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 […]
Flooding Gaza with aid might lessen security challenge, says UNRWA chief
United Nations/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza Strip by looters and armed gangs could decline as humanitarian relief floods the area after the truce takes effect between Israel and Palestinian militants, the head of the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA said on Friday. He said UNRWA has 4,000 truckloads of aid […]
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’ […]
Israel steps up bombing of central Gaza, strikes kill 26 people
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes killed at least 26 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, as forces stepped up their bombardment of central areas and tanks pushed deeper into the north and south of the enclave. The escalation came a day after Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah began a ceasefire in Lebanon, […]
Entire generation in Gaza would lose education if UNRWA collapses, says UN
United Nations Reuters An entire generation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would “be denied the right to education” if the United Nations Palestinian relief agency UNRWA collapses in the enclave under new Israeli legislation, the head of UNRWA warned on Wednesday. Israel’s parliament passed a law last month that will ban UNRWA from operating […]
UN agency head calls for temporary truce in besieged north Gaza
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The UN Palestinian refugee agency called on Tuesday for a temporary truce to allow people to leave areas of northern Gaza as health officials said they were running out of supplies to treat patients injured in a three-week-old Israeli assault. Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UNRWA relief agency, said the humanitarian situation […]
Hospitals under fire as Israeli forces deepen operations in northern Gaza
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military forces besieged hospitals and shelters for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday as they stepped up their operations, preventing critical aid from reaching civilians, residents and medics said. Troops rounded up men and ordered women to leave the Jabalia historic refugee camp, they said. An Israeli airstrike […]
Israel sends more troops into north Gaza, deepens raid
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The Israeli military said on Friday it sent another army unit to support its forces operating in Jabalia, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, where residents said tanks blew up roads and houses as they thrust further into the territory. Residents of Jabalia in northern Gaza said Israeli tanks had […]
Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, UN chief says many trapped in north
Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 60 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said on Wednesday, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid in the enclave’s north where a UN aid official said hunger is spreading again. The Israeli military says the raid, now in its fifth day, […]