JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza's southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent months pushing []
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli tanks that entered the periphery of Rafah early Tuesday stoked global fears that an offensive on Gaza's southernmost city could endanger the more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The ground assault dimmed hopes of an immediate cease-fire deal that the U.S., Egypt and Qatar have spent months pushing []
The Israeli army has told Palestinians to begin evacuating eastern Rafah, according to an Israeli Defence Force statement on Monday.
Shafaqna English- For the past seven months, some Palestinians have paid vast sums in bribes to flee the besieged Palestinian territory but their legal status in Egypt means they have few means of supporting themselves Besides bullets and bombs, the people of Gaza are also suffering from the effects of
Shafaqna English- Thousands of Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza cut off from water and food after a week-long Israeli incursion. Israel plans to deploy more troops and “intensify” its ground invasion of southern Rafah where hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering in the war-battered city. South Africa urged the ICJ
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is imposing sanctions on Israelis she accuses of "extremist settler violence" in the West Bank, three months after pledging to do so. "While I was in the region recently, I heard directly from families that have been forced to leave their homes and farming lands as a direct result of violence and threats by extremist settlers," Joly wrote in a statement. "With these measures, we are sending a clear message that acts of extremist settler violence are...
Fierce fighting is reported as Israel says it is targeting areas of where Hamas has regrouped.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief said that Israelis twice set fire to the perimeter of the agency’s headquarters in East Jerusalem on Thursday. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that both UNRWA and other U.N. agency staff were present when the incidents happened. He said no casualties occurred among U.N. staff, but
Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coastIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThousands of people have fled Rafah amid deep international concern that an Israeli military attack on Gaza’s southernmost city is imminent and a new, bloody phase in the conflict is beginning.International leaders have scrambled to dissuade Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, from ordering a full-scale assault on the city, which aid agencies say would cause a...
The White House and United Nations have urged Israel against an offensive in Rafah, warning of catastrophic humanitarian consequences.
ICRC is denied access to prisoners in what is said to be breach of Geneva conventions but critics say UK plan may weaken rule of lawRed Cross officials are to hold talks with the UK over a Foreign Office plan to visit Palestinian detainees held by Israel. Critics say this bypasses a duty on Israel under the Geneva conventions to give the Red Cross access to detainees.Israel has suspended the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from access to Palestinian detainees since the Hamas...
The Cannes Film Festival is bracing for a tumultuous 77th edition. As wars rage in Gaza and Ukraine, attendees and organizers anticipate protests, politically charged speeches and pins and flags that signal solidarity with Palestinian civilians, Israeli hostages and Ukrainians looking for more military assistance from the West as they try to fend off the […]