Tag: Israel
Israel extends temporary truce as Gaza toll tops 1,000
Israel on Saturday approved a four-hour extension of a temporary truce in Gaza, Israeli television said, after the Palestinian death…
Top diplomats call for extension to 12-hour Gaza truce
US Secretary of State John Kerry and top diplomats from Europe and the Middle East gathered in Paris Saturday called…
At least 76 bodies retrieved from Gaza rubble after truce
The bodies of at least 76 Palestinians were recovered from the rubble across the Gaza Strip in the first few…
Israel and Hamas declare 12-hour Gaza truce
The Israeli military and the militant Palestinian Hamas were set on Saturday to start a 12-hour ceasefire at 8:00 a.m.…
Israel agrees 12-hour Gaza ceasefire
Israel has announced a unilateral 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza starting on Saturday morning, a US official said. “Israel has agreed…
Pregnant woman among dead as Gaza toll hits 815
Israeli fire on Gaza killed a pregnant woman and a senior Islamic Jihad figure Friday, taking the Palestinian death toll…
Gaza toll hits 798 as 15 killed at UN shelter
Fifteen people were killed Thursday when Israeli fire hit a UN shelter in Gaza, as the Palestinian toll in the…
German airlines cancel more flights to Tel Aviv
Germany’s top two airlines on Wednesday cancelled further flights to Tel Aviv over security concerns amid the escalating Gaza conflict.…
Sisi defends Egypt’s Gaza peace efforts
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday defended Egypt’s role in trying to broker a Gaza truce between Israel and Hamas,…
Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau Attacked
Journalists working with cable TV, Al Jazeera, have come under gun fire attack in Gaza where war is raging between…
‘More than 10’ Gaza militants killed infiltrating Israel
More than 10 militants from Gaza were shot dead on Monday after infiltrating southern Israel, the army’s official spokesman said.…
UN, US call for immediate truce as Gaza toll tops 500
The UN Security Council called for an “immediate ceasefire” as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza on…
Over 60 dead as Israel batters Gaza’s Shejaiya
More than 60 Palestinians were killed Sunday as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands more fleeing in terror in…
France defends ban on pro-Gaza rally after violence
France’s prime minister on Sunday defended a controversial decision to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris that went ahead anyway…
Sudan editor severely beaten after call for Israeli ties
Armed men raided the offices of a Sudanese newspaper on Saturday evening and severely beat the chief editor who had…
46 Palestinians, 2 Israeli troops die as Gaza conflict escalates
Israel’s operation against Hamas saw one of its bloodiest days on Saturday, with 46 Palestinians killed in Gaza and two…
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…
Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘systematic genocide’ in Gaza
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday launched his most bitter attack yet against Israel over its air campaign…
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…
Hamas closes border crossing with Israel
Hamas said Tuesday it has closed the Erez border crossing due to Israeli shelling, in a move that stranded a…
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…
Abbas wants Palestine under international protection
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to ask the United Nations to put the state of Palestine under “international protection” due…
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…
3 rockets downed over Tel Aviv, Hamas says fired on airport
Three Gaza rockets were shot down over the Tel Aviv area on Friday as Hamas militants claimed they had fired…