US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter worn-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of trucks would be
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Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as war rages on
A massive explosion at a hospital in Gaza City killed hundreds of people Tuesday, Hamas said, after intensifying bombardments near towns in southern Gaza rattled civilians where Israel had ordered them to take refuge. Hamas attributed the blast to an Israeli airstrike, but the Israeli military said it was not
UNSC rejects Russia’s resolution on Gaza
The U.N. Security Council rejected a Russian resolution Monday night that condemned violence and terrorism against civilians but made no mention of Hamas, whose surprise attack that killed 1,300 Israelis was the worst Jewish massacre since the World War II Nazi Holocaust. Only four countries joined Russia in voting for the
Urban battle from past Gaza war offers glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive might look like
No aid into Gaza as desperation mounts for millions trapped
Israel said Monday there was no temporary truce to allow aid in or foreigners out of the Gaza Strip, as fears grew over the dire humanitarian situation faced by illions of Palestinians trapped in the heavily bombarded enclave. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to Israel Monday -- ahead of
Egypt’s leader criticizes Israel’s Gaza operation as the top US diplomat extends his Mideast mission
Egypt's president criticized Israel's military operation in Gaza in a stern pushback Sunday to the United States as America's top diplomat extended his frenetic travels across the Mideast trying to prevent the war with Hamas from igniting a broader regional conflict. With an Israeli ground offensive looming, U.S. Secretary of State
UNRWA warns of unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: Thousands protest after Muslim prayers across Mideast
Tens of thousands of Muslims demonstrated Friday across the Middle East in support of the Palestinians and against the intensifying Israeli bombardment of Gaza, underscoring the risk of a wider regional conflict as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion. From the typically sedate streets of downtown Amman in Jordan, to
Israel orders evacuation of 1.1m people from Gaza
Israel's military on Friday directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 people - about half of the territory's population - within 24 hours, a U.N. spokesman said. This could signal an impending ground offensive, though the Israeli military has not yet confirmed such an appeal.
UN chief ‘deeply distressed’ by Israeli siege of Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the Hamas attack against Israel but said he was "deeply distressed" by the country's subsequent imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities," Guterres told reporters. "Now it will only deteriorate exponentially." Earlier