ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders over 'war crimes'

Israel will “never accept” ICC's “disgraceful” rulings, Netanyahu said in a message on Twitter. “We will not succumb to this.” In mid-November five countries called for an ICC investigation into the Israel–Hamas war, with Khan saying his team had gathered a “significant amount” of evidence on “relevant incidents”. But ICC teams have not been able […]

Israeli PM orders army to be ready to evacuate civilians from Gaza’s Rafah: Latest updates

The Israeli military said its forces “killed 15 terrorists” in the previous day in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza’s largest city. Israeli forces raided the city’s al-Amal hospital on Friday, after a week-long siege, during which the Palestinian Red Crescent reported “intense artillery shelling and heavy shelling”. The medical organization said Israeli forces had arrested eight […]

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has vowed there will be no peace until Hamas is destroyed. The Gaza war has led to massive civilian casualties and mass starvation

Vast areas of Gaza are in ruins and its 2.4 million people face severe shortages of water, food, fuel and medicine, alleviated only by the limited arrival of aid trucks. “Now there is real hunger,” said Nour Ismail, who was waiting for food to be delivered in the southern city of Rafah. “My children are […]

Netanyahu rejects ceasefire, promises not to annex Gaza: Latest updates on Israel’s offensive

Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas after the terrorist group launched an attack across the border from Gaza on October 7, which killed 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and took about 240 hostage, according to Israel. Retaliatory aerial bombardments and ground attacks have killed more than 10,800 people in Gaza, most of them civilians and many […]