International mediators are hoping to kickstart stalled cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas with a new round of talks meant to finally clinch a deal between the sides
August 14, 2024
When girls complain to Gaza paediatrician Lobna al-Azaiza that they have no comb, she tells them to cut off their hair. It's not just combs.
August 13, 2024
Cracks are widening in a public tiff between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister
August 13, 2024
Only a ceasefire deal in Gaza stemming from hoped-for talks this week would hold Iran back from direct retaliation against Israel for the
August 13, 2024
Iran has rejected a call by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions
August 13, 2024
One Israeli male hostage was killed by his guard and two women captives were seriously wounded in two separate incidents in Gaza, the spokesperson for
August 12, 2024
Lebanon’s health care system has been battered by multiple crisis but is now preparing for the possibility of a devastating wider conflict with Israel
August 12, 2024
The leaders of France, Germany and Britain have endorsed the latest push by mediators United States, Qatar and Egypt to broker an agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war
August 12, 2024
Iran is set to carry out an order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to "harshly punish" Israel over the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, a
August 09, 2024
These Gazan children have been reunited with their families after months of war. But thousands remain unaccompanied
August 09, 2024
Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have filed legal arguments either rejecting or supporting the International Criminal Court’s power to issue arrest warrants in its investigation into the war in Gaze and Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel
August 09, 2024
Like thousands of Gaza children, Yasmine Al-Shanbari, 3, is not only suffering from the upheaval of war all around them.
August 08, 2024
Israel’s gold-medal winning windsurfer draws motivation from threats on his team
August 08, 2024
Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released
August 08, 2024
The World Central Kitchen (WCK), a U.S.-based, non-governmental organisation, said on Thursday that a Palestinian staff member had been killed in Gaza.
August 07, 2024
Israel’s Supreme Court has convened again to consider a petition to shut down a military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinian detainees
August 07, 2024
Iran will not stay quiet over aggression, President Masoud Pezeshkian told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron according to state media on Wednesday, amid fears of more regional
August 07, 2024
Israeli forces on Wednesday issued new evacuation orders to Palestinians in areas of north Gaza that were among the first to be hit at the start of the war with
August 07, 2024
Turkey has filed a formal request with the International Court of Justice to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel
August 07, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the newly chosen Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has the power to ensure that a cease-fire deal is reached for the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza
August 07, 2024
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August 06, 2024
Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last week, the group said
August 06, 2024
A United Nations expert on Tuesday condemned Israel's killing last week of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Ramy El Rify in Gaza and urged that the deaths be
August 06, 2024
In Gaza, where energy is scarce, one Palestinian tailor has found a way to make the wheel of his sewing machine turn again in the chaos of war.
August 06, 2024
Israeli forces killed 45 Palestinian fighters in Gaza over the past day, the military said on Tuesday, after heavy fighting in which
August 06, 2024
UN probe finds 9 UNRWA employees ‘may have’ been involved in October 7 attack
August 05, 2024
The foreign ministers of Italy and Iraq called on Monday for diplomacy and de-escalation in the Middle East, saying they were deeply concerned about increasing tension threatening the
August 05, 2024
Hundreds of Israelis have sent orange balloons into the air to mark the fifth birthday of one of two children held captive by militants in the Gaza Strip
August 05, 2024
The U.N. says it has fired additional staff members from its agency for Palestinian refugees after an internal investigation found they may have been involved in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack against Israel
August 05, 2024
Nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNWRA) may have been involved in the Oct.
August 05, 2024
In choosing its next leader, Hamas will be looking for a candidate who can safeguard deep ties with Tehran at a time when Iranian
August 05, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing anger in Israel and abroad over his handling of talks on a Gaza ceasefire that have faltered, just as fears
August 05, 2024
In war-ravaged Gaza, even the dead cannot rest.
August 05, 2024
At least 30 killed in Israeli strike on two Gaza school shelters: Palestinian Civil Defense
August 04, 2024
The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies called on all parties involved in the current conflict in the Middle East to avoid actions that could lead to an
August 04, 2024
An Israeli airstrike hit two schools in Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, Palestinian officials said, while the Israeli military said it struck a
August 04, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, while the United States and allies prepare to defend Israel from an expected counterstrike and prevent an even more destructive regional conflict
August 04, 2024
Anti-Netanyahu protests erupt in Israel over delayed hostage deal
August 03, 2024
Israeli airstrikes on two Gaza shelters kill 17, says Gaza Civil Defense
August 03, 2024
The IDF now says they killed Mohammed Deif, Hamas’ military chief in Gaza, in a July airstrike. The IDF released video of the strike in Khan Yunis, Gaza. At least 90 Palestinians were reportedly killed in the strike that hit a displacement camp, CNN reported at the time.
August 03, 2024
Israel's army says two airstrikes in the West Bank have killed nine Palestinian militants as violence flares again in the Israeli-occupied territory
August 03, 2024
An Israeli delegation will travel to Cairo in the coming days for negotiations to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said
August 02, 2024
Israel's foreign ministry summoned the deputy Turkish ambassador for a reprimand on Friday after Turkey's embassy in Tel Aviv lowered its flag to half mast in response to the
August 02, 2024
An Australian investigation has found the Israeli military’s attack on an aid convoy in Gaza that killed seven people resulted from serious failures of defense procedures, mistaken identification, and bad decisions
August 02, 2024
Israeli air strikes that killed international aid workers in Gaza in April were the result of serious operational failures but were not intentional, according to an
August 02, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S.
August 01, 2024
A pro-Israel super PAC that helped defeat one member of the congressional group called the Squad is pushing to oust another — Missouri's Cori Bush
August 01, 2024
Israeli forces hit a school in Shejaia in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 29, Palestinian civil emergency services said, as fighting continued in various
August 01, 2024
Turkey has blocked cooperation between NATO and Israel since October because of the war in Gaza and said the alliance should not engage with Israel as a partner
August 01, 2024
The head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli military said on Thursday, its
August 01, 2024
Hamas' military leader Mohammed Deif, one of the masterminds of the Oct. 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel, was an elusive figure who had a long and secretive career in the
August 01, 2024
A full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah would likely set the entire region on fire, involving Iran and its proxies, and could drag the US into direct confrontation with Tehran.
July 31, 2024
A pair of assassinations of anti-Israel militant leaders hours apart is threatening to set off a regional clash and upend already fragile talks toward ending the war in Gaza
July 31, 2024
The missile that killed Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh struck him "directly", Hamas deputy chief in Gaza Khalil Al-Hayya said on Wednesday, citing witnesses who had been with Haniyeh in
July 31, 2024
The targeting of two senior militant leaders in two Middle Eastern capitals within hours of each other — with each strike blamed on Israel — risks rocking the region at a critical moment
July 31, 2024
The militant Palestinian group Hamas has a history of swift and smooth replacement of fallen leaders killed in Israeli airstrikes
July 31, 2024
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that polio had been detected in Gaza and warned that children in the war-ravaged enclave would soon be infected
July 31, 2024
Hours after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Iran, anxious residents in Israeli-besieged Gaza voiced fear that his death
July 31, 2024
The U.N. human rights office has issued a report saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks and other forms of torture and mistreatment
July 31, 2024
Thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly removed from Gaza, sometimes from bomb shelters, and dragged into detention in Israel where some have been tortured and
July 31, 2024
Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian group's international diplomacy as war
July 31, 2024
At least 85 sick and severely injured Palestinians from Gaza, including 35 children, were evacuated to Abu Dhabi for specialized care, the director general of the World Health
July 30, 2024
The Israeli military issued an indictment on Tuesday against a reservist soldier accused of severe abuse of Palestinian prisoners, in a case that followed a
July 30, 2024
An Israeli military court is holding a hearing for nine soldiers detained for questioning over alleged abuse of a Palestinian at a shadowy facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during the war
July 30, 2024
Ancient monastery in war-ravaged Gaza placed on UNESCO’s danger list
July 29, 2024
Israeli airstrikes have hit a school being used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza and killed at least 30 people including seven children
July 27, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah discussed efforts to secure a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza during a call on Friday, the two sides said.
July 26, 2024
CIA Director William Burns will meet this weekend in Rome with his Israeli and Egyptian counterparts and Qatar's prime minister for talks on a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages by
July 26, 2024
Israeli troops battled Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and destroyed tunnels and other infrastructure, as they sought to suppress small militant units that
July 26, 2024
After weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and
July 26, 2024
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial trip to the United States comes as ceasefire talks to broker an end to the raging war in Gaza and bring about a hostage-for-prisoners exchange hang in the balance
July 26, 2024
The World Health Organization is sending more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza to be administered over the coming weeks to prevent children being infected after the virus was
July 26, 2024
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