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 […]
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 […]
Israel rejects Hamas offer to free Israeli-American hostage as “psychological warfare”
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, an offer Israel dismissed as “psychological warfare”. Hamas said it had made the offer to release New Jersey native Edan […]
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 […]
Israel’s halt to food and aid deliveries worsens Gaza conditions
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel’s suspension of goods entering Gaza is taking a toll on the Palestinian enclave, with some bakeries closing and food prices rising, while a cut in the electricity supply could deprive people of clean water, Palestinian officials said. The suspension, which Israel said was aimed at pressuring militant group Hamas in ceasefire […]
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 […]
Hamas says Trump’s threats spur Netanyahu to evade Gaza ceasefire deal
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Hamas said on Thursday US President Donald Trump’s repeated threats against Palestinians constituted support for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to back out of the Gaza ceasefire and intensify the siege of Gazans. Trump demanded in a social media post on Wednesday that Hamas “release all of the hostages now, not later,” […]