After airstrikes, Israel says it has launched new ground operation in Gaza
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters The Israeli military said on Wednesday its forces have resumed ground operations in the central and southern Gaza Strip, as a second day of airstrikes killed at least 38 Palestinians, according to local health workers. The renewed ground operations come a day after more than 400 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in […]
Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasefire began, as Israel warned the onslaught was “just the beginning.” Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas accused each other of breaching the truce. It had broadly […]
Israeli strikes kill 15 people in Gaza over past day, Palestinian medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes have killed at least 15 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the enclave’s health ministry said on Sunday, as Arab and US mediators work to shore up a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Palestinian officials say dozens of people have been killed by Israeli […]
Israeli air strike kills nine in Gaza, medics say, during ceasefire disputes
Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least nine Palestinians including three local journalists were killed and others wounded on Saturday in an Israeli air strike on Gaza’s northern Beit Lahiya town, the local health ministry said, as Hamas leaders held ceasefire talks with mediators in Cairo. Several were critically injured as the strike hit a car, with […]
Israeli fire kills four Palestinians in Gaza, amid new ceasefire talks
Cairo, Egypt Reuters An Israeli air strike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory’s civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a 19th January ceasefire agreement. The Israeli military said its air force attacked “terrorists who were engaged in […]
Hamas says talks with US focused on release of American hostage in Gaza
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Meetings between Hamas leaders and US hostage negotiator Adam Boehler in recent days focused on the release of an American-Israeli dual national being held by the militant group in Gaza, a senior Hamas official told Reuters on Sunday. Taher Al-Nono, political adviser to the leader of the Palestinian group, confirmed the unprecedented, […]
France, Germany, Italy and UK back Arab plan for Gaza reconstruction
Rome, Italy Reuters The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain said on Saturday they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $US53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave. “The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift […]
Drone strike kills two as Gaza ceasefire standoff continues
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters An Israeli drone strike killed two people in Gaza on Friday, local Palestinian medical authorities said, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding a fragile ceasefire deal that has halted fighting in the enclave for weeks. The Israeli military said the drone struck a group of suspected militants operating near its troops in northern Gaza […]
Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump’s ‘Gaza Riviera’
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $US53 billion and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to US President Donald Trump’s “Middle East Riviera” vision, according to a copy of the plan. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the proposal had been accepted at the […]
Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza on Sunday as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated, with Hamas calling on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said earlier that it had adopted a proposal by […]