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November 2, 2023 5:07 PM

Hamas fighters seek to block Israeli army’s advance on Gaza City

Israeli tanks and troops pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met fierce resistance from Hamas militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels as the Palestinian death toll from nearly four weeks of bombardments mounted. The war is...

November 2, 2023 11:19 AM

Latin America ramps up condemnations of Israel’s attack on Gaza

Some of Latin America's largest countries came out on November 1 to condemn Israel's attacks on a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, widening the diplomatic rift between the region and the Middle Eastern country. Argentina, home to La...

November 1, 2023 4:33 PM

First evacuees leave Gaza as Israeli offensive intensifies

A first group of injured evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt on Wednesday under a Qatari-mediated deal, Egyptian media and a source at the border said, as Israeli forces pressed their battle against Hamas militants in the Palestinian enclave. The ...

November 1, 2023 12:13 PM

Explainer: What’s the Israel-Palestinian conflict about?

 The war between Israel and Hamas militants who stormed Israeli towns and kibbutzes from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7, is the latest in seven decades of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that has destabilised the wider Middle East. In Hamas...

October 31, 2023 2:26 PM

Israel engages Hamas militants inside Gaza’s tunnels

 Israel said on Tuesday its forces attacked Hamas gunmen inside the Islamists' vast tunnel network beneath Gaza, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed calls for a halt to fighting to ease the Palestinian enclave's humanitarian crisis. T...

October 30, 2023 5:15 PM

South Africa calls for UN force to protect civilians in Gaza

South Africa on Monday called for the United Nations to deploy a rapid protection force to protect civilians in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza from further bombardment as Israel steps up its retaliation for a deadly attack by militant group Hamas. ...

 

Last updated on: 19th Aug 2025