Israel military says no evidence of direct hit on Gaza hospital
Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had seen no evidence of a direct hit by aerial munitions on a hospital in the Gaza Strip the day before, where hundreds ...
Oil jumps 2 per cent as Middle East tensions increase
Oil prices surged on Wednesday as tension escalated in the Middle East after hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza hospital, sparking concerns about potential oil supply disruptions ...
Hundreds said killed in Gaza hospital blast, protests erupt (video)
A Gaza health ministry spokesman said hundreds were killed in a blast at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday that Israeli and Palestinian officials blamed on each other and that ...
Biden to visit Israel as Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens
US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to show support for its war on Hamas after Washington said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to let humanitarian aid ...
Trump pledges to expel immigrants who support Hamas, ban Muslims from the US
Donald Trump promised that if elected president again he will bar immigrants who support Hamas from entering the U.S. and send officers to pro-Hamas protests to arrest and deport ...
Israel’s Gaza evacuation order could breach international law – UN
The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday that Israel’s siege of Gaza and its evacuation order for the north of the enclave could amount to a forcible ...
Israel military says status of post-war Gaza under discussion, ‘global issue’
An Israeli military spokesman said on Tuesday that the status of the Gaza Strip after Israel’s planned ground assault on the Palestinian enclave would be a “global issue” for ...
EU leaders to focus on fallout from Hamas attack on Israel
European Union leaders aim on Tuesday to settle on a united approach to the crisis triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel after days of confusion, infighting and mixed messaging.
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160 evacuating from Haifa to Limassol port (Updated)
A cruise ship with around 160 people that has sailed from the Israeli port of Haifa is expected to arrive at the port of Limassol early on Tuesday.
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Blinken seeks aid breakthrough amid air raid sirens in Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken took shelter with Benjamin Netanyahu in a bunker during an air raid alert, a U.S official said, as the U.S. top ...
Canada urges citizens to leave Lebanon while flights are available
Canadians should consider leaving Lebanon while they can because of heightened security risks in the region, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday, after Ottawa helped evacuate a group of ...
Iran warns Israel of regional escalation if ‘aggressions do not stop’
Iran warned Israel of escalation if it failed to end aggressions against Palestinians, with its foreign minister saying other parties in the region were ready to act, the semi-official Fars ...
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperating
Egypt said on Monday that Israel was not cooperating with delivery of aid into Gaza and evacuations of foreign passport holders via the only entry it does not wholly control, ...
Talks fail to let aid reach Gaza; Israel evacuates Lebanon border
Diplomatic efforts failed to get aid to the besieged Gaza Strip on Monday, and Israel ordered the evacuation of its villages in a strip of territory near its border with ...
Oil prices ease as investors assess risks of Israel-Hamas war
Oil prices slipped on Monday after surging last week, with investors waiting to see if the Israel-Hamas conflict draws in other countries – a development that would potentially drive up prices ...
Egypt, US, Israel agree temporary ceasefire in southern Gaza, opening of Rafah crossing at 0600 GMT
Egypt, Israel and the U.S. agreed to a ceasefire in southern Gaza beginning at 0600 GMT coinciding with the re-opening of the Rafah border crossing, two Egyptian security sources said ...
Six-year-old boy stabbed to death in anti-Muslim attack in Chicago
An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and ...
Hamas critique removed from Palestinians’ Abbas comments on Israel attack
The Palestinian Authority’s official news agency published comments on Sunday by President Mahmoud Abbas that criticized Hamas over its actions but later removed reference to the militant group without ...
Netanyahu vows to demolish Hamas as Israel urges Gazans south
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday to “demolish Hamas” as his troops prepared to move into the Gaza Strip in pursuit of Hamas militants whose deadly rampage ...
As Gaza death toll rises, bodies are stored in ice cream trucks
Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have resorted to storing the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli air strikes in ice cream freezer trucks because moving them to hospitals ...
Netanyahu vows to ‘demolish Hamas’, convenes emergency Israeli cabinet
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened Israel’s expanded emergency cabinet for the first time on Sunday, saying the national unity on display sent a message at home and abroad as ...
Palestinians in Cyprus, thinking about Gaza (video)
With a ground war looming in Gaza, we spoke to two Palestinians who’ve been living in Cyprus for decades – including one who lost family in Gaza just a day ...
Gaza residents who have lost family fear more destruction
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
As Israel prepared on Sunday for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinians who have lost numerous family members in air strikes were bracing for ...
Britain has urged Israel to show restraint, says Cleverly
Britain remains supportive of Israel’s right to defend itself but has urged it to show restraint in any military action against Palestinian militant group Hamas in order to minimise ...