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 […]
World reacts to Israeli settler attack in West Bank
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are reeling after Israeli settlers ravaged a village overnight, which killed a 23-year-old man and left several others injured in the latest incident of attack against Palestinians in the area. The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday that Mahmoud Abdel Qader Sadda was fatally shot in the attack on […]
US to send jets, warships as Iran threatens Israel
The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said. Tensions remain high in the region over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and a key commander of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Missile […]
Iran’s president vows retaliation against Israel after Hamas leader is killed
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says he will make Israel “regret” the “cowardly” killing of Ismail Haniyeh, adding that Iran would “defend its territorial integrity, honour pride and dignity”. In a statement quoted by AFP news agency, the Iranian president described Haniyeh as a “brave leader”. The Hamas political leader, who is based in Qatar, was […]
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran
Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran, the group has confirmed. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Haniyeh and one of his bodyguards were “assassinated” in the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported. In a statement, Hamas said he was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. The assassination is […]
China seeks to unite Palestinian factions with unity deal
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration agreeing to form an interim “national reconciliation government” for the occupied West Bank and Gaza after the war with Israel, in a meeting brokered by China, China’s foreign minister and Hamas officials have said. Representatives from the groups, along with 12 other Palestinian factions, pledged […]
Hamas spokesperson walks out of interview after being asked to justify killing of Israeli families as they slept
Senior Hamas official fled an interview on Thursday after a BBC correspondent asked him how the terrorist organization could justify killing Israeli civilians in their sleep. “I want to stop this interview,” Hamas political bureau member Ghazi Hamad muttered before storming off. Sitting down with BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega, Hamad was repeatedly pressed […]