During October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, some 250 hostages were taken to Gaza. (File) Palestinian Territories: Hamas’s armed wing said on Friday that hostages in Gaza were “struggling to stay alive” as conditions across the war-battered Palestinian territory deteriorate due to relentless Israeli bombardments. “The wounded and sickRead More →
Israeli forces operating across the Gaza Strip have repeatedly raided hospitals. (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli army alleged on Thursday that bodies of hostages could be held at a hospital in southern Gaza, after troops raided the facility which medics say has been “besieged” for a month. The military said troopsRead More →
28,576 people have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory military offensive on Gaza: Hamas (File) New York: Seventy-two of the 99 journalists killed in 2023 were killed in the Israel-Hamas war, making the last 12 months the deadliest for the media in almost a decade, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)Read More →
Gaza has had its own separate administration run by Hamas since 2007. (File) Ramallah: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas pressed the group Hamas on Wednesday to agree a Gaza deal quickly to avoid “dire consequences”, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. “We call on the Hamas movement to quickly completeRead More →
The UN has launched two separate probes into UNRWA. (File) Jerusalem: The Israeli military claimed on Saturday that they had discovered a Hamas tunnel under the Gaza City headquarters of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). UNRWA said in response that it had not operated from the base sinceRead More →
Israeli army also raided the office of Mohammad Sinwar, a senior commander in Hamas’s armed wing. (File) Jerusalem: Israel’s army said Sunday its forces had raided a Hamas training facility in Gaza where operatives prepared for the October 7 attack on Israel. The facility in the Palestinian territory’s main southernRead More →
My weight was 87 Kg. I lost, in 45 days, more than 25 Kg, says Doctor Said Abdulrahman Maarouf. Rafah: A Palestinian doctor says Israeli forces in Gaza detained him when they overran a hospital and subjected him to abuse during 45 days of captivity including sleep deprivation and constantRead More →
WHO Chief warned that more people in Gaza would die of starvation and disease. (File) Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a “true solution” to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body’s governing body on Thursday where heRead More →
The Gaza health ministry has said almost 24,000 people have been killed in the Israeli offensive (File) Doha/Gaza: China called for a large-scale and authoritative peace conference on the war in Gaza, while the group Hamas aired a video of three Israeli hostages and said their fate would be disclosedRead More →
Israel must do more to protect civilians in Gaza, said Antony Blinken (File) Doha: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday said Israel must do more to protect civilians in Gaza and that Palestinians displaced by the ongoing war must “return home”. “Palestinian civilians must be able to returnRead More →
