Israeli military denies reports after officials say eight people killed in separate strike on aid distribution centreMiddle East crisis – live updatesGaza’s health ministry has said Israeli fire killed 20 people waiting to receive desperately needed aid in the besieged Palestinian territory, but the Israeli military said the reports were “erroneous”.Gaza officials said the attack occurred as a crowd gathered to receive aid from a truck at the Kuwait roundabout, a key interchange used by...
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On Sunday, an Israeli drone strike against a vehicle near Sewairi killed the driver. Discussion among Lebanese security sources reveal they believe this was an assassination attempt against an unnamed Hamas official who was traveling on the same road. The discussion gave no indication of how close the Hamas official
The United Nations Children’s Fund recently announced that amidst the ongoing war in Gaza, more than 13,000 children have been killed as a result of Israeli attacks on Gaza. The agency stated on Sunday that many children suffer from severe malnutrition and lack “even the energy to cry.” Additionally, the UN Children’s Fund stated that […]
A deadly incident occurred Thursday night in Gaza City’s Kuwait Square, where Palestinian gunmen opened fire on civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, according to the IDF. The IDF has concluded an initial investigation, stating that its troops did not open fire at any stage during the incident. “As aid trucks were entering [the corridor], the […]
Nuseirat police chief Abu Al-Nour Al-Bayoumi was killed in an Israeli airstrike near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp’s UNRWA headquarters alongside several other people, the Palestinians reported Tuesday evening. According to reports, Hamas had tasked the refugee camp’s police chief with securing humanitarian aid truck convoys en route to Gaza City in the territory’s north. Additionally, Gaza’s Liberators, a group opposing Hamas in Gaza, said that "Hamas police in Nuseirat had seized an...
Amidst the ongoing war on Gaza, 36 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, predominantly from one family, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday 17 March. The bombing occurred while the family had gathered to prepare a suhoor meal during the holy month of Ramadan. According to WAFA, Mohammed Tabatibi, 19, sustained injuries to his left hand during the attack that claimed the lives of 36 of his family members and relatives in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. He said: “These...
Israeli and Arab officials have revealed that Israeli security officials are quietly developing a plan to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip, which could eventually lead to a Palestinian-led governing authority. The plan has sparked a fierce backlash from Hamas and created divisions within Israel’s war cabinet. According to officials, a top Israeli defense official […]
Shafaqna English- Dutch activists laid out 14,000 pairs of children’s shoes in a public square in Utrecht on Sunday to commemorate the thousands of Gazan children killed by Israel. Thousands of children’s shoes were arranged on Utrecht’s Vredenburg Square on Sunday to draw attention to the thousands of Palestinian children killed in Israel’s war
Israeli forces launched the operation early today in and around Gaza’s largest hospital.
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The carnage and devastation in Gaza is ongoing, but as the world looks at the western most land in Palestine, there are ongoing battles to the east in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank. Tensions flared all of the summer of 2023 in the West Bank, and once […]
Attacks around Rafah come despite growing pressure for ceasefire. This live blog is closedSee all our Middle East coverageThe UK is facing legal action over its pause in funding for Unrwa, after Israel’s allegations that 12 staff at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees were involved in the 7 October attacks against Israel.London-based law firm Bindmans has sent a pre-action letter, the first stage in a legal claim, on behalf of a British-Palestinian man whose family are in Gaza and...