50 h. ago Hamas chief 'The Shadow' WAS killed in airstrike on Gaza hospital, IDF confirms

The de facto Hamas leader, 49, was eliminated in an IDF strike on May 13 with Israel on Sunday recovering his body from a tunnel in Khan Yunis.

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1 week ago Live updates: Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 14, medics say

Medics in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 14 people while Hamas is reviewing a new Israeli-approved ceasefire proposal after giving it an initial cool response

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1 week ago Netanyahu announces second Sinwar brother is eliminated: Hamas chief 'The Shadow' is blown up in huge air strikes near hospital

Israel 's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had taken 'a dramatic turn toward the complete defeat of Hamas'.

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2 w. ago ‘One of the most heartbreaking tragedies’: Gaza doctor’s last goodbye before nine children killed in airstrike

Dr Alaa al-Najjar was at work when Israeli strike destroyed her home, leaving one son and her husband as survivorsIn the early hours of Friday, as she did every day, Dr Alaa al-Najjar said goodbye to her 10 children before leaving the house. The youngest, Sayden, six months old, was still sleeping. And like every day, with war raging in Gaza and Israeli strikes landing just metres from her neighbourhood in Khan Younis, Najjar worried about leaving them at home without her.But Najjar, 35, had little choice. One of Gaza’s dwindling number of medics, a respected paediatrician at the Nasser medical complex, she had to go to work to care for injured babies who had barely survived Israeli attacks. She could never have imagined that that farewell to her family would be her last. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tragedy for doctor as nine of her 10 children are killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, hospital says

Horrifying footage shared by the Hamas-run Palestinian Civil Defence shows the bodies of young children being pulled from the rubble

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3 w. ago Israel begins major ground operation in Gaza after killing ‘more than 130 people’ in latest airstrikes

Israel announced a renewed assault on the enclave after the latest ceasefire talks failed

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3 w. ago Israel begins ground operation in Gaza after latest airstrikes kill more than 135

Israel is preparing for a new ground offensive to achieve ‘operational control’

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3 w. ago Israel begins ground operation in Gaza after latest airstrikes kill more than 100

Israel is preparing for a new ground offensive to achieve ‘operational control’

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3 w. ago Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in Gaza Strip with ‘complete families’ wiped out, health ministry says

Israel is preparing for a new ground offensive to achieve ‘operational control’

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3 w. ago Israeli airstrikes kill 100 in Gaza Strip, with ‘complete families’ wiped out

Israel is preparing for a new ground offensive to achieve ‘operational control’

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3 w. ago Israel airstrikes kill at least 75 in Gaza in night of terror with kids among heartbreaking victims

Israel's latest barrage of airstrikes in Gaza has claimed at least 75 lives overnight, with women and children among the victims, after Benjamin Netanyahu broke a ceasefire deal earlier this year

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3 w. ago Israel launches major new offensive in Gaza after airstrikes kill more than 100

Hundreds killed in initial stages of Israel’s new operation in Gaza hours after Trump leaves Middle East with no talks of ceasefire

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3 w. ago Middle East crisis live: ‘a lot of people are starving’ in Gaza, says Trump, as Israeli strikes kill dozens

Widespread attacks across northern Gaza with survivors warning that people are trapped under the rubbleIsraeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump talks of turning Gaza into ‘freedom zone’Donald Trump on Friday said the United States would have the situation in Gaza “taken care of”, telling reporters that people were starving in the besieged Palestinian territory.According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the US president told reporters during the final leg of his Gulf tour:We’re looking at Gaza. And we’re going to get that taken care of. A lot of people are starving.Missing this historic opportunity would be a resounding failure that will be remembered in infamy for ever. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump talks of turning Gaza into ‘freedom zone’

Violence over last 48 hours diminishes hope that US president’s visit to Middle East would pause hostilitiesAt least 80 people have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on targets across Gaza as faltering talks on a new ceasefire continued and Donald Trump said he wanted the US to “make” the devastated territory “into a freedom zone”.Trump’s statement recalled the plan he put forward in February for the US to take control of Gaza to reconstruct it as a luxury leisure and business hub. The scheme implied the possible permanent displacement of much or all of the territory’s 2.3 million people and triggered global outrage. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israeli airstrikes kill at least 80 as Trump says he wants to turn Gaza into a ‘freedom zone’

Violence over last 48 hours diminishes hopes that US president’s visit to Middle East would lead to pause in hostilitiesIsrael launched a new and intense wave of airstrikes and artillery shelling on targets across Gaza on Thursday morning, killing at least 80 people, as faltering talks on a new ceasefire continued in Qatar and Donald Trump said he wanted to see the US “make” the devastated territory “into a freedom zone”.Trump’s statement recalled the plan he put forward in February for the US to take control of Gaza to allow for its reconstruction as a luxury leisure and business hub. The scheme implied the possible permanent displacement of much or all of its population of 2.3 million and triggered global outrage. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 54 people killed in overnight airstrikes on southern Gaza city, hospital says

A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis

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3 w. ago Middle East crisis live: More than 60 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

Dead include those killed in a strike on the European hospital complex near Khan YounisIsrael hits hospitals in deadly strikesAssociated Press, citing local hospitals, reports that at least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday by Israeli airstrikes.Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met online with US president Donald Trump, Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa, Reuters reports, citing Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 48 people, including 22 children, hospitals say

At least 22 children were killed in Gaza overnight Tuesday and early Wednesday in a punishing series of Israeli airstrikes on homes in northern Gaza

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