Twelve killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school
At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City, the Hamas-run Civil Defence authority says. A spokesman said rescuers were struggling to recover a number of missing people believed to be trapped under the rubble at Mustafa Hafez school in the western Rimal […]
US urges Gaza truce amid escalating Israel-Palestine tensions
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel in his latest effort to secure a de-escalation agreement and negotiate the release of captives in Gaza. His ninth trip to the region since the war began in October comes days after the US presented a modified proposal aimed at bridging long-standing gaps between the […]
Dozens killed in Israeli strike on Gaza
Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defence agency says dozens of people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a shelter in a school in Gaza City. Israel’s military said it had struck the location on Saturday, describing its target as a Hamas command centre embedded in the school. According to Gaza’s civil defence agency, the […]
Israel orders evacuation of part of Gaza humanitarian zone
The Israeli military has ordered civilians to temporarily evacuate from part of its designated humanitarian zone in southern Gaza ahead of what it called a “forceful operation” against Palestinian armed groups. The military said there had been “significant terrorist activity and rocket fire” from eastern neighbourhoods of the city of Khan Younis and told residents […]
Air strike on Gaza school kills at least 16 people
At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Al-Nuseirat in central Gaza on Saturday, the territory’s health ministry and the official Palestinian news agency said. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. The health ministry said the attack on the school killed at least […]
Red Cross says 22 killed in strike near its Gaza office
The International Committee of the Red Cross says its offices in Gaza have been damaged by shelling, which killed 22 people who had sought shelter around its compound. “Heavy-calibre projectiles landed within metres of the office and residences of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Friday afternoon,” an ICRC statement said. It added […]
Israel strikes Rafah as pressure mounts over conflict in Gaza
At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics, shortly after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Gazan authorities and medics say the attack hit a displacement camp that had […]