Tag: Gaza
Toll in Gaza hits 337 on day 12 of war
Israeli air strikes and shelling killed more than 25 people across Gaza on Saturday, among them children, raising the toll…
Israel army presses Gaza ground assault
Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in an operation to halt rocket fire…
Israel tank fire kills 5 in Gaza, including baby
Israeli tank fire killed five people in the Gaza Strip, including a five-month-old baby, early on Friday, medics said. Emergency…
3 Gaza mortar shells hit Israel after ceasefire
Three mortar shells fired from Gaza hit southern Israel on Thursday, the army said, just over two hours after a…
Israel, Hamas agree new truce
An Israeli official said Thursday the Jewish state had agreed a ceasefire with Hamas that will begin at 0300 GMT…
Israel warns Gazans to flee as campaign intensifies
Israel urged 100,000 Gazans to flee their homes on Wednesday, but the warning was largely ignored despite an intensification of…
Israel accepts Egypt’s Gaza truce proposal
Israel’s security cabinet on Tuesday accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest…
Israel to weigh Egypt Gaza truce, Hamas says no deal
Israel said Tuesday it would weigh an Egyptian truce proposal for Gaza, which has US backing, but Hamas appeared to…
Britain ‘extremely concerned’ by Gaza deaths
British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Saturday he was “extremely concerned” about the loss of life in Gaza, where…
Death toll rises to 112 on Day 5 of Gaza campaign
Seven Palestinians were killed in several Israeli air strikes early Saturday, raising the death toll in five days of violence…
Popular Turkish singer causes outrage with anti-Semitic Gaza tweets
A popular Turkish female pop singer was under pressure Friday to make a public apology after she posted a succession…
Women, children among 38 killed, as Israel pounds Gaza
Eleven women and children were among 17 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza Wednesday, hiking the overall death toll…
Israel strikes on Gaza kill 12, hurt 80
Israeli strikes on Gaza killed 12 people on Tuesday and wounded 80 others, the emergency services said, as the military…
11 injured in Gaza raids, rockets strike Israeli houses
Eleven Palestinians were wounded Thursday when Israel pounded targets in Gaza as militants kept up a volley of cross-border fire,…
Israel warns over rising rocket fire
Israel is “ready” to expand its operations in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday after the air force struck…
Israel hits Hamas headquarters in Gaza
GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israeli air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early…