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 dozens in Gaza amid stepped up ceasefire push
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli strikes killed dozens of people across Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as talks to halt the fighting continued in Qatar and Israeli troops recovered the body of at least one hostage from a tunnel near the southern city of Rafah. Palestinian medical workers said an Israeli airstrike killed at least […]
Gaza mediators intensify ceasefire efforts, Israeli strikes kill 20 people
Cairo, Egypt Reuters The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought on Wednesday to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians overnight. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said on Wednesday that mediators had narrowed […]
Israeli forces carry out air, ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 28 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said troops carried out air and ground attacks in the northern Gaza Strip, killing dozens of militants while capturing others. An airstrike hit the civil emergency centre in […]
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 […]
Israel kills 23 people in north Gaza, orders evacuations in south
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics said, as the army issued new evacuation orders in the south of the small enclave. Medics said eight people had been killed in a […]
Israeli strike kills at least 13 at school sheltering displaced in Gaza City, medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters An Israeli air strike killed at least 13 Palestinians at a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City, medics said on Tuesday. They said that dozens of people were also wounded in the Israeli strike that hit the Al-Hurreya School in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, one of the oldest suburbs of Gaza City. […]
Israeli strikes kill 20 Palestinians in Gaza, some in attacks on tents, medics say
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed 20 Palestinians on Monday, including six people in attacks on tents housing displaced families, medics said. Four people, two of them children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent encampment in the coastal area of Al-Mawasi, which is designated as a humanitarian […]
Israel air strike kills 73 Palestinians in northern Gaza – Hamas media
Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 73 Palestinians, including many women and children, were killed and dozens wounded in Israeli strikes on Saturday that hit several houses in Beit Lahiya town in northern Gaza Strip, Hamas media said. The Hamas-run Gaza government media office also said dozens were wounded and missing in the strikes. Medics said […]
Israeli forces deepen raid in Rafah, kill 27 people across Gaza
Cairo, Reuters Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as tanks advanced further into north-west Rafah near the border with Egypt. The unrelenting fighting between the Israelis and Hamas militants in the enclave carried on even […]