‘Six Months of Genocide’ protest in Nicosia (video)
On the six-month anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7th, hundreds of people gathered in Nicosia to protest against Israel’s bombing of Gaza and the government of Nikos ...
US tells staff in Israel not to travel outside cities, expects Iran strike
The United States expects an attack by Iran against Israel but one that would not be big enough to draw Washington into war, a US official said late on Thursday.
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Biden says Netanyahu’s approach to war in Gaza is a ‘mistake’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza is a “mistake,” US President Joe Biden said in an interview published on Tuesday, offering further criticism of ...
Hamas says Israeli proposal failed to meet Palestinian demands, yet it is under review
Hamas said early on Tuesday Israel’s proposal that it received from Qatari and Egyptian mediators did not meet any of the demands of Palestinian factions.
However, the group added ...
No progress made at Cairo ceasefire talks, says Hamas official
A Hamas official said on Monday no progress was made at a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo also attended by Israeli, Qatar and U.S. representatives, after ...
UN rights body demands Israel be held accountable for possible war crimes
The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip, ...
Israel bows to US pressure following WCK ‘grave mistake’, approves more aid access
Israel said it approved the reopening of the Erez crossing into northern Gaza and the temporary use of Ashdod port in southern Israel, following U.S. demands to increase humanitarian ...
WCK boss says Israeli deadly attack on Monday was not a mistake
Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them “systematically, ...
White House hosts muted Ramadan event as Biden’s Israel policy draws anger
The White House held a scaled-down iftar dinner on Tuesday to celebrate Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, after some invitees turned the president down over frustrations in the Muslim ...
Israel airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for celebrity chef’s NGO
Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on ...
Israeli troops leave Gaza’s Shifa Hospital a wreck in sea of rubble
Israeli forces have withdrawn from Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after a two-week operation, the Israeli military said on Monday, leaving behind a wasteland of destroyed buildings and Palestinian ...
UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire after US abstains
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a ...
US puts pressure on Israel with Gaza ceasefire resolution as Qatar talks continue
Israel’s spy chief was due to travel to Qatar on Friday for ceasefire negotiations while the U.S. planned to put a resolution calling for an immediate truce in ...
Satellite images show 35% of Gaza’s building destroyed, UN says
Satellite images analysed by the United Nations Satellite Centre show that 35% of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the Israel offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
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Israeli army: 50 Palestinian gunmen killed in fighting at Gaza’s Shifa hospital
The Israeli military said on Thursday that it killed more than 50 Palestinian gunmen over the past day in fighting around the Gaza Strip’s Shifa hospital.
The military said it ...
Doctors who visited Gaza speak of ‘atrocities,’ collapsing healthcare
The healthcare system in Gaza has essentially collapsed, Western doctors who visited the Palestinian enclave in recent months told an event at the United Nations on Monday, speaking of “appalling ...
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. State Department said on Tuesday, as Washington pushes for a ceasefire between Israel ...
Hamas issues ceasefire proposal to mediators
Hamas has presented a Gaza ceasefire proposal to mediators and the U.S. which includes the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for freedom for Palestinian prisoners, 100 of whom are ...
US, allies eye commercial maritime option for Gaza aid
The US may urge partners and allies to fund a privately run operation to send aid by sea to Gaza that could begin before a much larger US military effort, ...
EU commission head: Gaza aid ship ‘a sign of hope’ (photos, video) (Update 4)
The humanitarian aid ship Open Arms finally set sail on Tuesday accompanied by another vessel, inaugurating the operation of the ‘Amalthea’ Larnaca to Gaza sea corridor.
President Nikos Christodoulides and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Gaza ceasefire talks deadlocked
Talks on a ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse on Wednesday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and a merchant vessel was on ...