The reported friendly-fire incident in Jabalia is one of the deadliest since the war began.
This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Israel-Gaza war, you can read our full coverage here. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has said it faces “significant disruptions” to its humanitarian operations due to Israel’s recent ground operations in Rafah.In a statement, the organisation said “the closure of the Rafah crossing and a blockade on entry of humanitarian workers and aid, including fuel, [is] critically hindering our ability to deliver essential services and aid to...
A recent drop in UN estimates of killed Palestinian women and children brought Israeli criticism.
In a joint press conference with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters that the Biden administration will not support any Israeli presence in Gaza when the current war ends. "We’ve been very clear that when it comes to the future of Gaza, we do not support and
This spring College of the Atlantic students also set up an encampment on the school’s front lawn to protest Israel's actions in Gaza.
Fierce fighting is reported as Israel says it is targeting areas of where Hamas has regrouped.
Families of the hostages are leading calls for a ceasefire. Let us hope the roar of guns in Rafah isn’t used to drown them outMeron Rapoport is an Israeli journalist for +972 magazine and Local CallAt 7.40pm on Monday 6 May, Hamas issued a statement saying that it had accepted a ceasefire proposal offered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators. Spontaneous demonstrations, led by the relatives of Israelis who were kidnapped on 7 October, broke out in Tel Aviv and elsewhere in Israel, calling for the...
Israeli politician Benny Gantz demanded an overhaul of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's post-conflict vision for Gaza Saturday, threatening to step down from the war cabinet if his concerns were not addressed. Gantz, seen as a chief rival of Netanyahu, demanded the government provide an updated six-point plan by June 8. His request could further divide
Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of governmentThe Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced that if a plan for postwar governance of the territory is not consolidated and approved by 8 June, his opposition National Unity party will...
Shafaqna English- Fierce gun battles rage in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and southern Rafah as Israeli military incursions intensify against Palestinians, and Wednesday’s commemoration of the Nakba comes as the Israeli war forced new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since 6 May, and
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM)-- As the Israel-Hamas war continues to rage in the Middle East hundreds of thousands of miles away, Mohammed Eltanany is pleading for help as he tries to get his family out of Gaza. Eltanany is a doctor in the Borderland. He left Gaza before the war broke out in October, but []
Netanyahu has come under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet over postwar Gaza plans