Israel to seize parts of Gaza as military operation expands
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops were seizing an area he called the Morag Axis, a reference to […]
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five, Israel says target was Hamas militant
Updated: 9:20am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at […]
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 […]
Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say
Updated: 12:10pm (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave’s Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said. Israel said the deputy was the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas’ […]
Palestinians mourn dead after Israeli strike on Gaza’s Khan Younis
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Relatives of Palestinians killed by Israel in Khan Younis gathered around their white-shrouded bodies on Monday before carrying them to their graves. Palestinian health officials said on Sunday at least 20 people, including children, were killed in the strike at the school sheltering displaced families in the city in the southern Gaza […]
Dozens killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters The Israeli military killed at least 39 Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, medics said on Thursday, including at least 20 in an attack that set ablaze tents sheltering displaced families in a crowded camp. Residents carried a body wrapped in carpets out of the charred wreckage of the makeshift […]
Israeli forces advance in Khan Younis area of south Gaza, 47 killed across enclave
Updated: 10:45am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said further Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 47 people across the enclave. Residents said tanks advanced one day after the Israeli military issued new evacuation […]
Rainstorms flood tents of Gaza’s displaced as Israel steps up strikes
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Heavy rains flooded tent encampments of displaced Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, adding seasonal winter misery to communities already devastated by 13 months of war, as Israeli forces stepped up strikes in the enclave. Downpours overnight inundated tents and in some places washed away the plastic and cloth shelters used […]
Israel unleashes strikes on homes in north Gaza as it extends onslaught
Updated: 11:30am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Israeli military bombed at least five crowded homes in northern Gaza early on Thursday with many casualties, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge. Rescue operations were under way as many people remained missing or trapped under the rubble, medics said. Hamas […]