UN uses new land route from Israel to reach northern Gaza
The United Nations used a new land route on Tuesday to deliver food to northern Gaza for the first time in three weeks as global pressure grows on Israel to ...
First Gaza aid ship leaves Cyprus with Palestinians on brink of famine
A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea corridor to deliver supplies to a population that aid agencies ...
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 its support during ...
Israel must change course in Gaza to keep international support
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was undermining Israel with his approach to the war in Gaza and urged the country to change ...
Israeli jets hit Lebanon’s Bekaa for a second day
Israeli warplanes struck Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, hitting a facility belonging to Hezbollah and killing at least one member of the Iran-backed group, ...
Israel checking reports that Hamas’ military No 2 killed in Gaza strike (Updated)
Israel was checking on Monday if Hamas’s second-highest military leader died in an air strike, media said, as talks stumbled to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war to ...
Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month ...
Israel’s Herzog opens Holocaust museum in Amsterdam amid protest
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is attending the opening of the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam on Sunday amid pro-Palestinian protests demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza.
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US dispatches aid ship to Gaza after Biden vows to build pier
The U.S. Army has dispatched a ship to send humanitarian aid to Gaza, Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday, days after President Joe Biden vowed to build a temporary ...
UNRWA chief ‘cautiously optimistic’ some donors will resume funding soon
The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said he was cautiously optimistic some donors would start funding it again within weeks, warning it was “at risk of death” ...
Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall (Updated)
Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it ...
Turkey, US discuss Ukraine, Gaza, ways to improve ties, foreign min says
Turkish and U.S. officials held comprehensive talks about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and various bilateral issues during meetings in Washington, Turkey’s foreign minister said late on ...
EU sees maritime aid corridor to Gaza opening this weekend amid famine fears
The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the ...
Activist slashes painting of British author of Jewish homeland declaration
A pro-Palestinian activist slashed a painting of the early 20th-century British foreign minister Arthur Balfour at Cambridge University on Friday, saying his 1917 declaration was the reason the Palestinians had lost ...
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 ...
No Women’s Day in Gaza, say mothers of hungry children
–Women’s Day? At a tent in Rafah where Um Zaki said she was boiling porridge on an open flame to stave off the hunger of her six children, the ...
Israeli offensive in Rafah ‘must not be allowed to happen’, UN says
The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that an Israeli offensive in Gaza’s border town of Rafah could not be allowed to happen because it would cause ...
UN rights chief says transfer by Israel of its own population in occupied Palestinian territories is a war crime
Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibly of a Palestinian state, the U.N. human rights chief said ...
Gaza ceasefire talks show no sign of progress, US says onus on Hamas
Hamas on Thursday left Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo where there was no sign of progress just days before the start of Ramadan, while the U.S. said the onus ...
Russian aircraft strike fighters’ bases in Syria, military official says
Russian aircraft struck two bases operated by fighters in Syria’s Idlib province, a Russian official was quoted by news agencies as saying on Thursday, claiming to have killed 20 anti-government ...
US to build temporary port to deliver Gaza aid
President Joe Biden will announce in his State of the Union speech on Thursday that the U.S. military will construct a temporary port on Gaza’s Mediterranean coast to ...
Netanyahu: Israel will push on with offensive against Hamas
Israel will push on with its offensive against Hamas, including into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite growing international pressure to stop, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
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‘Fight for life’ by mothers whose daughters still hostages in Gaza
Simona Steinbrecher holds up two images of her daughter, Doron. One shows a young woman with twinkling eyes and a big smile. The other, from a video distributed by Hamas 107 ...
Egypt secures IMF deal after pound plunge, bumper rate hike
Egypt secured an expanded $8 billion deal on Wednesday with the International Monetary Fund, hours after the central bank unshackled its currency and delivered a 600 basis points rate hike in a ...