Iran's foreign ministry rejected Thursday what it called a "shocking" plan laid out by US President Donald Trump to take over Gaza and "forcibly displace" Palestinians from the coastal territory. "The plan to clear Gaza and forcibly displace the Palestinian people to neighbouring countries is considered a continuation of the Zionist
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UN chief rejects ‘any form of ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza
It is vital to stay true to the bedrock of international law and "avoid any form of ethnic cleansing" in Gaza, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday. At its essence, the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people is about the right of Palestinians to simply live as
Palestinians slam Trump idea to ‘clean out’ Gaza
Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas and armed group Hamas vowed on Sunday to defy proposals for the forced displacement of Gazans, after US President Donald Trump floated a plan to "clean out" the war-battered territory. Meanwhile, Palestinian sources said a dispute linked to hostage-prisoner swaps under the Israel-Hamas truce deal may be
58 dead in Israeli strikes in Gaza
Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 58 people, including 12 guards securing aid trucks, while the military said it targeted planning to hijack the vehicles. The latest bloodshed came despite growing optimism that negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal
22 dead in Israel strike in Gaza
Gaza's civil defence agency said Wednesday that an overnight Israeli air strike in the northern part of the Palestinian territory killed at least 22 people, including women and children. "At least 22 people were martyred in the massacre committed by the occupation military after it bombed a house belonging to the
UN demands permanent ceasefire in Lebanon, Gaza, Israel
The UN rights chief is gravely concerned over the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon and wants a "permanent ceasefire" there and in war-ravaged Gaza, his spokesman said Tuesday. "The high commissioner reiterates his call for an immediate ceasefire to put an end to the killings and the destruction,"
HRW condemns Israel’s deliberate military offensives in Gaza
A new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) postulates that Israeli military practices in the Gaza Strip constitutes as war crimes. Released on November 14, the new report details the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip over a 13-month period, during which time the Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) undertook
Israeli strikes kill 19 in Gaza
Israel hits Gaza and Lebanon in deadly strikes
Strikes by the Israeli army killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Sunday, the civil defence said, while also hitting a Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut's international airport. Israel has been fighting on two fronts since September, ramping up attacks on Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah after nearly a year of cross-border clashes
46 dead in Gaza, 33 dead in Lebanon in a Israeli strikes
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, including 11 at a makeshift cafeteria in an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people elsewhere in the country on Tuesday. The latest bombardment came as the