

May 22, 2024
US paused Israel weapons shipment due to Rafah, US defense secretary says
MidEast|News|US|World

Why the US is stopping some bomb shipments to Israel

The United States has suspended a shipment of weapons to Israel, including heavy bombs the U.S. ally used in its campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza which has

May 22, 2024
Why the US is stopping some bomb shipments to Israel
News|Videos|World

Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas

A group representing the families of hostages held in Gaza have released new video footage showing Hamas’ capture of five female Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border on Oct. 7

May 22, 2024
Families of Israeli hostages release video of female soldiers being captured by Hamas
News|US

US paused shipment of weapons to Israel to head off Rafah invasion-official

U.S.

May 22, 2024
US paused shipment of weapons to Israel to head off Rafah invasion-official
Health|News|World

First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says

The U.N. World Food Program says it's handed out in Gaza the first small amounts of aid that arrived from a U.S.-built pier in the territory

May 22, 2024
First aid from US pier in Gaza has reached starving Palestinians, the UN says
Europe|MidEast|News|US|World

More civilians will be killed in Israel's Rafah offensive 'whatever they say' - EU's Borrell

Israel's offensive on Rafah will likely kill more civilians and is being carried out despite explicit warnings against it from European Union member states and the United States,

May 22, 2024
More civilians will be killed in Israel's Rafah offensive 'whatever they say' - EU's Borrell
MidEast|News|World

German police clear pro-Palestinian camp at Berlin university

German police cleared a pro-Palestinian protest camp on Tuesday at a courtyard of the Freie Universitaet Berlin, which had called for a stop to Israel's military

May 22, 2024
German police clear pro-Palestinian camp at Berlin university
Health|MidEast|News|World

Patients and medics flee major Rafah hospital

Fearful medics and patients are fleeing a hospital in Rafah and transfers of the sick and injured via a border crossing with Egypt are at a standstill due to

May 22, 2024
Patients and medics flee major Rafah hospital
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

US believes Israel, Hamas can close gaps on hostage deal

Israel and Hamas militants should be able to close the remaining gaps in their positions in order to reach a ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, the White House said on Tuesday

May 22, 2024
US believes Israel, Hamas can close gaps on hostage deal
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state

May 22, 2024
Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation
MidEast|News|Technology|Videos|World

Israel's block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage

The shutdown and seizure by Israel of an Associated Press video camera that provided a live glimpse into Gaza raised concerns about how a new media law could be used to restrict war coverage

May 21, 2024
Israel's block of AP transmission shows how ambiguity in law could restrict war coverage
News

UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve

The U.N. World Food Program is warning that the new U.S. pier project for delivering aid to Gaza may fail unless Israel starts ensuring the conditions the humanitarian groups need to operate safely

May 21, 2024
UN food agency warns that the new US sea route for Gaza aid may fail unless conditions improve
MidEast|News

Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP

Israel's communications minister has ordered the government to return camera equipment it seized from AP after blocking its live video of Gaza

May 21, 2024
Israel says it will return video equipment seized from AP
MidEast|News|Political|World

UN rights chief calls Israeli orders to relocate Palestinians from Rafah inhumane

Israeli orders to relocate Palestinians from Rafah are inhumane and risked exposing them to further danger and misery, the U.N. human rights chief said on Monday, warning that such

May 21, 2024
UN rights chief calls Israeli orders to relocate Palestinians from Rafah inhumane
News|World

Hamas says it accepts ceasefire proposal of Egypt, Qatar

Hamas said on Monday that it had accepted a Gaza ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Qatar.

May 21, 2024
Hamas says it accepts ceasefire proposal of Egypt, Qatar
MidEast|News|US|World

US says it is studying Hamas response on Gaza ceasefire, will discuss with allies

The United States is studying Hamas's response to a ceasefire proposal and will discuss it with allies in the Middle East in the coming hours, State Department

May 21, 2024
US says it is studying Hamas response on Gaza ceasefire, will discuss with allies
MidEast|World

Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Hamas accepting ceasefire, hopes Israel will do the same

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he welcomed the decision by militant group Hamas to accept a ceasefire in Gaza, which he said was made in line with Ankara's

May 21, 2024
Turkey's Erdogan welcomes Hamas accepting ceasefire, hopes Israel will do the same
MidEast|News|US|World

Biden pushed Netanyahu not to attack Rafah, US reviewing ceasefire proposal

The White House said on Monday it was reviewing a response by Hamas to a ceasefire and hostage release deal, and continued to press Israel not to launch a large

May 21, 2024
Biden pushed Netanyahu not to attack Rafah, US reviewing ceasefire proposal
News|Political|World

Israel to push on with Rafah operation while continuing hostage talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his war cabinet approved continuing an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in order to pressure Hamas to

May 21, 2024
Israel to push on with Rafah operation while continuing hostage talks
MidEast|News|World

Oil steadies as ceasefire eludes Hamas, Israel

Oil futures ended largely unchanged on Monday as a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel continued to elude negotiators.

May 21, 2024
Oil steadies as ceasefire eludes Hamas, Israel
News|World

Reaction to Hamas saying it accepted Gaza ceasefire proposal

The Islamist Hamas militant group said on Monday it had accepted a proposal by mediators from Egypt and Qatar for a ceasefire in Gaza, while Israel played down that likelihood and still

May 21, 2024
Reaction to Hamas saying it accepted Gaza ceasefire proposal
MidEast|News|World

Qatar says Hamas response to truce proposal is positive

Hamas sent on Monday to mediators its response to a truce proposal which could be described as positive, a spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministry said early on Tuesday.

May 21, 2024
Qatar says Hamas response to truce proposal is positive
MidEast|News|World

UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city

The United Nations says it has suspended food distribution in the southern Gaza city of Rafah due to lack of supplies and insecurity

May 21, 2024
UN halts all food distribution in Rafah after running out of supplies in the southern Gaza city
News|Education|MidEast|US

Police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Southern California

Los Angeles police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California without making arrests on Sunday following turmoil at

May 20, 2024
Police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at University of Southern California
MidEast|News|World

These photos show Palestinians' quick exodus from Rafah after Israel issued evacuation orders

New satellite images analyzed by the Associated Press show that sprawling tent camps in the southern city of Rafah nearly emptied after Israel issued its first evacuation orders

May 20, 2024
These photos show Palestinians' quick exodus from Rafah after Israel issued evacuation orders
News|MidEast|World

Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on Sunday that would keep the

May 20, 2024
Netanyahu says ending Gaza war now would keep Hamas in power
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Dozens arrested in weekend of protests on US campuses

Police on Saturday arrested at least 25 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment at the University of Virginia, the university said in a statement, as U.S.

May 20, 2024
Dozens arrested in weekend of protests on US campuses
News|Science|Technology|World

How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II

A pre-World War II US Navy plan for a modular floating platform has developed into a key lifeline in Gaza and at disaster sites around the world.

May 20, 2024
How the Gaza humanitarian aid pier traces its origins to discarded cigar boxes before World War II
Education|News|US|World

What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at US universities?

Student protests over the war in Gaza have swept the U.S. in past weeks, with police clearing a number of encampments, at times after confrontations between protesters and counter-

May 20, 2024
What is behind the pro-Palestinian protests at US universities?
US

Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid

Scores of lawmakers from U.S.

May 20, 2024
Democratic lawmakers tell Biden evidence shows Israel is restricting Gaza aid
MidEast|News|Political|World

Hamas confirms its delegation to visit Cairo on Saturday, official says

A delegation from Palestinian militant group Hamas will visit Cairo on Saturday, a Hamas official told Reuters, amid expectations

May 20, 2024
Hamas confirms its delegation to visit Cairo on Saturday, official says
News|Crime|Education|US

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings, a day after authorities thwarted an attempted occupation of a school building at the neighboring University of Pennsylvania campus

May 19, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University
MidEast|Political|World

Senior Republican close to Trump criticizes Biden's arms holdup in speech to Israeli parliament

Elise Stefanik, a House Republican leader seen as a candidate to be Donald Trump’s running mate, delivered a speech before Israel’s parliament in which she criticized President Joe Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza

May 19, 2024
Senior Republican close to Trump criticizes Biden's arms holdup in speech to Israeli parliament
News|Asia|Education|MidEast|World

'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities

Hundreds of people protesting Israel's war in Gaza rallied at one of Australia's top universities on Friday demanding it divest from companies with ties to Israel,

May 19, 2024
'Show solidarity': Pro-Palestinian protesters camp across Australian universities
MidEast|News|World

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided

An Israeli airstrike has killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting again rages across the north

May 19, 2024
Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are increasingly divided
MidEast|News|World

An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country’s closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza

May 18, 2024
An ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza, even as fighting rages
MidEast|News|US|World

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past

Hundreds of protesters rallied within sight of the U.S. Capitol, chanting pro-Palestinian slogans and voicing criticism of the Israeli and American governments

May 18, 2024
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rally in the rain in DC to mark a painful present and past
News|US

US Defense Secretary says there was no indication Hamas planning attack on US troops

U.S.

May 18, 2024
US Defense Secretary says there was no indication Hamas planning attack on US troops
News|World

Israeli ministers meet on hostages, Rafah plan

Top Israeli ministers were discussing on Thursday what a government source said was a Gaza truce proposal to free some hostages held by Hamas, as well as prospects for an army

May 17, 2024
Israeli ministers meet on hostages, Rafah plan
MidEast|News|US|World

US calls out Israel and Hamas after Gaza aid shipment attacked, diverted

The U.S. on Thursday called on both Israel and Hamas to ensure that aid bound for civilians in Gaza is not disrupted, after a shipment from

May 17, 2024
US calls out Israel and Hamas after Gaza aid shipment attacked, diverted
News|World

Gaza needs minimum 16 years to rebuild lost homes, UN says

Rebuilding Gaza's shattered homes will take at least until 2040 but could drag on for many decades, according to a U.N. report released on Thursday.

May 17, 2024
Gaza needs minimum 16 years to rebuild lost homes, UN says
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Israel finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, as first aid unloaded by sea

Israeli troops have recovered the bodies of three hostages in the Gaza Strip

May 17, 2024
Israel finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, as first aid unloaded by sea
MidEast|News|World

Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in

Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time

May 17, 2024
Trucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to getting enough aid in
MidEast|News|World

Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is introducing new tactics and weapons against Israel as the war in Gaza drags on and Israeli troops enter parts of the southern city of Rafah

May 17, 2024
Hezbollah introduces new weapons and tactics against Israel as war in Gaza drags on
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Blinken tours Kerem Shalom aid crossing as tank fire rings out from Gaza

Tank fire echoed from the Gaza strip on Wednesday as U.S.

May 16, 2024
Blinken tours Kerem Shalom aid crossing as tank fire rings out from Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Palestinian Embassy seeks temporary status for Gazans who entered Egypt during war

The Palestinian Embassy in Egypt is seeking temporary residency permits for tens of thousands of people who have arrived from Gaza during the war

May 16, 2024
Palestinian Embassy seeks temporary status for Gazans who entered Egypt during war
MidEast|News|US|World

House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies

House Republicans are delivering a rebuke to President Joe Biden for putting a pause on a shipment of bombs to Israel that could be used in an assault on Rafah

May 16, 2024
House votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden policies
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Bakeries bring bread to north Gaza but hunger persists

Asmaa al-Belbasi walks an hour to her nearest bakery each day to fetch bread for her children and other relatives in the north Gaza districts where

May 16, 2024
Bakeries bring bread to north Gaza but hunger persists
US|World

Blinken says US cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan

U.S.

May 16, 2024
Blinken says US cannot support Rafah assault without humanitarian plan
MidEast|News|World

Israel's military chief of staff: We are 'preparing for an offensive in the north'

Israel's military chief of staff said on Wednesday that the offensive operation in Gaza "will continue with strength" and that Israel was "preparing for an offensive in the north

May 16, 2024
Israel's military chief of staff: We are 'preparing for an offensive in the north'
MidEast|News|World

Colombia to break diplomatic relations with Israel, President Petro says

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza.

May 16, 2024
Colombia to break diplomatic relations with Israel, President Petro says
Africa|MidEast|News|World

South Africa urges UN's top court to order cease-fire in Gaza to shield citizens in Rafah

South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to order a cease-fire in Gaza during hearings over emergency measures to halt Israel’s military operation in the enclave’s southern city of Rafah

May 16, 2024
South Africa urges UN's top court to order cease-fire in Gaza to shield citizens in Rafah
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Hamas official says Blinken ceasefire comments are attempt to pressure the group

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that U.S.

May 16, 2024
Hamas official says Blinken ceasefire comments are attempt to pressure the group
Health|News|US|World

US surgeon in Gaza: nothing prepared me for scale of injuries

A U.S. vascular surgeon who left Gaza after a stint as a volunteer said nothing had prepared him for the scale of injuries he had faced there.

May 16, 2024
US surgeon in Gaza: nothing prepared me for scale of injuries
MidEast|News|Political|World

French foreign minister says work still ongoing to secure Gaza truce

The French foreign minister said on Wednesday diplomats were still working to secure a truce in the war between Israel and Hamas and the release of hostages held in Gaza

May 16, 2024
French foreign minister says work still ongoing to secure Gaza truce
MidEast|News|World

Major events during war in Gaza

Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group that runs the enclave attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253

May 16, 2024
Major events during war in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder

Dawud Assad still has nightmares of the day Jewish militias attacked his village of Deir Yassin outside Jerusalem 76 years ago, killing more than 100 people

May 15, 2024
Palestinians recount painful history with war in Gaza as a reminder
MidEast|News|World

France asks Israel to make position public on Lebanon border proposals

France's foreign minister called on Israel to make public its position on a proposal that he shared with it aimed at defusing tensions between Israel and Lebanon's

May 15, 2024
France asks Israel to make position public on Lebanon border proposals
MidEast|News|World

Netanyahu vows again to storm Rafah as Israel awaits Hamas reply to truce proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a long-promised assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah

May 15, 2024
Netanyahu vows again to storm Rafah as Israel awaits Hamas reply to truce proposal
MidEast|World

White House denounces takeover of campus building as protests escalate

The White House denounced non-peaceful efforts to protest the war in Gaza on Tuesday as students at Columbia University occupied a campus building, saying it was "the wrong

May 15, 2024
White House denounces takeover of campus building as protests escalate
Europe|MidEast|News|Political|World

World Court rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel

Judges at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel, while expressing

May 15, 2024
World Court rejects emergency measures over German arms exports to Israel
Europe|MidEast|News|World

Palestinians throw stones at EU diplomats' car in West Bank protest over war

A group of Palestinian students disrupted a meeting of European Union diplomats in the West Bank on Tuesday and attacked some of their cars with stones, smashing the

May 15, 2024
Palestinians throw stones at EU diplomats' car in West Bank protest over war
News|Europe

Dutch scale down World War II remembrance to keep ceremony safe

The city of Amsterdam on Tuesday said it would severely restrict attendance to the annual national World War II remembrance on May 4, in a bid to keep the ceremony safe and to

May 15, 2024
Dutch scale down World War II remembrance to keep ceremony safe
News|World

Lebanese students stage rare university protest against Israel

Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Lebanon on Tuesday to protest against Israel, the country's first coordinated university

May 15, 2024
Lebanese students stage rare university protest against Israel
Crime|Europe|MidEast|News|World

ICC prosecutor faces demand for action against Israeli leaders and Russian attack over Putin warrant

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor is facing demands for speedy action against Israeli leaders, and a blistering Russian attack over the ICC’s arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin stemming from Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine

May 15, 2024
ICC prosecutor faces demand for action against Israeli leaders and Russian attack over Putin warrant
Economy|News|Political|US

Biden administration is moving ahead on new $1 billion arms sale to Israel, congressional aides say

The Biden administration has told key lawmakers it plans to move ahead on more than $1 billion in arms sales to Israel

May 14, 2024
Biden administration is moving ahead on new $1 billion arms sale to Israel, congressional aides say
MidEast|US|World

The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead

In the coming days, the U.S. military in the eastern Mediterranean is expected to jab one end of a hulking metal dock into a beach in northern Gaza

May 14, 2024
The US is wrapping up a pier to bring aid to Gaza by sea. But danger and uncertainty lie ahead
News|US|World

Exclusive-US military's pier in Gaza to cost $320 million

The U.S. military's cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320 million, a U.S. defense official

May 14, 2024
Exclusive-US military's pier in Gaza to cost $320 million
Education|News|Political|World

Paris police clear Gaza protesters at Sorbonne university

Police moved in to clear dozens of protesters who had set up tents in a courtyard at the Sorbonne University in Paris on Monday to protest against the war in Gaza,

May 14, 2024
Paris police clear Gaza protesters at Sorbonne university
MidEast|News|World

Israelis mark a subdued Independence Day under the shadow of war in Gaza

Israel's Independence Day is normally a raucous affair, celebrated with day parties and barbecues in parks, but this year, celebrations — from Monday evening through Tuesday — were muted

May 14, 2024
Israelis mark a subdued Independence Day under the shadow of war in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

World Central Kitchen to resume Gaza aid after staff deaths in Israeli strike

World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it would resume operations in the Gaza Strip on Monday, a month after seven workers of the U.S.-based charity were killed in an Israeli air strike.

May 14, 2024
World Central Kitchen to resume Gaza aid after staff deaths in Israeli strike
MidEast|News|World

Gaza truce or Rafah assault? Netanyahu faces political dilemma

Far-right allies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are raising pressure on the embattled leader to reject a new Gaza ceasefire, jeopardising his

May 14, 2024
Gaza truce or Rafah assault? Netanyahu faces political dilemma
News|US|World

Blinken says he'll press Israel on more humanitarian aid to Gaza

The U.S. has seen measurable progress in the humanitarian situation in Gaza, U.S.

May 14, 2024
Blinken says he'll press Israel on more humanitarian aid to Gaza
Economy|Education|Environment|News|World

Wars cause widespread pollution and environmental damage − here’s how to address it in peace accords

War is wreaking havoc on land, water and critical infrastructure in Ukraine and Gaza. Two experts on peace and conflict explain how to include such impacts in peace agreements.

May 14, 2024
Wars cause widespread pollution and environmental damage − here’s how to address it in peace accords
News|Political|World

The Latest | UN says over half a million people flee fighting in Gaza; Israel marks Independence Day

The United Nations says more than half a million Palestinians have been displaced in recent days by escalating Israeli military operations in both southern and northern Gaza

May 14, 2024
The Latest | UN says over half a million people flee fighting in Gaza; Israel marks Independence Day
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any Rafah move, says White House

Israel has agreed to listen to U.S. concerns and thoughts before it launches an invasion of the border city of Rafah in Gaza, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on

May 14, 2024
Israel has agreed to listen to US concerns before any Rafah move, says White House
MidEast|News|World

Abbas says only US can halt Israel's attack on Rafah, expected in days

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday only the United States could stop Israel attacking the border city of Rafah in Gaza, adding that the assault, which he expects

May 14, 2024
Abbas says only US can halt Israel's attack on Rafah, expected in days
MidEast|News|World

Hamas delegation due in Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks

A Hamas delegation will visit Cairo on Monday for talks aimed at securing a ceasefire, a Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday, as mediators

May 14, 2024
Hamas delegation due in Cairo on Monday for Gaza ceasefire talks
News|Political|World

US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct

A Democratic senator on Sunday questioned whether the Biden administration was properly assessing whether Israel was complying with international law, following

May 14, 2024
US senator questions whether State Dept properly assessing Israel conduct
News|US

Biden reiterated position on Rafah in Netanyahu call, says White House

U.S.

May 14, 2024
Biden reiterated position on Rafah in Netanyahu call, says White House
News|US

US Secretary of State to travel to Jordan and Israel — State Dept

U.S.

May 14, 2024
US Secretary of State to travel to Jordan and Israel — State Dept
MidEast|News|World

Gaza aid flotilla halted after vessels flag removed, activists say

A humanitarian aid flotilla destined for Gaza was halted after Guinea Bissau decided to remove its flag from two vessels, activist group Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on

May 14, 2024
Gaza aid flotilla halted after vessels flag removed, activists say
MidEast|News|World

Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes after pause following aid worker killings

Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus resumed late on Friday, a Cypriot source and a UAE official said, with a ship carrying food to the besieged Palestinian enclave after a pause

May 14, 2024
Gaza aid from Cyprus resumes after pause following aid worker killings
MidEast|News|Videos|World

Two Israeli hostages seen in latest video issued by Hamas

Hamas released a new video on Saturday that appeared to show two Israeli hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip since the Oct. 7 assault on southern Israel.

May 14, 2024
Two Israeli hostages seen in latest video issued by Hamas
MidEast|News|World

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank, military says

Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Saturday.

May 14, 2024
Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank, military says
News|US|World

Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza

Some senior U.S. officials have advised Secretary of State Antony Blinken that they do not find "credible or reliable" Israel's assurances that it is using U.S.

May 14, 2024
Some US officials say in internal memo Israel may be violating international law in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal

Hamas said it had received on Saturday Israel's official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting its reply, the group's

May 13, 2024
Hamas says it received Israel's response to its ceasefire proposal
News|World

Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency

The Dutch government on Friday said it would consider resuming funding for the UN agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) in Gaza if the agency implements recommendations to strengthen

May 13, 2024
Netherlands will consider resuming support to Palestinian UNRWA agency
MidEast|News|World

UN gives update on 19 staff accused by Israel of Oct. 7 involvement

U.N. investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA took part in the Oct.

May 13, 2024
UN gives update on 19 staff accused by Israel of Oct. 7 involvement
MidEast|News|World

Egyptian delegation in Israel for talks on Gaza hostages

An Egyptian delegation met Israeli counterparts on Friday, looking for a way to restart talks to end the war in Gaza and return the remaining Israeli hostages, an official

May 13, 2024
Egyptian delegation in Israel for talks on Gaza hostages
Education|News|US|World

Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises

Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have spread across U.S. university and college campuses in recent weeks, leading to disruptions and arrests

May 13, 2024
Campus protests over Israel-Hamas war scaled down during US commencement exercises
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Israeli assault on Rafah would bring 'disaster' to Middle East, aid group warns

An Israeli assault on southern Gaza's Rafah area would spell disaster for civilians, not only in Gaza but across the Middle East, the head of an aid

May 13, 2024
Israeli assault on Rafah would bring 'disaster' to Middle East, aid group warns
Education|MidEast|News|World

Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts

Despite pro-Palestinian protests roiling some U.S. college campuses this spring, graduation ceremonies are going off largely peacefully so far

May 13, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests dwindle on campuses as some US college graduations marked by defiant acts
News|World

Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza

May 12, 2024
Blinken delivers some of the strongest US public criticism of Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza
News|World

Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?

The discovery of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals, said by Palestinian authorities to contain hundreds of bodies, have triggered

May 12, 2024
Explainer-Mass graves in Gaza: what do we know?
News|MidEast|Political|World

UK foreign secretary says halting arms sales to Israel would only strengthen Hamas

Britain's foreign secretary has said that halting arms exports to Israel is “not a wise path” and would only strengthen Hamas

May 12, 2024
UK foreign secretary says halting arms sales to Israel would only strengthen Hamas
Celebrity|News

Chef Jose Andres mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza at Washington Cathedral

Celebrity Chef Jose Andres called seven aid workers killed by Israeli forces in Gaza "the best of humanity" on Thursday during a memorial service at the Washington

May 11, 2024
Chef Jose Andres mourns World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza at Washington Cathedral
MidEast|News|World

South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel's actions in Gaza

South Africa has urged the United Nations’ top court to issue more emergency measures to restrain Israel, saying its military incursion in Rafah threatens the “very survival of Palestinians in Gaza.”

May 10, 2024
South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel's actions in Gaza
News|US|World

US State Department Arabic spokesperson resigns in opposition to Gaza policy

The Arabic language spokesperson of the U.S.

May 10, 2024
US State Department Arabic spokesperson resigns in opposition to Gaza policy
Food|Health|News|World

Northern Gaza still heading toward famine, says deputy WFP chief

The northern Gaza Strip is still heading toward a famine, the deputy U.N. food chief said on Thursday, appealing for a greater volume and diversity of

May 10, 2024
Northern Gaza still heading toward famine, says deputy WFP chief
News|World

I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza

A United Nations agency known as UNRWA is the main player in crisis response in Gaza – but Israel will no longer work with UNRWA, and border crossings are not consistent in getting aid through.

May 10, 2024
I’ve spent decades overseeing relief operations around the world, and here’s what’s going wrong in Gaza
News|World

Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing

The U.N. says heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 110,000 people to flee north

May 10, 2024
Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing
MidEast|News|Political|World

The Latest | UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine more rights by a wide margin

The U_N_ General Assembly has overwhelmingly passed a resolution to give Palestine more “rights and privileges.”

May 10, 2024
The Latest | UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine more rights by a wide margin
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UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid

The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a wide margin to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and has called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine's request to become the 194th member of the United Nations

May 09, 2024
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid
MidEast|News|Political|World

US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid

The U.S. is warning that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries through with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah

May 09, 2024
US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid
Education|News|US

Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech

Some U.S. students at Washington, D.C.'s Jackson-Reed High School filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging the public high school's administrators censored them

May 09, 2024
Pro-Palestinian US high school students accuse school of censoring speech
News|World

Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin

The Islamist movement Hamas published a video on Wednesday apparently showing Hersh Goldberg-Polin, an Israeli-American seized during Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel and taken

May 09, 2024
Hamas issues video showing Israeli-American hostage Goldberg-Polin
MidEast|News|World

What are the latest obstacles to bringing humanitarian aid into Gaza, where hunger is worsening?

One major land crossing into Gaza was shut down after a Hamas rocket attack, another by an Israeli incursion

May 09, 2024
What are the latest obstacles to bringing humanitarian aid into Gaza, where hunger is worsening?
News|Political|World

Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its 'fingernails' if needed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a U.S. threat to withhold some arms would not prevent Israel from continuing its offensive in Gaza, indicating it might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of its closest ally

May 09, 2024
Netanyahu on US threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its 'fingernails' if needed
Health|News|World

Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks, WFP official says

The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme

May 09, 2024
Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks, WFP official says
MidEast|News|World

The Latest | Palestinians flee Rafah as Netanyahu vows to widen Gaza assault despite US warnings

Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians have packed up their tents and other belongings and fled the southern city of Rafah for other parts of Gaza

May 09, 2024
The Latest | Palestinians flee Rafah as Netanyahu vows to widen Gaza assault despite US warnings
MidEast|News|US|World

Turkey accuses U.S. of double standards over Gaza in rights report

Turkey on Wednesday accused the United States of having a policy of double standards on human rights, saying Washington's annual rights report failed to reflect Israel's assaults in

May 09, 2024
Turkey accuses U.S. of double standards over Gaza in rights report
Crime|Education|MidEast|News|Videos|World

Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam

In sometimes violent confrontations, police have broken up a protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam Wednesday in a second straight day of unrest over the war in Gaza

May 08, 2024
Police break up another protest by pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Amsterdam
MidEast|News|US|World

Why the US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack

The U.S. has paused a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel over concerns that the country has not adequately taken civilian safety into account in its upcoming military operation in Rafah, and that the massive weapon would inflict additional civilian casualties

May 08, 2024
Why the US paused the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel ahead of a possible Rafah attack
MidEast|News|World

Famine risk 'very high' in Gaza, especially in north, US official says

Israel has taken significant steps in recent weeks on allowing aid into Gaza, the U.S. special envoy for humanitarian issues said on Tuesday, but considerable

May 08, 2024
Famine risk 'very high' in Gaza, especially in north, US official says
News|World

UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals

U.N. rights chief Volker Turk said on Tuesday he was "horrified" by the destruction of the Nasser and Al Shifa medical facilities in Gaza and reports of mass graves

May 08, 2024
UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
MidEast|News|World

Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered

The Israeli military says it has reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza but a United Nations agency says no aid has yet entered

May 08, 2024
Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has entered
Health|News|World

The Latest | Rafah's hospitals will run out of fuel in 3 days, WHO says

The U.N. World Health Organization says it has only three days of fuel for its medical operations in southern Gaza, and shortages have already forced one of three hospitals in the city of Rafah to shut down

May 08, 2024
The Latest | Rafah's hospitals will run out of fuel in 3 days, WHO says
News|US|World

US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says

The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S. That's according to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter

May 08, 2024
US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Could Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah

The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the first time the US and Israel have publicly disagreed, despite their strong diplomatic relationship.

May 07, 2024
Could Biden stop Netanyahu’s plans? A national security expert looks at Israel’s attack on Rafah
MidEast|News|World

Scenes from Israel and Gaza reflect dashed hopes as imminent cease-fire seems unlikely

An announcement by Hamas that it had accepted a cease-fire proposal sent people in the streets of Rafah into temporary jubilation

May 07, 2024
Scenes from Israel and Gaza reflect dashed hopes as imminent cease-fire seems unlikely
MidEast|News|World

Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?

Israel has launched an operation on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, and seized control of the Gaza side of the key Rafah border crossing with Egypt

May 07, 2024
Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?
MidEast|News|World

Israel yet to show evidence UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, review finds

Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of staff with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)

May 07, 2024
Israel yet to show evidence UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, review finds
News|US

Biden, Ocasio-Cortez meet as Israel policy vexes some liberals

President Joe Biden on Monday met with U.S.

May 07, 2024
Biden, Ocasio-Cortez meet as Israel policy vexes some liberals
News

Israeli team arrives in Cairo to assess Hamas truce position

A team of mid-ranking Israeli officials has arrived in Cairo to assess whether the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas can be persuaded to shift on its latest

May 07, 2024
Israeli team arrives in Cairo to assess Hamas truce position
News|Opinion|US|World

In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war

President Joe Biden has condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world.”

May 07, 2024
In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
Health|MidEast|News|World

UN expert warns of mental health risks for Gaza citizens from war

A United Nations expert on Monday warned there was a risk that mental illnesses could manifest themselves years from now among the people of Gaza due to the current conflict.

May 07, 2024
UN expert warns of mental health risks for Gaza citizens from war
MidEast|News

Israeli hostage families make Passover plea for return of missing loved ones

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza will mark the start of Passover, a week-long festival that celebrates freedom, with a renewed plea to the government

May 07, 2024
Israeli hostage families make Passover plea for return of missing loved ones
News|World

Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear

Israeli troops have seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing in what the White House described as a limited operation

May 07, 2024
Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear
News|World

Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct. 7 failures

The head of Israeli military intelligence has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failures that allowed the devastating Hamas-led attack on Israel

May 07, 2024
Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct. 7 failures
Crime|Education|News|US

Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance

Police in riot gear blocked access to the University of Chicago’s Quad early Tuesday

May 07, 2024
Some colleges that had been permissive of pro-Palestinian protests begin taking a tougher stance
MidEast|News|World

Putin says calls for Leningrad-style siege of Gaza unacceptable

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that calls to impose a blockade of Gaza similar to Nazi Germany's siege of Leningrad during World War Two were unacceptable and

May 07, 2024
Putin says calls for Leningrad-style siege of Gaza unacceptable
News|World

Elon Musk to Israel: 'propaganda' that begets murder must be stopped

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk voiced support on Monday for Israel after it came under attack by Palestinian Hamas militants, saying one challenge was "ultimately stopping the

May 07, 2024
Elon Musk to Israel: 'propaganda' that begets murder must be stopped
MidEast|News|World

Israeli forces have killed 10,000 Gaza fighters, minister says

Israeli forces have dismantled the Hamas brigade in Gaza's southern Khan Younis as part of an almost four-month-old war in which 10,000 Palestinian fighters have been killed and

May 07, 2024
Israeli forces have killed 10,000 Gaza fighters, minister says
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Armed man takes P&G factory staff hostage in Turkey -media

An armed man took staff hostage at a Procter & Gamble factory in northwestern Turkey on Thursday in an apparent protest against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, the Demiroren

May 07, 2024
Armed man takes P&G factory staff hostage in Turkey -media
MidEast|News|World

Iran anniversary marchers chant 'death to Israel' amid regional tensions over Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of people chanted "Death to Israel" in rallies across Iran to mark the Islamic Revolution's 45th anniversary on Sunday, with some burning U.S. and Israeli flags

May 07, 2024
Iran anniversary marchers chant 'death to Israel' amid regional tensions over Gaza
News|World

Turkey says ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is 'first priority'

Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of

May 07, 2024
Turkey says ending Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories is 'first priority'
Arts|Opinion

Palestinian writers have long explored the horrors of amputation

In a number of stories and novels, lost limbs represent both physical and metaphorical loss.

May 06, 2024
Palestinian writers have long explored the horrors of amputation
Economy|Health|MidEast|News|World

The UN says there's 'full-blown famine' in northern Gaza. What does that mean?

The head of the United Nations World Food Program says northern Gaza has entered “full-blown famine” after nearly seven months of war between Israel and Hamas

May 06, 2024
The UN says there's 'full-blown famine' in northern Gaza. What does that mean?
News|World

Biden warns Netanyahu against major Rafah offensive as divide between the 2 leaders grows

President Joe Biden has urgently warned Israeli's Benjamin Netanyahu against launching an offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as the divide between the two leaders continues to grow along with the mounting Palestinian death toll

May 06, 2024
Biden warns Netanyahu against major Rafah offensive as divide between the 2 leaders grows
Education|News|US|World

The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war

U.S. university presidents have joined Holocaust survivors and thousands of Israelis for a yearly memorial march at the site of Auschwitz

May 06, 2024
The yearly memorial march at the former death camp at Auschwitz overshadowed by the Israel-Hamas war
MidEast|News|World

Erdogan meets Hamas leader in Turkey, discusses efforts for regional peace

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza and reach a fair and lasting peace in the region during a meeting with Hamas leader Ismail

May 06, 2024
Erdogan meets Hamas leader in Turkey, discusses efforts for regional peace
News|World

Thousands of Israelis join anti-government protests calling for new elections

Thousands of Israeli demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday to call for new elections and demand more action from the government to bring the hostages held

May 06, 2024
Thousands of Israelis join anti-government protests calling for new elections
MidEast|News|World

Israel military calls on Palestinian civilians to evacuate Rafah

Israel's military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a 'limited scope' operation, but did not immediately

May 06, 2024
Israel military calls on Palestinian civilians to evacuate Rafah
MidEast|News|World

Organisers of Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia cancel annual celebrations over Gaza

An annual Jewish pilgrimage to Tunisia's Djerba‮ ‬synagogue and celebration has been cancelled due to the war in Gaza, the head of the organising committee, Perez Trabelsi, told

May 06, 2024
Organisers of Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia cancel annual celebrations over Gaza
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Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected international pressure to halt the war in Gaza in a fiery speech marking the country’s annual Holocaust memorial day

May 05, 2024
Netanyahu uses Holocaust ceremony to brush off international pressure against Gaza offensive
MidEast|World

Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'

Hamas says the latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks has ended in Cairo

May 05, 2024
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in 'very near future'
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Hamas killing spree haunts Holocaust survivors in 'March of the Living'

Israel's Holocaust commemorations this year have a searing significance for six elderly survivors now deeply scarred by the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7 that sparked

May 05, 2024
Hamas killing spree haunts Holocaust survivors in 'March of the Living'
MidEast|News|World

Gaza truce hopes slim; Hamas officials leaving Cairo but returning on Tuesday

Prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appeared slim on Sunday as Hamas reiterated its demand for an end to the war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, and

May 05, 2024
Gaza truce hopes slim; Hamas officials leaving Cairo but returning on Tuesday
Education|MidEast|News|US|World

A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war

Weekend commencement ceremonies at some U.S. universities went off with few interruptions despite the national wave of protests over the Israel-Hamas war

May 04, 2024
A look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war
Europe|Health|MidEast|News|World

A British Palestinian doctor was denied entry to France for a Senate meeting about the war in Gaza

A British Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals says he was denied entry to France to speak at the French Senate

May 04, 2024
A British Palestinian doctor was denied entry to France for a Senate meeting about the war in Gaza
MidEast|News|World

There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas

A Hamas delegation is in Cairo and Egyptian state media say there has been “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks for Gaza

May 04, 2024
There's progress reported in Gaza truce talks, but Israel downplays chances of ending war with Hamas
MidEast|News|Political|World

Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation

Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of a potential Rafah operation to root out Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city

May 03, 2024
Israel has briefed US on plan to evacuate Palestinian civilians ahead of potential Rafah operation
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A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine'

A top U.N. official says hard-hit northern Gaza is now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory

May 03, 2024
A senior UN official says northern Gaza is now in 'full-blown famine'
Education|News|World

Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict

Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war

May 03, 2024
Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict
MidEast|News|US|World

US raises Rafah concerns with Israel, discusses Iran attack

Senior U.S. officials raised concerns with their Israeli counterparts on Thursday about Israel's plans for military operations in the

May 03, 2024
US raises Rafah concerns with Israel, discusses Iran attack
News|US

Pentagon chief Austin discusses Iran, Gaza aid with Israel's Gallant

U.S.

May 03, 2024
Pentagon chief Austin discusses Iran, Gaza aid with Israel's Gallant
News|World

The Latest | Israel's planned invasion of Rafah risks killing hundreds of thousands, UN says

The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah

May 03, 2024
The Latest | Israel's planned invasion of Rafah risks killing hundreds of thousands, UN says
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French police evacuate pro-Palestinian students from Sciences Po after overnight sit-in

Police in Paris entered France's prestigious Sciences Po university on Friday and removed student activists who had occupied its

May 03, 2024
French police evacuate pro-Palestinian students from Sciences Po after overnight sit-in
News|World

The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says

The United Nations says the world hasn’t seen anything like the unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza since World War II, and it would take at least until 2040 to restore the homes devastated in Israel’s bombing and ground offensive if the conflict ended today

May 02, 2024
The unprecedented destruction of housing in Gaza hasn't been seen since World War II, the UN says
Education|MidEast|News|US|World

Answering readers' questions about the protest movement on US college campuses

A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have pitched tents or occupied buildings in protest of the Israel-Hamas war

May 02, 2024
Answering readers' questions about the protest movement on US college campuses
MidEast|News|Political|World

Here's what's on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire plan

Hamas has formally accepted a cease-fire deal that could end the war in Gaza

May 02, 2024
Here's what's on the table for Israel and Hamas in the latest cease-fire plan
Crime|MidEast|News|World

Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli prison

A senior Palestinian doctor died in an Israeli prison after more than four months of detention, two Palestinian prisoner

May 02, 2024
Prominent Gaza doctor dies in Israeli prison
MidEast|News|World

The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks

Hamas said Thursday that it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt’s latest proposal

May 02, 2024
The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks
Crime|News|US|World

A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia's protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator

Before and after police officers arrested more than 100 people at Columbia University who were protesting the war in Gaza, New York Mayor Eric Adams blamed “outside agitators” for leading the demonstrations

May 01, 2024
A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia's protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator
MidEast|News|Political

Blinken presses Hamas to seal cease-fire with Israel, says 'the time is now' for a deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with Israeli leaders in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas to impress on them that “the time is now" for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war

May 01, 2024
Blinken presses Hamas to seal cease-fire with Israel, says 'the time is now' for a deal
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Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators

Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the internet company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back

April 30, 2024
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators
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Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it

Israel is determined to launch an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there

April 30, 2024
Why Israel is so determined to launch an offensive in Rafah. And why so many oppose it
MidEast|News|World

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war

April 30, 2024
Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue
MidEast|News|World

The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza

Israel plans on opening a major humanitarian aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza

April 30, 2024
The Latest | Blinken says Israel will open a major aid crossing into hard-hit northern Gaza
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US president holds separate calls with leaders from Qatar, Egypt over Gaza ceasefire talks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call on Monday from U.S.

April 29, 2024
US president holds separate calls with leaders from Qatar, Egypt over Gaza ceasefire talks
Education|Opinion|US|World

Demonstrations roil US campuses ahead of graduations as protesters spar over Gaza conflict

Protests are roiling college campuses across the U.S. as upcoming graduation ceremonies are threatened by disruptive demonstrators, with students and others sparring over Israel’s military offensive in Gaza and its mounting death toll

April 29, 2024
Demonstrations roil US campuses ahead of graduations as protesters spar over Gaza conflict
MidEast|News|Political|US|World

Blinken is back in the Middle East this week. He has his work cut out for him

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is beginning his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago

April 29, 2024
Blinken is back in the Middle East this week. He has his work cut out for him
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A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

A senior Qatari official has urged both Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations

April 28, 2024
A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal
Education|News|Opinion|US

Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action

Student anti-war protesters at U.S. college campuses are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while some universities have moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity among the protesters

April 28, 2024
Campus anti-war protesters dig in from New York to California as universities and police take action
MidEast|News|World

Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?

The State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken is returning to the Middle East on his seventh diplomatic mission to the region since the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began more than six months ago

April 27, 2024
Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?
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Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building

Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States have peacefully evacuated a campus building at a prestigious French university after days of tensions

April 27, 2024
Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building
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Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms

Hamas says it is reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensifies efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war and stave off a possible Israeli ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah

April 27, 2024
Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as possible Rafah offensive looms
MidEast|News|World

UN investigators probe 14 Gaza aid staffers Israel had tied to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack

U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza

April 26, 2024
UN investigators probe 14 Gaza aid staffers Israel had tied to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack
News|World

US says it's reviewing new information about Israeli unit accused of abuses before Gaza war

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed gross human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago

April 26, 2024
US says it's reviewing new information about Israeli unit accused of abuses before Gaza war
MidEast|News|World

Egypt sends delegation to Israel in hopes of brokering a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Egypt has sent a high-level delegation to Israel with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza

April 26, 2024
Egypt sends delegation to Israel in hopes of brokering a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
MidEast|News|World

Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother's womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator

A relative says a premature Palestinian infant, who was rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike, has died

April 26, 2024
Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother's womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator
MidEast|News|World

The Latest | Hezbollah ambushes Israeli convoy, killing civilian

Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said its fighters fired anti-tank missiles and artillery shells at an Israeli military convoy in a disputed area along the border, killing an Israeli civilian

April 26, 2024
The Latest | Hezbollah ambushes Israeli convoy, killing civilian
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US to query Israel about 6-year-old's killing in Gaza, State Dept says

The U.S.

April 26, 2024
US to query Israel about 6-year-old's killing in Gaza, State Dept says
MidEast|News|World

Israeli tanks push back in northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah, say residents

Israeli tanks pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted air strikes on Rafah,

April 26, 2024
Israeli tanks push back in northern Gaza, warplanes hit Rafah, say residents
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US House to consider pro-Israel bill next week, lawmaker says after Iran attack

The U.S.

April 26, 2024
US House to consider pro-Israel bill next week, lawmaker says after Iran attack
MidEast|News|US|World

Israel has moved in 'significant way' but Hamas remains barrier to Gaza hostage deal, US says

Israel has moved in a "significant way" but Hamas is the barrier to a deal that would see fighting in Gaza paused and hostages released, State Department spokesperson Matthew

April 26, 2024
Israel has moved in 'significant way' but Hamas remains barrier to Gaza hostage deal, US says
MidEast|News|World

Hamas rejects Israel's ceasefire response, sticks to main demands

The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has rejected an Israeli ceasefire proposal, saying on Saturday it had handed to mediators in Egypt and Qatar its response to

April 26, 2024
Hamas rejects Israel's ceasefire response, sticks to main demands
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US, Israeli officials to meet virtually on Rafah, US official says

Senior U.S. and Israeli officials planned to hold a virtual meeting on Monday to discuss the Biden administration's alternative proposals to an Israeli military invasion of

April 26, 2024
US, Israeli officials to meet virtually on Rafah, US official says
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Netanyahu revives moves to shut Qatar's Al Jazeera TV in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revived moves on Monday to shutter Qatari satellite television station Al Jazeera in Israel, pledging to take "immediate action" to close the

April 26, 2024
Netanyahu revives moves to shut Qatar's Al Jazeera TV in Israel
MidEast|World

Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks

Israeli military strikes killed dozens of Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said, as Egypt hosted an Israeli delegation for a new

April 26, 2024
Fighting rages across Gaza amid revival of truce talks
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Israel has not received everything it has asked for, top US general says

The United States' top general said on Thursday that Israel had not received every weapon that it has asked for, in part because President Joe Biden's administration was not

April 26, 2024
Israel has not received everything it has asked for, top US general says
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Famine is "quite possibly" in some areas of northern Gaza, U.S. official says

Famine is both a risk and "quite possibly" present in at least some areas in northern Gaza, a senior State Department official told Reuters on Friday, while adding that the

April 26, 2024
Famine is "quite possibly" in some areas of northern Gaza, U.S. official says
MidEast|News|US

Biden acknowledges 'pain' of Arab Americans over war in Gaza

Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged "the pain being felt" by many Arab Americans over the war in Gaza and over U.S. support of Israel and its military offensive

April 26, 2024
Biden acknowledges 'pain' of Arab Americans over war in Gaza
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Netanyahu says Hamas should understand international pressure on Israel will not work

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday his cancellation of a planned visit to Washington by top aides this week was meant to show Hamas that Israel would not

April 26, 2024
Netanyahu says Hamas should understand international pressure on Israel will not work
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Israel tells US it wants to reschedule scrapped Rafah meeting, NBC reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office has told the White House it wants to reschedule a canceled meeting on a planned Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city of

April 26, 2024
Israel tells US it wants to reschedule scrapped Rafah meeting, NBC reports
MidEast|News

Israeli soldiers play with Gaza women's underwear in online posts

Israeli soldiers have been posting photos and videos of themselves toying with lingerie found in Palestinian homes, creating a dissonant visual record

April 26, 2024
Israeli soldiers play with Gaza women's underwear in online posts
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US national security adviser Sullivan met Israel's Gallant again, White House says

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a second day of talks on Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as the U.S

April 26, 2024
US national security adviser Sullivan met Israel's Gallant again, White House says
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UN agency calls on Israel to revoke ban on food deliveries to north Gaza

A U.N. humanitarian office spokesperson called on Tuesday for Israel to revoke a decision barring food deliveries to northern Gaza from the U.N.

April 26, 2024
UN agency calls on Israel to revoke ban on food deliveries to north Gaza
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US 'very disappointed' after Netanyahu cancels Israeli visit to Washington

The White House said on Monday it was very disappointed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had canceled a high-level Israeli delegation's planned visit to Washington after

April 26, 2024
US 'very disappointed' after Netanyahu cancels Israeli visit to Washington
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Trump says Hamas' Oct 7 attack was horrible, but Israel should wrap up war

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he would have reacted the same way Israel did after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, but that Israel was losing international support and

April 26, 2024
Trump says Hamas' Oct 7 attack was horrible, but Israel should wrap up war
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Rafah on agenda when Blinken meets Israel Defense Minister Gallant

U.S.

April 26, 2024
Rafah on agenda when Blinken meets Israel Defense Minister Gallant
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Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by road, Guterres says

The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza's humanitarian needs is by road and includes an exponential increase in commercial

April 26, 2024
Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by road, Guterres says
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Netanyahu may cancel Israeli delegation to US over UN Gaza vote, Ynet reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will not send a delegation as planned to Washington if the United States does not veto a U.N.

April 26, 2024
Netanyahu may cancel Israeli delegation to US over UN Gaza vote, Ynet reports
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Lebanon PM calls for pressure on Israel to stop attacking south after UN vote

Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, said on Monday that countries should pressure Israel to stop attacking Lebanon following a U.N.

April 26, 2024
Lebanon PM calls for pressure on Israel to stop attacking south after UN vote
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Hamas tells mediators it will stick to original position on ceasefire

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said on Monday it has informed mediators that it will stick to its original proposal on reaching a comprehensive ceasefire, which includes the

April 26, 2024
Hamas tells mediators it will stick to original position on ceasefire
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U.S. proposes hostage-to-prisoner ratio in Gaza truce talks - Israeli official

The United States has made a "bridging proposal" for the number of jailed Palestinians that should be released by Israel in exchange

April 26, 2024
U.S. proposes hostage-to-prisoner ratio in Gaza truce talks - Israeli official
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UN chief to visit Gaza border in new plea for truce

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday to renew pleas for a ceasefire that could bring relief to a territory devastated by

April 26, 2024
UN chief to visit Gaza border in new plea for truce
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Blinken says Rafah offensive risks further isolating Israel globally

U.S.

April 26, 2024
Blinken says Rafah offensive risks further isolating Israel globally
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UN agencies, 36 countries mull aid to Gaza through Cyprus

Officials from 36 countries and U.N. agencies gathered in Cyprus on Thursday to discuss how to expedite aid to besieged Palestinians in Gaza via a sea route launched last

April 26, 2024
UN agencies, 36 countries mull aid to Gaza through Cyprus
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Oil prices ease on Gaza ceasefire possibility, dollar strength

Oil prices sank in early Asian trading on Friday on the possibility of a nearing Gaza ceasefire, which could loosen global supply, at the same time a stronger U.S

April 26, 2024
Oil prices ease on Gaza ceasefire possibility, dollar strength
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Israel determined to take Rafah despite 'potential breach' with U.S.

Israel will take control of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the United States, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, describing the Gazan city packed

April 26, 2024
Israel determined to take Rafah despite 'potential breach' with U.S.
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Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince to discuss Gaza

U.S.

April 26, 2024
Blinken meets with Saudi Crown Prince to discuss Gaza
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US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say

An agreement reached by U.S. congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government

April 26, 2024
US Congress deal bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025, sources say
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UNRWA chief should be able to visit operations in Gaza, US State Dept says

The U.N.

April 26, 2024
UNRWA chief should be able to visit operations in Gaza, US State Dept says
MidEast|World

Israel to send interagency team to Washington to discuss Rafah, US adviser says

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S.

April 26, 2024
Israel to send interagency team to Washington to discuss Rafah, US adviser says
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Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says

Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now

April 26, 2024
Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says
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Blinken to visit Middle East this week as US pushes for ceasefire in Gaza

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East this week, the U.S.

April 26, 2024
Blinken to visit Middle East this week as US pushes for ceasefire in Gaza
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UNICEF says over 13,000 children killed in Gaza in Israel offensive

The U.N. children's agency said on Sunday over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza in Israel's offensive, adding many kids were suffering from severe

April 26, 2024
UNICEF says over 13,000 children killed in Gaza in Israel offensive
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Netanyahu says Schumer speech calling for Israel election was inappropriate

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told CNN on Sunday that U.S.

April 26, 2024
Netanyahu says Schumer speech calling for Israel election was inappropriate
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Famine expected by May in Gaza, says U.N.-backed report

Famine is expected between now and May in the north of the Gaza Strip where 300,000 people remain trapped by fighting, a U.N.-backed report said on Monday.

April 26, 2024
Famine expected by May in Gaza, says U.N.-backed report
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Egypt: US should make clear to Israel consequences of Rafah operation

Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday the U.S. should make clear to Israel what the consequences of a military push into the south Gaza city of Rafah on the border with Egypt would

April 26, 2024
Egypt: US should make clear to Israel consequences of Rafah operation
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EU's Borrell says US must put more pressure on Israel over Gaza aid

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday after meetings in Washington that the United States should put more pressure on Israel to allow

April 26, 2024
EU's Borrell says US must put more pressure on Israel over Gaza aid
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US working to get maritime corridor into Gaza up and running, says Blinken

U.S.

April 26, 2024
US working to get maritime corridor into Gaza up and running, says Blinken
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EU humanitarian chief urges Israel to boost land access to Gaza

Air drops and a maritime corridor will not be enough to make up for supplies transported by trucks into Gaza, where people are on the

April 26, 2024
EU humanitarian chief urges Israel to boost land access to Gaza
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Choppy times in U.S.-Israeli relations

A rift between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza red lines has set up a potential showdown between the two leaders, raising questions about

April 26, 2024
Choppy times in U.S.-Israeli relations
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View from a US military aid flight shows Gaza desolation

As a U.S C-130 aircraft flew over the Gaza Strip to drop food to people facing famine, there were few visible signs of life in the jumbled rubble of what

April 26, 2024
View from a US military aid flight shows Gaza desolation
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Turkey's Erdogan calls for pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called for increased international pressure on Israel to ensure more humanitarian aid is allowed into Gaza, and said Ankara will increase

April 26, 2024
Turkey's Erdogan calls for pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza
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Turkey says aid drops, maritime plan for Gaza positive but not a solution

Turkey views the airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza and a plan to deliver aid via a maritime route as positive developments, but thinks they fall short of resolving the core

April 26, 2024
Turkey says aid drops, maritime plan for Gaza positive but not a solution
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Germany to take part in Gaza airdrops, say government sources

The German Air Force will take part in humanitarian airdrops into Gaza, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe, at the request of the foreign ministry in Berlin, government

April 26, 2024
Germany to take part in Gaza airdrops, say government sources
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Exclusive-US, allies eye commercial maritime option for Gaza aid

The U.S. may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a

April 26, 2024
Exclusive-US, allies eye commercial maritime option for Gaza aid
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Analysis-Biden-Netanyahu rift raises questions about US weapons to Israel

A deepening rift between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over Gaza red lines has set up a

April 26, 2024
Analysis-Biden-Netanyahu rift raises questions about US weapons to Israel
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US, Jordan airdrop more aid to Gaza, US military says

The United States and Jordan carried out a new airdrop of humanitarian aid to Gaza's Palestinians on Sunday, parachuting in more than 11,500 meals, the U.S. military said.

April 26, 2024
US, Jordan airdrop more aid to Gaza, US military says
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Biden makes contradictory comments on Gaza 'red line' in MSNBC interview

U.S.

April 26, 2024
Biden makes contradictory comments on Gaza 'red line' in MSNBC interview
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As UN urges Sudan truce, Russia and China cite Gaza

The United Nations Security Council on Friday called for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan, prompting China to remind it not to forget about

April 26, 2024
As UN urges Sudan truce, Russia and China cite Gaza
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US says building Gaza port to take 'likely up to 60 days'

A temporary port system that the U.S. is seeking to build to speed up aid to Gaza will take "likely up to 60 days" to complete and involve

April 26, 2024
US says building Gaza port to take 'likely up to 60 days'
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US military airdrops more aid to Gaza, US official says

The U.S. military carried out its fourth airdrop of aid into Gaza on Friday, a U.S. official told Reuters, amid an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the crowded coastal

April 26, 2024
US military airdrops more aid to Gaza, US official says
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US aid policy on Gaza 'absurd' given military support for Israel, UN expert says

A U.N. expert on Friday criticised U.S. efforts to boost humanitarian aid to Gaza, such as plans for a temporary port and recent air drops, which he said were "absurd"

April 26, 2024
US aid policy on Gaza 'absurd' given military support for Israel, UN expert says
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Gaza ceasefire protesters gather for Biden's State of the Union address

President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday sparked pockets of protest across the United States, with activists asking him to push for a

April 26, 2024
Gaza ceasefire protesters gather for Biden's State of the Union address

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