Egypt’s border crossing opens to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into besieged Gaza
Rafah (Gaza Strip): The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened on Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off in the wake of Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians, half of whom have fled their […]
Airstrikes hit Gaza as Israel says it doesn’t plan to control life there after destroying Hamas
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip early Friday, hitting areas where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town near the border with Lebanon, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil. Amid the fighting, Israel’s defence minister […]
China sends envoy to Middle East in sign of its ambition to play larger role
Beijing: China has sent an envoy to the Middle East to push for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the latest sign of its ambition to play a larger role in the region. Envoy Zhai Jun’s first meetings included one in Qatar with a Russian counterpart on Thursday as the two countries stake out […]
Palestinians trapped in Gaza find nowhere is safe during Israel’s relentless bombing
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that Israel had declared as safe zones, heightening fears among more than 2 million Palestinians trapped in the territory that nowhere was safe. In the nearly two weeks since a devastating Hamas rampage in southern Israel, […]
Israel will let Egypt deliver some aid to Gaza, as doctors struggle to treat hospital blast victims
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The first crack in a punishing 10-day siege on the territory came one day after a blast at a hospital killed hundreds and put immense strain on Gaza’s struggling medical system. The announcement to […]
Israeli bombings in Gaza kill dozens as efforts persist to get aid to millions in besieged enclave
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip): Israel on Tuesday bombed areas of southern Gaza where it had told Palestinians to flee to ahead of an expected invasion, killing dozens of people. Meanwhile, mediators struggled to break a deadlock over delivering aid to millions of increasingly desperate civilians in the territory, which has been besieged and under assault […]
Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Taipei (Taiwan): Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad. The two countries have forged an informal alliance against the United States and other […]
We are on the ‘verge of collapse’; running out of body bags: Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees
United Nations/Jerusalem: The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, which has the largest UN footprint in the Gaza Strip, has warned that it is on the “verge of collapse” and was even running out of body bags amidst the raging conflict between Israel and the Hamas militants. “As I speak with you, Gaza is running […]
Water runs out at UN shelters in Gaza; medics fear for patients as Israeli ground offensive looms
Gaza City: Water has run out at UN shelters across Gaza as thousands packed into the courtyard of the besieged territory’s largest hospital as a refuge of last resort from a looming Israeli ground offensive and overwhelmed doctors struggled to care for patients they fear will die once generators run out of fuel. Palestinian civilians […]
Palestinian deaths soar past 2,300, making it deadliest of five wars for Gaza
Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): The Gaza Health Ministry says 2,329 Palestinians have been killed since the latest fighting erupted, making this the deadliest of the five Gaza wars for Palestinians. The death toll on Sunday surpassed that of the third war between Israel and Hamas, in the summer of 2014, when 2,251 Palestinians, including 1,462 […]
