Palestine Archives - Page 26 of 40

January 4, 2024 10:37 AM

Hezbollah, Israel appear to signal no desire for spread of Gaza war

Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy leader in Beirut. In a speech ...

January 3, 2024 3:43 PM

Turkey detains 34 people suspected of connections to Israel’s Mossad

Turkish authorities have detained 34 people suspected of being linked to Israel’s Mossad intelligence service and of targeting Palestinians living in Turkey, a senior Turkish official said on Tuesday. These individuals are alleged to have targeted...

January 3, 2024 10:24 AM

Israeli drone kills deputy Hamas chief in Beirut, escalating concerns of wider Gaza conflict

Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in a drone strike in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, Lebanese and Palestinian security sources said, raising the potential risk of war in Gaza spreading well beyond the Palestinian enclave. Ar...

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 30, 2023 1:35 PM

Fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas rages after nearly 200 killed in Gaza

Fierce Israeli tank fire and aerial bombing struck Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Friday night, residents said, after nearly 200 people were reported killed in 24 hours in Israel's campaign against Hamas militants. Planes also carried out a series...

December 28, 2023 10:18 AM

Israeli attacks in Gaza add to heavy Palestinian toll in war on Hamas

Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the U.N. health agency saying thousands of people were trying to flee the fighting. Israel remains resolved to wipe out the Pal...

December 27, 2023 9:52 AM

Israel expects Gaza war to last months amid growing concerns of escalation

Israel's war on Hamas will last months, Israel's military chief said, as a string of incidents outside the Gaza Strip highlighted the risk of the conflict spreading. Israel's Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi told reporters in a televised statement on Tue...

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 23, 2023 12:26 PM

Hamas and Palestinian Authority split on UN Gaza resolution

The Palestinian foreign ministry and the Islamist group Hamas issued opposing statements on Friday in response to the adoption by the United Nations Security Council of a resolution intended to help bring more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. T...

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...