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February 1, 2024 10:53 AM

Israeli PM calls for UNRWA closure amid Gaza air strikes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the closure of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) amid ongoing Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Accusations against some UNRWA staff for their alleged involvement in the Oct. 7 Hamas assau...

January 1, 2024 11:39 AM

Israel pounds Gaza, Hamas fires rockets as Netanyahu indicates long war

Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take "many more months" to end. Netan...

December 26, 2023 9:47 AM

Netanyahu vows no let-up in war but UN worker says Gazans have no place to go

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants, but a United Nations humanitarian team leader said Palestinian civilians in Gaza who honor Israeli evacuation orders cannot be guaranteed they will be safe....

December 10, 2023 1:34 PM

Israel’s Netanyahu says he appreciates U.S. position in U.N. Security Council

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday (December 9) that he appreciated the United State's veto at the U.N. Security Council's, blocking a demand for a ceasefire in Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. "Other countries must also u...

November 24, 2023 12:02 PM

Gaza truce appears to hold initially as Israel, Hamas start ceasefire

There were no reports of bombings, artillery strikes or rocket attacks as Israel and Hamas started a four-day ceasefire in Gaza on Friday, the first pause in a 48-day-old war that has devastated the Palestinian enclave. The truce began at 7 a.m. (05...

November 23, 2023 3:34 PM

War rages on in Gaza as truce delayed until at least Friday

War raged on in Gaza on Thursday, as a proposed truce and release of hostages was delayed for at least another day. Columns of black smoke could be seen rising above northern Gaza's war zone from across the fence in Israel as daylight broke over t...

November 20, 2023 1:44 PM

Forever war? Israel risks a long, bloody insurgency in Gaza

Israel risks facing a long and bloody insurgency if it defeats Hamas and occupies Gaza without a credible post-war plan to withdraw its troops and move toward the creation of a Palestinian state, U.S. and Arab officials, diplomats and analysts said...

November 10, 2023 12:54 PM

Gaza officials say hospitals come under new Israeli attacks

Gaza officials said Israel launched air strikes on or near at least three hospitals on Friday, further endangering a health system swamped with thousands of casualties and people displaced by Israel's war against Hamas in the Palestinian enclave. ...

November 9, 2023 3:16 PM

Israeli troops fight Hamas in north Gaza, hospitals in firing line

Israeli forces fought Hamas militants through shell-blasted buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday and both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy losses on their foes as the battle over the Palestinian territory intensified. The Unit...

November 8, 2023 3:12 PM

Israel says kills top Hamas weapons manufacturer as it targets Gaza tunnel network

Air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed a top Hamas weapons maker and several fighters, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, as its air and ground offensive targeted the militants' vast tunnel network beneath the besieged Palestinian enclave. Gaza ...