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A grave humanitarian emergency is unfolding in Gaza as Israel continues its relentless effort to eliminate Hamas in response to the Palestinian group's October 7 attack. The surprise attack on southern Israel killed about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Nearly five months into the war, the Israeli […]
Israel's retaliatory strikes have killed at least 29,514 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest count from Gaza's health ministry. The plan also includes elements related to the Egypt-Gaza border, which is plagued by smuggling. It said a “southern closure” would be enforced along the border to prevent revival of any terrorist or […]
The UN humanitarian agency said aid to Gaza was being severely hampered by “intense hostilities, limitations on aid entry and delivery, and increasing insecurity”. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis said an Israeli tank fired on a house sheltering their staff and families, killing two people. MSF […]
Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem – areas of historic Palestine that the Palestinians want to create a state – in the 1967 war. It withdrew from Gaza in 2005, but, along with neighboring Egypt, still controls its borders. This is the second time the UN General Assembly has sought an advisory […]
Israel has threatened to invade Gaza’s Rafah by the start of Ramadan if Hamas does not return the remaining hostages by then, despite international pressure to protect Palestinian civilians sheltering in the southern city. With prospects for ceasefire talks looking bleak, the United States and other governments, as well as the United Nations, have issued […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, without naming his Brazilian counterpart, attacked “the leaders who cruelly impose Hitler’s evil deeds on the nation state of the Jewish people”. He said that doing so would be an “immoral distortion of history”. Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Galant, meanwhile, called Lula’s comments “outrageous and disgusting”. “Brazil has stood with Israel […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina meet on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 17, 2024. The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) will be held from 16 to 18 February, 2024.AFP
The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote Tuesday on Algerian pressure on the 15-member body to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, diplomats said, after the United States indicated it would veto. Algeria introduced a preliminary draft resolution more than two weeks ago. But US Ambassador to the UN Linda […]
In response to Hamas’s plan, Netanyahu reiterated a pledge to destroy the Islamist movement, and said Israel had no choice but to collapse it. “Surrendering to Hamas’s misguided demands will not only not lead to the release of the hostages, it will invite yet another genocide. This would invite a grave disaster for the State […]
“We are studying this very closely… and we will work as hard as we can to try to get an agreement,” Blinken said. The war began on October 7 with unprecedented Hamas attacks on Israel, resulting in the deaths of about 1,160 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. The […]
Israel threatened a new ground attack on Rafah, a small city on the southern border with Egypt, where more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are now living, mostly in makeshift tents. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, visiting troops on Monday, said Israeli forces had killed or wounded more than half of Hamas fighters […]
