Qatar suspends Gaza mediation, in sign of impasse
Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal until Hamas and Israel show “seriousness” in talks, the foreign ministry said Saturday.…
Gaza mourns children killed in Israeli strike as death toll rises
GAZA STRIP (Palestinian territories)- A Gaza family sat weeping on Saturday over children killed by an Israeli strike as they were getting ready to play soccer, amid an intensified bombardment…
Irish parliament passes motion that Israel is ‘perpetrating genocide in Gaza’
Ireland also intends to intervene in South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide before the end of the year. Agency Report Ireland’s Dail parliament has passed a non-binding motion agreeing…
Gazans want new US president to end the war
GAZA STRIP (Palestinian Territories) – Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza told AFP on Tuesday that whoever emerges victorious in the US presidential election must end the conflict in the territory, which…
Israel pounds Lebanon, Gaza as Netanyahu visits northern border
Israeli forces conducted airstrikes in southern Lebanon, targeting areas without prior evacuation warnings, resulting in casualties and significant damage, including to a hospital in Tebnin. Israel on Sunday pressed on…
Four children among 6 wounded in strike on Gaza vaccination centre: WHO
The World Health Organization said four children were among six people wounded Saturday in a strike on a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza. The WHO only restarted the second…
Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza amid anger over UN agency ban
An Israeli air strike on a single residential block killed nearly 100 people on Tuesday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said, leaving rescuers scrambling for survivors as Israel pursued its offensives…
Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped
Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel’s Western allies who fear it will worsen…
Egypt proposes short Gaza truce with small hostage-prisoner exchange
Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt’s president said on Sunday as Israeli military strikes killed…
UN chief ‘shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction’ in north Gaza
UN chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday he was “shocked by harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza, where Israeli forces are carrying out attacks they say aim…