Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as UN pursues vaccinations
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, medics said on Saturday, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory. Eleven months into the war, numerous rounds of diplomacy have so far failed to clinch a ceasefire deal to end […]
Israeli forces pull out of Jenin leaving a trail of destruction
Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli forces pulled out of the Palestinian city of Jenin on Friday, leaving a mass of damaged buildings and infrastructure, following one of the biggest security operations in the occupied West Bank in months. Road diggers began clearing piles of debris and rubble left by the operation, which involved hundreds of […]
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 35 Palestinians but pauses allow third day of polio vaccinations
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 35 Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said, but brief pauses in fighting allowed medics to conduct a third day of polio vaccinations for children. Among those killed were four women in the southern city of Rafah and eight people near […]
Israel says it killed Islamic Jihad commander in gunbattle at West Bank mosque
Jerusalem/Jenin, West Bank Reuters Israeli troops killed a local commander of the Iranian-backed Islamic Jihad movement in the West Bank and four other militants on Thursday in a gunbattle during one of the largest assaults in the Israeli-occupied territory for months. The military said it killed Muhhamad Jabber, known as Abu Shujaa, the head of […]
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them. The Israeli military said it was attacking militants from the Hamas group – which administered Gaza […]
Israel launches new Gaza strikes after weekend attack kills scores in safe zone
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israel struck the southern and central Gaza Strip on Monday to put more pressure on Hamas, following a weekend strike targeting the militant group’s leadership, which killed scores of Palestinians who had sought shelter in a makeshift camp. Two days after the Israeli strike turned a crowded swathe of Mawasi near the […]
Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the fiercest weeks of war, killing 26
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to the fiercest battle of the war, while a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official on Thursday said a new round of peace talks ended with no agreements yet. Israel has been bombarding the Gaza Strip for 10 months in […]
Palestinian militants fire rockets into Israel, tanks advance in Gaza
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad fired a barrage of rockets into Israel on Monday as fighting raged in Gaza and Israeli tanks advanced deeper in parts of the enclave, residents and officials said. Islamic Jihad, an ally of Hamas – both of whom are backed by Iran – said its fighters […]
Israel storms Gaza City neighbourhood, orders Palestinians to go south
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City on Thursday, ordering Palestinians to move south as the tanks rolled in and bombing the southern city of Rafah in what it says are the final stages of an operation against Hamas militants there. Residents of the Shejaia neighbourhood in Gaza City said they were […]
Israeli forces pound north and south Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces pounded several areas across Gaza on Wednesday, and residents reported fierce fighting overnight in Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave. Residents said fighting intensified in the Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah, where tanks were also trying to force their way north amid heavy clashes. The armed wings […]