Israeli strikes kill 10 at Gaza shelter, Israel says targeted militants
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza killed 10 people on Wednesday, an attack that Israel said targeted militants operating from within the complex. Since a January ceasefire collapsed on 18th March, Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,600 Palestinians, many of them civilians, according to the […]
In pictures – global tributes pour in to honour Pope Francis after his death
AP Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world, from presidents to people of all walks of life, after the Vatican announced the pontiff’s death at age 88 on Monday. Fans and players stand during a moment of silence as a portrait of Pope Francis is displayed at Citi Field before a baseball game between the […]
Israel steps up Gaza strikes; polio vaccination halted by blockade
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel’s blockade of all supplies. Gaza’s health ministry said a UN-backed polio vaccination campaign meant to target over 600,000 children […]
Palestinian Red Crescent says Israeli probe into Gaza aid workers’ killings not enough
Ramallah, West Bank Reuters The Palestinian Red Crescent called on Monday for a “serious investigation” into the killing of 15 aid workers in Gaza last month, a day after the Israeli military admitted “professional failures” and disciplined two officers over the incident. Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, […]
Gaza’s Christians “heartbroken” for Pope who phoned them nightly
Cairo, Egypt/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Members of Gaza’s tiny Christian community said they were “heartbroken” on Monday at the death of Pope Francis, who campaigned for peace for the devastated enclave and spoke to them on the phone every evening throughout the war. Across the wider Middle East, Palestinian, Lebanese and Syrian Christians, both Catholic and […]
Israel’s military finds “professional failures” in killings of Gaza medics
Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Israel Reuters The Israeli military on Sunday said a review into last month’s killing of emergency responders in Gaza found there had been “several professional failures” and that a commander would be dismissed over the incident. The 15 paramedics and other rescue workers were shot dead on 23rd March in three separate shootings […]
Pope Francis greets cheering Easter crowds from popemobile as he recovers from pneumonia
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis entered St Peter’s Square on Sunday in an open-air popemobile for the first time since surviving double pneumonia, greeting tens of thousands of Catholics after the Vatican’s celebration of Easter Mass. The 88-year-old Pope sat in a raised chair in the back of the white vehicle, as people lined the […]
Israel’s Netanyahu says military to increase pressure on Hamas
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce, instead demanding a deal to end the war in exchange for the release of hostages. In a late-night televised […]
Israeli strikes hit dozens of targets in Gaza as ceasefire efforts stall
Jerusalem Reuters Israeli airstrikes hit about 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said on Friday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war. Last month the Israeli military broke off a two-month truce […]
Hamas says it is ready to release all remaining hostages for an end to Gaza war
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Hamas wants a comprehensive deal to end the war in Gaza and swap all Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel, a senior official from the Palestinian militant group said, rejecting Israel’s offer of an interim truce. In a televised speech, Khalil Al-Hayya, the group’s Gaza chief who leads its negotiating team, […]