Pope calls situation in Gaza ‘shameful’ as he ramps up criticism of Israel
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Pope calls situation in Gaza ‘shameful’ as he ramps up criticism of Israel

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pope Francis has stepped up his recent criticisms of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave “shameful”. open image in gallery Destroyed buildings stand inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Jan. 7 An Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff in December for that suggestion. The Israeli-Hamas war began when Hamas-led Palestinian militants attacked southern Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking more than 250 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities. Israel’s retaliatory campaign, which it says is aimed at eliminating Hamas, has killed more than 45,000 people, mostly civilians, said authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

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Hamas has replaced all terrorists killed by Israel in Gaza with new recruits, says Blinken
1 hour, 37 minutes ago

Hamas has replaced all terrorists killed by Israel in Gaza with new recruits, says Blinken

Firstpost  

Highlighting the reality that the defeat of Hamas cannot be achieved simply by winning on the battlefield and instead requires a political solution, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Hamas has replaced nearly all terrorists killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip with new recruits US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Hamas has replaced …

Watch: Blinken presents post-war plan for Gaza at Atlantic Council
21 hours, 1 minute ago

Watch: Blinken presents post-war plan for Gaza at Atlantic Council

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Watch as Antony Blinken made a case for post-war reconstruction …

US, Arab mediators make some progress in Gaza peace talks, no deal yet
5 days, 18 hours ago

US, Arab mediators make some progress in Gaza peace talks, no deal yet

Firstpost  

US and Arab mediators have made some headway in their efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, but not enough to seal a deal, according to a report, citing Palestinian sources close to the negotiations Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Nuseirat …

Pope Francis calls situation in Gaza shameful as he steps up criticism of Israel’s offensive
5 days, 21 hours ago

Pope Francis calls situation in Gaza shameful as he steps up criticism of Israel’s offensive

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Pope Francis on has stepped …

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say
Top News
6 days, 11 hours ago

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say

LA Times  

Members of the Bedouin community, part of Israel’s Palestinian minority who have Israeli citizenship, attend the funeral of Yosef Al Zaydani in Rahat, southern Israel, Thursday, after the Israeli military said his body was recovered in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza Strip. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday, with …

‘I refuse a cheap death’: Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza
1 week, 3 days ago

‘I refuse a cheap death’: Israel kills Palestinian journalist in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Israel kills Mohammad Hijazi, taking the number of media workers killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 to 220. A Palestinian writer, poet and journalist has been killed in an Israeli air attack in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp, according to his family, taking the total number of journalists killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict since October 7, 2023 to …

Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza as ceasefire talks resume in Qatar
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1 week, 5 days ago

Israeli attacks kill dozens in Gaza as ceasefire talks resume in Qatar

Al Jazeera  

Israeli attacks kill dozens of people across Gaza as indirect Hamas-Israel truce talks resume in Qatar. Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in multiple Israeli attacks on Gaza, hospital staff said, as high-level negotiators prepare to resume stalled ceasefire talks. Meanwhile, Israel pressed on with a renewed military offensive in the north of Gaza, with Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum …

Israel-Gaza war: 10 heartwrenching images depicting ‘suffering and horror’ of Palestinians
1 week, 6 days ago

Israel-Gaza war: 10 heartwrenching images depicting ‘suffering and horror’ of Palestinians

Live Mint  

Military vehicles operate on a road towards the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from southern Israel, January 1, 2025. EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024 -- A mother bids farewell to the body of her child who was killed in the aftermath of overnight Israeli bombardment in …

Photos: More than 60 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
1 week, 6 days ago

Photos: More than 60 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Medical sources told Al Jazeera on Thursday that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip had killed at least 63 Palestinians. Gaza’s Government Media Office gave a higher number, saying that 71 had been killed, including the head of the enclave’s police force and his deputy, after Israeli military forces carried out 34 air strikes over the previous 24 hours. Israeli …

Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day
2 weeks ago

Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least four children and one woman were among the dead. Israelis celebrate the new year while their army kills Palestinians in Gaza Israeli attacks have killed at least 26 Palestinians, including children, in Gaza on New Year’s Day, as makeshift shelters for displaced people across the Strip flooded after days of heavy rain. In Gaza …

The pope is right about Israel and Gaza. This is cruelty, not war
2 weeks, 1 day ago

The pope is right about Israel and Gaza. This is cruelty, not war

Al Jazeera  

The pontiff simply says what needs to be said. “Israel’s right to self-defence must be proportional, and with 30,000 dead, it certainly isn’t,” Parolin said at the time. Amnesty International delivered its verdict in early December, concluding “that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip”. Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International, …

NYT ‘investigates’ genocide, uncovers nothing but ‘loosened standards’
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NYT ‘investigates’ genocide, uncovers nothing but ‘loosened standards’

Al Jazeera  

According to the US paper of record, Israel never intended to ‘erase the Gaza Strip from the face of Earth’ – it simply ‘weakened its system of safeguards meant to protect civilians’. The word “genocide” appears exactly once in the article – and only as an allegation that Israel denies: “Israel, which has been accused of genocide in a case …

At Christmas, Pope calls for ‘silence of arms’, says Gaza situation ‘grave’
3 weeks ago

At Christmas, Pope calls for ‘silence of arms’, says Gaza situation ‘grave’

Al Jazeera  

In his Christmas address, Pope Francis also appealed for peace in Ukraine and Sudan. Pope Francis has denounced the “extremely grave” humanitarian situation in Gaza while appealing for the release of captives and a ceasefire in the war-torn coastal enclave. In his Christmas “Urbi et Orbi” address on Wednesday at the Vatican, Francis also appealed for peace in Ukraine and …

‘Cruelty is terrorists…’: Israel on Pope Francis calling Gaza airstrikes ‘cruelty’
3 weeks, 3 days ago

‘Cruelty is terrorists…’: Israel on Pope Francis calling Gaza airstrikes ‘cruelty’

Hindustan Times  

Israel's Foreign Ministry swiped back at Pope Francis, whose Christmas address criticized Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as "cruelty." In a Christmas speech, Pope Francis called Israeli bombings in Gaza "cruelty." "Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them," …

'Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children': Israel slams papal address
3 weeks, 3 days ago

'Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children': Israel slams papal address

Op India  

Israel’s Foreign Ministry swiped back at Pope Francis, whose Christmas address criticized Israeli airstrikes in Gaza as “cruelty.” “Cruelty is terrorists hiding behind children while trying to murder Israeli children; cruelty is holding 100 hostages for 442 days, including a baby and children, by terrorists and abusing them,” the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday night. “Unfortunately, the Pope has chosen …

Pope slams 'cruelty' of strike killing Gaza children
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Pope slams 'cruelty' of strike killing Gaza children

Deccan Chronicle  

The pontiff made his remarks a day after the rescue agency in Gaza said an Israeli air strike had killed seven children from one family. In a statement, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman described the pope's remarks as "particularly disappointing as they are disconnected from the true and factual context of Israel's fight against jihadist terrorism -- a multi-front war …

Pope calls Gaza airstrikes 'cruelty' after Israeli Minister's criticism
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Pope calls Gaza airstrikes 'cruelty' after Israeli Minister's criticism

The Hindu  

Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study whether the military offensive there constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people. The Israeli Military said on Saturday the patriarch's entry had been approved and he would enter Gaza on Sunday, barring …

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Media freedom watchdog decries Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

CPJ says the Israeli military ‘continues to act with total impunity when it comes to the killing of journalists’. The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in Gaza over the past week as the Israeli military intensifies its bombardment of the besieged territory. “Israel is responsible for two-thirds of those deaths and yet continues …

Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
1 month ago

Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp

Al Jazeera  

At least 36 people, many members of same family, were killed in the Israeli strike on a Palestinian shelter. Palestinian authorities have said that at least 36 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues to conduct devastating attacks across the strip. As of October 2024, the one-year anniversary of …

An Israeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people
1 month, 1 week ago

An Israeli strike on a Gaza tent camp kills at least 21 people

Deccan Chronicle  

An Israeli strike on a tent camp housing displaced people in southern Gaza killed at least 21 people and wounded 28 on Wednesday, said the director of Nasser Hospital, Atif al-Hout, in the nearby city of Khan Younis. The Israeli military said its aircraft struck senior Hamas militants “involved in terrorist activities” in the area.At least 15 bodies arrived at …

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Is Genocide: Amnesty International
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Is Genocide: Amnesty International

Huff Post  

Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday, in a campaign that’s benefited from huge military and diplomatic support from the United States. The report cites in particular the “relentless” Israeli attacks on civilians, infrastructure and cultural sites, and the U.S.-backed offensive’s displacement of around 2 million Palestinians …

Northern Gaza: Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing
1 month, 1 week ago

Northern Gaza: Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing

CNN  

CNN — A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza. Moshe Ya’alon, who served for three decades in the Israel Defense Forces, including in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit, and as the military’s chief of staff, also said that he believed Israel was …

Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel military strikes kill 32 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

The Hindu  

The Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian it accused of involvement in Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel in a vehicle strike in Gaza, while medics said at least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave overnight and into Saturday. Later on Saturday medics said nine persons were killed when an Israeli air strike targeted a …

26 Palestinians killed after Israel launches strikes in central Gaza
1 month, 2 weeks ago

26 Palestinians killed after Israel launches strikes in central Gaza

India Today  

Israeli military strikes killed at least 26 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said, as forces stepped up their bombardment of central areas and tanks pushed deeper into the north and south of the enclave. GAZA DEATHS Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed nearly 44,200 people and displaced nearly all the enclave's population at least once, Gaza officials …

Israeli attacks kill over 100 across Gaza and Lebanon
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israeli attacks kill over 100 across Gaza and Lebanon

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At least 120 people have been killed in Gaza …

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000: health authorities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000: health authorities

China Daily  

People search in the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City, on Nov 21, 2024. GAZA - The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 44,000, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Thursday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 71 people and wounded 176 others, bringing the total death toll …

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000: health authorities
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 44,000: health authorities

China Daily  

People search in the rubble of a destroyed house in Gaza City, on Nov 21, 2024. GAZA - The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 44,000, the Gaza-based health authorities said on Thursday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 71 people and wounded 176 others, bringing the total death toll …

Pope Francis urges genocide probe of Israel's war on Gaza
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope Francis urges genocide probe of Israel's war on Gaza

Raw Story  

In a new book set to be released this week, Pope Francis I endorsed a genocide investigation into Israel's war on Gaza—which has killed or maimed more than 150,000 Palestinians and forcibly displaced, starved, or sickened millions more over the past 13 months. The Pope's words echo last week's finding by a United Nations expert panel that Israel's annihilation of …

Pope Calls For Investigation Into Whether Israel's Attacks In Gaza Constitute 'Genocide'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope Calls For Investigation Into Whether Israel's Attacks In Gaza Constitute 'Genocide'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING ROME — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. In September, he said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, and that its military has gone beyond the …

Pope Francis calls for investigation into Gaza genocide allegations
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope Francis calls for investigation into Gaza genocide allegations

CNN  

CNN — Pope Francis has said that allegations of a genocide in Gaza should be “carefully investigated” marking some of his strongest criticism yet of Israel’s war in the territory. Israel is facing a case brought by South Africa at the United Nations’ International Court of Justice in which Pretoria accuses the Jewish state of genocide, saying Israeli leadership is …

Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide

NPR  

Pope calls for investigation into whether Israel's actions constitute genocide toggle caption Taufiq Khalil/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel's military attacks on Gaza constitute genocide. In one excerpt, Pope Francis publicly uses the word "genocide" in connection with Israel's actions in Gaza. In March, U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in …

Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide

Associated Press  

ROME — Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. In September, he said Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, and that its military has gone beyond the rules of war. …

Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide

LA Times  

Pope Francis speaks Sunday during Mass on the occasion of the World Day of the Poor in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican. Pope Francis has called for an investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide, according to excerpts released Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of the pontiff’s jubilee year. In September, he said Israel’s …

‘Ready for ceasefire, but Israel must respect proposal’, says Hamas
1 month, 4 weeks ago

‘Ready for ceasefire, but Israel must respect proposal’, says Hamas

Hindustan Times  

A senior Hamas official has expressed the militant group's willingness for a ceasefire deal with Israel in the Gaza Strip and urged US President-elect Donald Trump to “pressure” Israel over the Jewish state's ongoing military operations in the Palestinian territory. TOPSHOT - Children stare at the destruction following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza …

Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home
2 months ago

Hostages freed from Gaza meet with Pope Francis and press campaign to bring remaining captives home

Associated Press  

ROME — A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and expressed hope that the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations would work together to bring the remaining hostages home. The freed hostages included Yelena Troufanov, who was released last November but whose son Sasha remains in Gaza and appeared in …

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped
2 months ago

The Gaza genocide may not be in the news, but it hasn’t stopped

Al Jazeera  

“All the world is a stage,” Shakespeare wrote. In recent weeks, the genocide has taken yet another wicked turn, with the Israeli army implementing what the Israeli media have called the “General’s Plan” – or the ethnic cleansing of northern Gaza. According to a recent UN report, Israel has engaged in a “concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system”, including …

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee
2 months ago

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Al Jazeera  

Report says Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’. Gaza aid supply goes from ‘bad to worse’ after Israel misses US deadline Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a United Nations committee has said, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of …

37 killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies attacks to stop Hamas from regrouping
2 months ago

37 killed in Gaza as Israel intensifies attacks to stop Hamas from regrouping

India Today  

An Israeli airstrike killed seven people late Monday at a café near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian medics said, bringing the death toll from Israeli strikes since Sunday night to at least 37. Israeli airstrikes also killed people in Gaza City and in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, where Israeli forces have operated since October …

Abbas condemns Israel's Gaza offensive, rejects displacement of Palestinians
2 months ago

Abbas condemns Israel's Gaza offensive, rejects displacement of Palestinians

China Daily  

An Israeli soldier is seen during an operation in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Nov 7, 2024. RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday denounced Israel's military actions in Gaza, calling them "unseen" in history and accusing the country of rendering Gaza uninhabitable. "Our people cannot be erased," he stated, highlighting that the Palestinian cause is …

Qatar suspends mediation talks between Israel and Gaza
2 months ago

Qatar suspends mediation talks between Israel and Gaza

ABC  

Qatar has suspended its role as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, saying both sides were unwilling to negotiate "in good faith", as air strikes continued on Saturday in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Israeli bombardment kills 44 in Gaza Palestinian health authorities say 44 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday and Saturday. …

Israel’s new tactics in north Gaza stoke fears of ethnic cleansing campaign
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel’s new tactics in north Gaza stoke fears of ethnic cleansing campaign

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of starved civilians under intense bombardment are being denied almost every basic human right. Humanitarians are not able to do their work in safety.” Anas al-Sharif, Al Jazeera’s reporter in northern Gaza, said on Friday, “We are being annihilated in front of the world.” Earlier this week, as reported by the UK’s Guardian newspaper, Israel’s military spokesperson Itzik Cohen …

Israeli attacks kill dozens across Gaza, including 27 in one strike
2 months, 1 week ago

Israeli attacks kill dozens across Gaza, including 27 in one strike

CNN  

CNN — An Israeli airstrike on a multi-story building in northern Gaza killed at least 27 people, relief officials said, as the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders in the area, where it is mounting a major offensive. The head of field hospitals in Gaza, Dr. Marwan Al-Hams, told CNN Thursday that the “health situation in the north is more …

Israeli attacks kill at least 31 people in Gaza, medics say
2 months, 1 week ago

Israeli attacks kill at least 31 people in Gaza, medics say

The Hindu  

At least 31 people were killed during Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian medics said, with nearly half of the deaths in northern areas where the Army has waged a month-long campaign it says aims to prevent Hamas regrouping. The rest were killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City and in southern areas, including one in …

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon
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2 months, 1 week ago

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon

Deccan Chronicle  

Israeli airstrikes cause an apocalyptic situation in Gaza, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more. The situation is described as 'apocalyptic' by the UN and other humanitarian organizations. The latest violence comes against the backdrop of a renewed diplomatic push by the US administration to reach temporary cease-fire deals.

Egypt Proposes 2-Day Truce in Gaza as Israel Continues Killing Palestinians
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Egypt Proposes 2-Day Truce in Gaza as Israel Continues Killing Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

Egypt proposes a two-day truce in Gaza as Israel continues its deadly assault on the northern areas of the Strip, killing more than 1,000 Palestinians in less than a month. The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli captives held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, but it has not been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas.

Gaza's economy was already in tatters, but the Israeli invasion has caused 'unparalleled devastation', the UN says
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gaza's economy was already in tatters, but the Israeli invasion has caused 'unparalleled devastation', the UN says

ABC  

It will take Gaza's economy three and a half centuries to recover from destruction caused by the Israeli invasion of the territory, a UN report says. Israel's invasion of Gaza has "resulted in an unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe and propelled Gaza from de-development to utter ruin", the UN's trade and development wing said in a report published on …

Hezbollah vows a new phase in the war, as Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Sinwar
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Hezbollah vows a new phase in the war, as Israel says it has killed Hamas leader Sinwar

The Independent  

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View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse
3 months ago

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

The Independent  

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The Israel-Hamas war’s devastating toll, by the numbers
3 months, 1 week ago

The Israel-Hamas war’s devastating toll, by the numbers

Associated Press  

Israel’s yearlong offensive in Gaza, launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction in the besieged coastal enclave. Here are some figures that show the scale of death and devastation. Sources include the Israeli government, the Gaza Health Ministry and U.N. agencies. The Oct. 7 attack Number of people …

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