Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Two Israeli missiles hit a major Gaza hospital on Sunday, putting the emergency department out of action and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was aimed at Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital evacuated patients after a phone call from someone […]
Israeli strike kills 29 people in Gaza City house, medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters An Israeli airstrike killed at least 29 Palestinians, including children, in a house in Shejaia in Gaza City, local health authorities said on Wednesday. Medics said dozens of others were wounded in the attack that hit a multi-floor residential building in the eastern suburb of Gaza City. Many were still believed to […]
Israeli troops expand ‘security zone’ in northern Gaza
Jerusalem/Gaza Reuters Israeli troops were expanding their control of ground in northern Gaza, the military said on Friday, days after the government announced plans to seize large areas with an operation in the south. Soldiers carrying out the operation in Shejaia, a suburb east of Gaza City in the north, were letting civilians out via […]
At least 91 killed in Gaza as Israel abandons ceasefire, orders evacuation
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters At least 91 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday after Israel resumed bombing and ground operations, the enclave’s health ministry said, effectively ditching a two-month-old ceasefire. After two months of relative calm, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching […]
Israel strikes in Gaza kill at least 200, Palestinian health authorities say
Updated: 4:45pm (AEDT) Reuters Israeli air strikes in Gaza killed at least 200 people, Palestinian health authorities said, as attacks hit dozens of targets early on Tuesday, ending a weeks-long standoff over extending the ceasefire that halted fighting in January. The Palestinian militant group Hamas issued a statement accusing Israel of breaching the ceasefire. Mourners […]
Desperation grows: In northern Gaza, Palestinians struggle to rebuild their homes
FATMA KHALED and ABDEL KAREEM HANA, of Associated Press, report on how Palestinians, after initial relief and joy at being back at their homes, are now facing the reality of living in wreckage for the foreseeable future…
Gazans’ joy at ceasefire dims as they visit ruined homes, dig for the dead
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters On foot or riding rickshaws, many Palestinians exhausted by war in Gaza began returning to the ruins of their homes on the third day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, shocked by total destruction. The truce took effect on Sunday after 15 months of conflict with the handover of the first […]
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli strikes killed dozens of people across Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as talks to halt the fighting continued in Qatar and Israeli troops recovered the body of at least one hostage from a tunnel near the southern city of Rafah. Palestinian medical workers said an Israeli airstrike killed at least […]
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza Strip as new ceasefire talks begin
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip have killed at least 70 people over the last day, Palestinian medics said on Saturday, as mediators launched a new ceasefire push to end the 15-month-old war. At least 17 of those who died were killed in airstrikes on two houses in Gaza City, the […]
Israel strikes Gaza City suburb, Palestinian medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Israeli military kept up the pressure on northern Gaza on Wednesday, striking in a suburb of Gaza City, medics said, and told residents in a central part of the enclave to evacuate from an area where militants were firing rockets. Air strikes in Shejaia, a suburb of Gaza City, killed at […]