Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed 37,765 people in Gaza, says Gaza Health Ministry (File) Jerusalem: Israel on Thursday dismissed a UN-backed report that said nearly half a million Gazans faced “catastrophic” hunger, alleging the assessment was “misleading” and “biased”. The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) partnership, released Tuesday, said its March warning of … Read more
The Minister added that “the operation in Rafah is progressing above and below ground”. (File) Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that Israel is promoting a governing alternative to Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip. During a visit to the Israeli army’s Southern Command headquarters in the Negev desert city … Read more
“Come and get me,” Hind Rajab was heard crying desperately in an audio recording. (File) Relatives found the body on Saturday of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, along with the bodies of five of her family members and two ambulance workers … Read more
Hamas confirmed that it submitted its response to Egypt and Qatar. (File) Doha: Qatar said Tuesday that Hamas has delivered a “positive” response to a proposal to free hostages in return for pausing the Gaza war, which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will take to Israel. “We have received a reply from Hamas with … Read more
Israeli army also raided the office of Mohammad Sinwar, a senior commander in Hamas’s armed wing. (File) Jerusalem: Israel’s army said Sunday its forces had raided a Hamas training facility in Gaza where operatives prepared for the October 7 attack on Israel. The facility in the Palestinian territory’s main southern city of Khan Yunis contained … Read more
My weight was 87 Kg. I lost, in 45 days, more than 25 Kg, says Doctor Said Abdulrahman Maarouf. Rafah: A Palestinian doctor says Israeli forces in Gaza detained him when they overran a hospital and subjected him to abuse during 45 days of captivity including sleep deprivation and constant shackling and blindfolding before releasing … Read more
The document was the group’s first public report justifying the attacks . (File) Palestinian Territories: The Hamas group said Sunday its October 7 attack on Israel was a “necessary step” against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. But the group admitted in a 16-page report on the attacks that “some faults happened… due to the … Read more
At least 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel. (File) Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces troops operating in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah districts discovered components used by Hamas to produce precision-guided missiles and other strategic weapons with direct assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military announced on Sunday. Nahal Brigade … Read more
77 journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of the war (File) Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory. Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al … Read more
Israel says it has killed more than 8,000 Palestinian fighters. (File) Jerusalem: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas, and is partially returning reservists to civilian life to help the economy as the country enters the new year set for a prolonged war, an Israeli official said. … Read more
