Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel pounded parts of Gaza’s biggest city on Thursday, Hamas said, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation in Shujaiya. The upsurge in bombardment and displacement followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in late June that “the war i...
Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli army has dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Thousands of Palestinians fled large areas of southwest Gaza City when Israeli forces intruded for the first time in over three months and opened heavy fire targeting roads, homes, and residential buildings, resulting in dozens of casualties. The attack prompted a mass exodus of thousands of Palestinians to th...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets at Israeli military positions on Thursday as Israel continued its attacks in Gaza. The Iran-backed resistance group said its latest attack, which followed the launch of over 100 small rockets the previous day, came in response to Israel’s killing of a senior Hezbollah c...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Fourteen Palestinians, including at least one baby, were killed and many others injured on Saturday in an Israeli army airstrike targeting homes in eastern Gaza City, Wafa news agency reported. Israeli warplanes targeted three homes in the Al-Tuffah and Al-Shujaiya neighborhoods in Gaza City, resulting in the ...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN has called for an international investigation into reports of mass graves at two Gaza hospitals destroyed in Israeli sieges, saying war crimes may have been committed. The United Nations rights office said it was “horrified” by the destruction of Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al-Shifa in Gaza...
GENEVA (AA) – Ireland has said it is appalled by the “horrible” killing by Israel of more than 100 Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza. “Appalled by the horrible deaths of Palestinians queueing for aid in Gaza city,” Foreign Minister Michael Martin said on X. “International humanitarian law is ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several Palestinians were killed and many others injured when Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd waiting for humanitarian aid south of Gaza City on Thursday, according to witnesses. Hundreds of Palestinians were waiting to receive aid near Dowar al-Nablusi, south of Gaza City, when they came under Israeli fire, [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday withdrew from parts of Gaza City and North Gaza governorate for the first time since it started its ground offensive on Oct. 27. Military vehicles completely withdrew from the neighborhoods of At-Tawam, Al-Karama, and Rashid Street in the western region of North Gaza governorate, a...
