Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges mass evacuation and conducts brief raids
Deir-Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from […]
Agreement reached to allow foreigners to leave Gaza amid mass Palestinian evacuation from north
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): Egypt, Israel and the United States have agreed to allow foreigners in Gaza to pass through the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, a senior Egyptian official says. The official said Saturday that Israel has agreed to refrain from striking areas the foreigners would pass through on their way out of the […]
Tens of thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast over Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Jerusalem: Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against Israeli airstrikes pounding Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict erupting as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion in the coastal strip. From Amman, Jordan, to Yemen’s capital of Sanaa, Muslims poured out […]
Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
Jerusalem: Israel’s military directed the evacuation on Friday of all of the hundreds of thousands of civilians living in Gaza City ahead of a feared Israel ground offensive. The directive came on the heels of what the United Nations said was a warning they received from Israel to evacuate 1.1 million people living in the […]
As strikes devastate Gaza, Israel says it’s preparing for possible ground assault
Jerusalem: Palestinians in Gaza lined up outside bakeries on Thursday after spending the night in pitch darkness surrounded by the ruins of pulverised neighbourhoods, as Israel launched new airstrikes and said it was preparing for a possible ground invasion. International aid groups warned that deaths in Gaza could accelerate as Israel prevents delivery of supplies. […]
Israeli strikes demolish entire Gaza neighbourhoods
Jerusalem: Palestinians in the sealed-off Gaza Strip struggled to find any safe area on Wednesday, as Israeli strikes demolished entire neighbourhoods, hospitals ran low on supplies and the territory’s only power plant ran out of fuel, deepening the misery of a war sparked by a stunning and deadly assault by Hamas militants. Airstrikes smashed entire […]
Israel strikes downtown Gaza City and mobilises 300,000 reservists as war enters fourth day
Jerusalem: Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centres of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.” The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in the streets of its […]
Under heavy bombing, Palestinians in Gaza move from place to place, only to discover nowhere is safe
Gaza City: Over 180,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are packed into United Nations shelters as Israeli warplanes pound the tiny territory of 2.3 million people after their Hamas militant rulers launched an unprecedented weekend attack on Israel. Among them is 27-year-old Sabreen al-Attar. She sprang into action when she heard rocket after rocket whoosh […]
UN airs concerns for civilians as Israel steps up military response in Gaza to deadly Hamas attacks
Geneva: The United Nations on Monday expressed growing concerns about humanitarian needs in Palestinian areas as Israel ratchets up a muscular military riposte and lockdown of Gaza, after the weekend attack by Hamas militants who killed and kidnapped hundreds of civilians in Israel. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres led the clarion call Monday, putting the focus […]
Israel intensifies Gaza strikes and scours south for Hamas fighters as death toll nears 1,200
Gaza will be under complete siege; with no electricity, food or fuel: Israeli defence minister
Jerusalem: Israel’s military scoured the country’s south for Hamas fighters and guarded breaches in its border fence with tanks on Monday, as it pounded the Gaza Strip from the air and mustered for a campaign its prime minister said would destroy “the military and governing capabilities” of the militant group. More than two days after […]
