Tag: Gaza
Updated: Israel kills 16 Hamas leaders, Gaza death toll hits 56
Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza, including the brigade commander of Gaza, in…
Israel bombs two Hamas leaders to death
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that they had killed two senior Hamas intelligence chiefs, Hassan Kaogi, head of the…
31 dead as Israel, Hamas fight again
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian group that runs Gaza escalated on Tuesday as each side attacked the other…
EU delegation to provide COVID-19 tests, vaccine to Gaza
A European Union diplomatic delegation pledged to help the Gaza Strip with its fight against the coronavirus during a visit…
Israel hits Gaza after rocket from Hamas forces Netanyahu off-stage
The Israeli Air Force conducted retaliatory strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday after a rocket was…
Jewish New Year: Israel set to seal off West Bank and Gaza
Israeli authorities said it would seal off the West Bank and Gaza Strip for two days ahead of Jewish New…
Netanyahu drops hint of war in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel "will probably have no choice" but to launch a war…
Rocket sirens wail in Israel after 2 Palestinian teens were killed
Rocket sirens wailed in Israeli communities along the Gaza border late Friday after a series of deadly clashes along the…
UN General Assembly Rejects U.S. resolution condemning Hamas
A General Assembly resolution put forward by the United States condemning the activities of Hamas and other militant groups in…
Israel launches more air strikes in Gaza
Israel launched more air strikes on Gaza on Tuesday as Palestinians kept up rocket fire on Israeli territory, in the…
Anti-Israel marches in Gaza Strip to continue – Hamas
A senior Islamic Hamas movement leader on Thursday said the anti-Israel marches of return will continue in eastern Gaza Strip…
Israel re-opens pedestrian crossing to Gaza
Israel has opened its pedestrian crossing to the Gaza Strip after shutting it about a week ago in response to…
Israel allows food, goods back into Gaza
Israel allowed commercial goods back into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, in a sign of an easing of tensions as…
Gaza: Palestinian president hails UN non-violence vote
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on Thursday, hailed a UN General Assembly vote, calling on Israeli forces to halt violence against…
UN envoy says Gaza ‘on the brink’
Rocket fire this week across the border between Gaza and Israel shows how close the region is “to the brink…
UN rights chief urges Israel to stop excessive use of force in Gaza
Israel must stop the excessive use of force by its security forces along the Gaza border and must hold to…
Palestinians protest against U.S. Jerusalem recognition plan
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in Gaza city Wednesday against a possible move by the U.S. to change the status quo…
After 2,000 years, Christians in Gaza disappearing
Dim lighting and candles softly illuminate decorative tapestries as the smell of incense fills the air and the harmonic sound…
Israel closes Gaza border crossings after rocket fire
Israel has closed two border crossings with Gaza, the army said on Sunday, after a rocket fired from the Palestinian…
Hamas rules out direct talks with Israel
Hamas’s former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniya on Saturday said the militant Islamic Palestinian group would not hold any direct…
Israeli kids back to school after tense summer
Over 2 million Israeli children went back to school on Monday after a summer spent by many in bomb shelters…
Gaza children left orphaned by bloody war
“She will call me Daddy and Mummy,” insisted 11-year-old Amir Hamad, cradling his infant sister in his arms after the…
Israeli raid kills mother, 3 children in north Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed a mother and three children from the same family in northern Gaza on Sunday, medics…
Netanyahu: Gaza offensive to continue as long as necessary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his ministers on Sunday that the military campaign against Gaza militants would continue until…
Israel air strike kills two after Egypt calls talks
An Israeli air strike killed two Palestinians in Gaza Sunday as militants kept up rocket fire, a day after an…
Israeli air strike wounds 40 in Gaza City
A powerful Israeli air strike levelled a house in Gaza City late Friday, wounding 40 Palestinians, local emergency services said.…
Israeli strikes kill senior Hamas commanders in Gaza
Israeli warplanes assassinated three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza on Thursday, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement’s armed…
Hamas says military chief alive, calling shots in Gaza war
Hamas said on Wednesday its military commander Mohammed Deif was alive and still calling the shots in the ongoing war…
Egypt urges Israelis, Palestinians to resume Gaza talks
Egypt on Wednesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume negotiations, expressing its “profound regret at the breach of the…
Israeli strike kills wife, child of Gaza military chief – Hamas
An Israeli air strike on Gaza City killed the wife and infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif,…