Gaza Archives - Page 27 of 34

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 ...

November 8, 2023 11:29 AM

Saudi Arabia says will host Arab and Islamic summits to discuss Gaza conflict

Saudi Arabia will host summits of Arab and Islamic nations in coming days to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Saudi Arabia's investment minister said on Wednesday. "We will see, this week, in the next few days Saudi Arabia convening an emer...

November 8, 2023 10:33 AM

Turkish parliament dumps Coke, Nestle from menus over alleged Israel support

Turkey's parliament removed Coca-Cola KO.N and Nestle NESN.S products from its restaurants on Tuesday over their alleged support for Israel amid the conflict in Gaza, according to an official statement and a source who named the two companies. The t...

November 7, 2023 4:15 PM

UN rights chief travels to Middle East amid Gaza escalation

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, began a five-day visit to the Middle East on Tuesday to engage with government officials and civil society on the human rights violations taking place amid Israel's escalation in Gaz...

November 7, 2023 10:44 AM

Israel says it is open to Gaza fighting pauses for aid, hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in fighting to facilitate the entry of aid or the exit of hostages from the Gaza Strip, but again rejected calls for a ceasefire despite international press...

November 7, 2023 9:37 AM

How Hamas aims to trap Israel in Gaza quagmire

Hamas has prepared for a long, drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it can hold up Israel's advance long enough to force its arch enemy to agree to a ceasefire, two sources close to the organization's leadership said. Hamas, which rules Gaza...

November 6, 2023 2:24 PM

Israeli strikes on Gaza intensify, pressure mounts over civilian casualties

Israeli fighter jets struck 450 Hamas targets in Gaza and troops seized a militant compound in the past 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday, while the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said the air strikes killed dozens of people...

November 4, 2023 4:48 PM

Blinken to hear call for Gaza ceasefire from regional ministers in Jordan

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hear demands for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza when he meets Middle East foreign ministers in Jordan on Saturday, Jordan's foreign ministry said. Saudi, Qatari, Emirati, Egyptian and Jordanian foreign min...

November 4, 2023 1:33 PM

Death toll in Palestine-Israel conflict exceeds 10,800

The current round of Palestine-Israel conflict has claimed the lives of more than10,800 people on both sides, at least 9,200 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis, as of Friday, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources. The Gaza-based health authority...

November 3, 2023 4:36 PM

U.S. top diplomat lands in Israel to press for pauses in Gaza war

The United States' top diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Tel Aviv on Friday (November 3) to push for humanitarian pauses in the Gaza war as Israel said it had surrounded the Palestinian enclave's biggest city and the focus of its drive to annihilate ...