9 h. ago 49 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza over 24 hours, as mediators scramble to restart ceasefire

Health officials in Gaza aid that at least 49 people were killed by Israeli strikes in the last 24 hours and Arab mediators are scrambling to restart a ceasefire

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59 h. ago My cousin Ziyad loved his family, Gaza’s candies and life. A bomb ended all that on Friday night | Ghada Ageel

When Israeli strikes killed 45 members of my family, Ziyad rushed to try to save them – this time, he was the victim. I write of him to defy the darknessMy cousin Ziyad was too young to die. He was sleeping at home in Khan Younis refugee camp when the bombs fell just before midnight on Friday. After they heard the explosion, my cousins Mohammed and Moatsem ran to save him, they told me, but he had already died in his bed. He was 44.Ziyad was a social worker for Unrwa, working with vulnerable families in Gaza’s refugee camps. Every summer when I visited Gaza from my home in Canada, he would buy my little son candies from Asa’ad’s shop – now gone with Asa’ad (who was killed in October 2023) – insisting that Gaza’s candies were the best in the world. Everyone in Khan Younis knew him for his calm presence, gentle spirit and warm smile. He was always ready to help – the words “no” or “I can’t” were never part of his vocabulary. The night before he was killed, he visited the wounded and s...

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59 h. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 28 people, Palestinians say

Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed at least 28 people, mostly women and children

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3 d. ago Children in school shelter among 25 killed in wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza

Israel launches wave of airstrikes as Arab negotiators make new ceasefire proposalAt least 25 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, including 11 in the bombing of a school turned shelter, the strip’s civil defence agency said, as Israel’s war against Hamas in the besieged Palestinian territory grinds on despite a new ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators.Intense Israeli bombings hit several areas of Gaza on Wednesday, killing 11 in a school sheltering displaced people in al-Tuffah, a neighbourhood of Gaza City. The strike ignited a huge fire that claimed most of the casualties, said a civil defence spokesperson, Mahmoud Bassal. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble

Israeli strikes have killed at least 14 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, and destroyed bulldozers and other heavy equipment that had been supplied by mediators to clear rubble

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6 d. ago Israel has ‘no choice’ but to continue fighting in Gaza, says Netanyahu

PM vows not to end war before destroying Hamas, as Israeli strikes kill more than 90 people in 48 hoursBenjamin Netanyahu said again Saturday that Israel had “no choice” but to continue fighting in Gaza and will not end the war before destroying Hamas and freeing the hostages.The Israeli prime minister also repeated his vow to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 90 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in the last 48 hours

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8 d. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza and Huckabee makes first appearance as US ambassador

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza have killed at least 17 people including children as the new U.S. ambassador to Israel made his first public appearance in Jerusalem

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9 d. ago Palestinian star of Cannes documentary killed in Israeli missile strike

Fatma Hassona, the protagonist of Sepideh Farsi’s ‘Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk’, was 25

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9 d. ago Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 people across Gaza, says Hamas

Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’A wave of Israeli air strikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city of Khan Yunis, resulting in at least 16 deaths, most of them women and children, and 23 others were wounded. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency

Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’A wave of Israeli airstrikes on encampments for displaced Palestinians has killed at least 40 people across Gaza, as Hamas officials said consultations on response to Israel truce offer “almost complete”.Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said two Israeli missiles hit several tents in the al-Mawasi area of the southern city of Khan Younis, resulting in at least 16 deaths, most of them women and children, and 23 others were wounded. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Israeli strikes on Gaza 'kill family of 10 including five kids', health officials say

The UN has raised alarm over Israel’s blockade stopping food and supplies entering Gaza – where two million people are said to rely on one million prepared charity meals a day

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1 week ago One person killed and several wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoOne person has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza, just as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, was making a visit to the war-torn territory.The attack on Tuesday occurred two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Medics killed and wounded in Israeli attack on Gaza hospital

Airstrike prompts UN warning that humanitarian crisis is at its worst since fighting broke out 18 months agoA medic has been killed in an Israeli missile strike on a hospital in Gaza.The attack on Tuesday came two days after another major hospital was targeted, fuelling warnings from the UN that the humanitarian crisis in the territory is now the worst it has been since conflict began. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Middle East latest: Israeli strike on Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Gaza kills medic and wounds several

An Israeli airstrike hit Tuesday the northern gate of the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing a medic and wounding nine other people, a spokesman for the hospital said

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2 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza City residential block killed at least 23, officials say

Israeli military says it struck a senior Hamas militant who it claims was behind attacks emanating from ShijaiyahMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli aircraft struck a residential block in war-ravaged northern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people, health officials said, as the renewed fighting in the devastated Palestinian territory showed no signs of letting up.The Al-Ahli hospital said at least 23 people were killed in the strike, including eight women and eight children, figures confirmed by the territory’s health ministry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gaza air strike by Israel leave scores missing with at least 22 killed

Rescuers search for survivors of an Israeli strike which has left scores of Palestinians missing and a rising death toll, as the US ramps up tensions with Houthi rebels and their Iranian sponsors

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2 w. ago Israeli strike on Gaza apartment building kills at least 23, officials say

An Israeli airstrike on a residential block in northern Gaza killed at least 23 people, health officials in the Palestinian territory say

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2 w. ago Gaza rescue workers say 20 people killed in Israeli strike on residential block – Middle East crisis live

Gaza’s civil defence agency says the strike resulted in ‘20 martyrs and more than 40 injured’The Gaza health ministry said on Wednesday that at least 1,482 Palestinians have been killed since Israel resumed intense strikes on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, taking the overall death toll since the start of the war to 50,846.Hamas’s October 2023 attack resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people on the Israeli side, mostly civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) tally based on Israeli official figures. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill 25 people in Gaza as Supreme Court hears Shin Bet cases

Palestinian medics say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women

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