‘Children suffer the most’

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) has warned about the killing of children in Gaza amid fighting between Israel and Hamas.
14 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinians flee northern Gaza as Israel masses troops for assault

Stories of the conflict between Hamas and Israel as they happen
14 October 2023, 13:16 PM

Israel strike kills senior Hamas military commander: army

A senior military commander of Hamas who headed the Islamist group's aerial operations in Gaza City has been killed in Israeli air strikes, the military said Saturday
14 October 2023, 06:06 AM

70 killed in Israeli air strikes while fleeing Gaza, Hamas says

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes while attempting to flee the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of more than a million residents, a demand that was deemed "impossible" by the UN, according to Hamas officials
14 October 2023, 04:06 AM

Thousands flee as Israeli ground forces raid Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians fled Saturday to southern Gaza seeking refuge after Israel warned them to evacuate before an expected ground offensive against Hamas in retaliation for the deadliest attack in Israel's history
14 October 2023, 03:14 AM

‘Where do we go?’

Gazans ask after 24-hour evacuation ultimatum; countries urge Israel to hold off ground assault
13 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Hamas tells Gaza residents to stay home as Israel ground offensive looms

Mosques called on residents of the Gaza Strip not to leave their homes on Friday after Israel's military told all civilians, more than 1 million people, to relocate south ahead of an expected ground invasion that risks high casualties
13 October 2023, 11:31 AM

Hamas says 13 hostages killed in Israel strikes on Gaza

At least 13 Israeli and foreign hostages held in the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas's armed wing said Friday
13 October 2023, 08:13 AM

Israel calls for all 1.1 million civilians to leave Gaza City

UN urges Israel to call off evacuation order
13 October 2023, 04:44 AM

Israel strikes Damascus, Aleppo airports

Israeli strikes targeted Syria’s two main airports yesterday, Syrian state television said, in the first such attack since a Hamas assault on Israel at the weekend triggered fierce fighting.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Gazans have no hope, no escape

Most of the 2.3 million people in the Gaza Strip have no electricity and no water. And, with hundreds of Israeli strikes raining down on their tiny enclave, they have nowhere to run.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Saudi prince, Iran president hold call

Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler and Iran’s president spoke by phone about the war between Israel and Hamas, Saudi state media said yesterday, their first call since a surprise rapprochement in March.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Gaza siege to go on till hostages freed

Israel yesterday said there would be no humanitarian exceptions to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues”.
12 October 2023, 18:00 PM

X removes hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts since attack, CEO says

The X social media platform has removed hundreds of Hamas-affiliated accounts and taken action to remove or label tens of thousands of pieces of content since the militant group's attack on Israel, its chief executive Linda officer Yaccarino said on Thursday
12 October 2023, 08:14 AM

Saudi prince, Iran president hold call on Israel-Hamas war

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler and Iran's president spoke by phone about the war between Israel and Hamas, Saudi state media said early Thursday, their first call since a surprise rapprochement in March
12 October 2023, 07:43 AM

What war crimes laws apply to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

Conflict between Israel and Palestinian forces since militant group Hamas' weekend assault have created a huge and rising death toll on both sides
12 October 2023, 05:47 AM

Israel forms unity govt as fighting rages

Israel formed an emergency unity government yesterday as it pounded Gaza to root out Hamas and deployed forces north of the densely populated Palestinian enclave, where the militants said they were still fighting after their cross-border assault.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli police kill two Palestinians

Israeli border police shot dead two Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem after they threw fireworks and rocks at fellow officers, the force said yesterday.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Israel not acting ‘like a state’ in Gaza

Israel is not conducting itself “like a state” in the Gaza Strip, Turkey’s president said yesterday, as Israel pounded the territory after a Hamas onslaught.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli shelling feels like new ‘Nakba’

Palestinians in Gaza say Israeli bombardment has been so heavy they feel they are living their own “Nakba,” the Arabic word for catastrophe that refers to the 1948 war of Israel’s creation that led to their mass dispossession.
11 October 2023, 18:00 PM