UN body issues damning report about Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals
ZURICH, Dec 31 — A United Nations Human Rights Office report today condemned Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza, saying they had devastated the Palestinian...
WHO chief demands release of hospital director in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Dec 30 — The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today called on Israel to release a prominent clinician...
Israel defence minister claims responsibility for assassination of Hamas leader
CAIRO, Dec 24 — Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz admitted yesterday for the first time publicly to Israel’s killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in...
Pope calls Gaza airstrikes ‘cruelty’ after Israeli minister’s criticism
VATICAN CITY, Dec 21 — Pope Francis today again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff...
Gaza death toll passes 45,000 amid Israel’s genocidal war
ANKARA, Dec 16 — At least 52 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, bringing the...
Israel kills at least 66 Palestinians in Gaza, strikes post office used as shelter
CAIRO, Dec 13 — An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central...
Israeli leaders applaud Trump pledge on hostages, Gazans fear the worst
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Dec 3 — Israeli leaders hailed today a pledge by US president-elect Donald Trump that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle...
ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader
THE HAGUE, Nov 21 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief,...
Large Gaza food convoy violently looted, UNRWA says
GENEVA/CAIRO, Nov 18 — A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks in...
US to judge Israel progress on Gaza aid crisis this week
NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip...
Anwar calls for world consensus to expel Israel from UN
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on the world community to build a consensus on suspending or even...
Qatar denies withdrawing as mediator in Gaza ceasefire talks, says efforts stalled
DOHA, Nov 10 — Qatar has denied media reports that it has withdrawn as mediator in the Gaza ceasefire negotiation. Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed...