Israel Archives - Page 53 of 70

December 22, 2023 10:02 AM

U.N. Security Council delays vote on Gaza aid until Friday

U.N. Security Council diplomats delayed until Friday a vote on a resolution to increase humanitarian aid into Gaza and another round of talks took place in Egypt to try to get warring Israel and Hamas to agree on a new truce so hostages can be rele...

December 21, 2023 10:18 AM

Egypt seeks to broker Gaza ceasefire as Hamas, Israel assert demands

The U.S. said "very serious" negotiations were taking place on a new Gaza ceasefire and release of more Israeli hostages, but prospects for a deal remained uncertain as Hamas insisted it would not discuss anything less than a complete end to Israel'...

December 20, 2023 10:08 AM

PM Modi and Israeli PM Netanyahu discuss maritime safety amid Israel-Hamas conflict

Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, expressing concerns about the safety of maritime traffic in the Red Sea region. In a telephone conversation, PM Modi ...

December 19, 2023 10:35 AM

U.S.-led Red Sea patrol force to respond to attacks by Houthis

Several countries have agreed to jointly carry out patrols in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to try to safeguard commercial shipping against attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels, who say they are supporting Palestinians under siege by Israel i...

December 18, 2023 11:32 AM

Israeli forces launch strikes up and down Gaza strip; hospital hit

Israeli forces launched deadly attacks up and down the Gaza Strip on Sunday, hitting a refugee camp in the north, a hospital in the south and killing a teenage girl who had lost her leg in an earlier strike, according to Palestinian officials, media ...

December 15, 2023 10:17 AM

U.S. stresses safety for Gaza civilians as Israel unrelenting in attacks

A U.S. security envoy had talks with Israel about shifting its strategy in Gaza toward surgical operations against Hamas from a broad ground campaign, and President Joe Biden appealed for civilian lives in the Palestinian territory to be saved. Wi...

December 14, 2023 11:50 AM

Israel strikes southern Gaza, faces calls to reduce civilian toll

Israel kept up its barrage of the Gaza Strip on Thursday despite intensifying international calls to reduce civilian casualties and address a mounting humanitarian catastrophe. In central Rafah, in the south of the coastal enclave, 24 people were ki...

December 12, 2023 11:05 AM

Hunger rises in Gaza as U.N. prepares to vote on ceasefire resolution

Hunger was worsening among Palestinians in the besieged Gaza strip, aid agencies said, as the United Nations General Assembly prepared to vote on Tuesday on an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the two-month-old conflict between Israel and Hama...

December 11, 2023 11:28 AM

Gaza’s ‘catastrophic’ health situation almost impossible to improve, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Sunday that improving the "catastrophic" health situation in Gaza is nearly impossible. The WHO board passed an emergency motion proposed by Afghanistan, Qatar, Yemen, and Morocco, seeking increased m...

December 11, 2023 11:23 AM

Israel presses ahead in battle against Hamas in southern Gaza

Israeli tanks were trying to push further west in their battle against Hamas in and around Khan Younis on Monday, as they met resistance amid intense combat in a war that has now entered its third month and with no end in sight. The fighting in K...