Palestinians wounded during the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought over a donkey carte to the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza, on January 22. Mohammed Dahman/AP Israel’s military said its operations around Khan Younis in southern Gaza demand “precise operations” due to the densely populated civilian areas. The Israel Defense Forces […]
Israel’s “clear and repeated rejection” of a two-state solution is “unacceptable” and threatens to prolong the conflict with Palestinians that has become a global threat to peace, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a UN Security Council meeting Tuesday. The UN chief called a two-state solution the only way to address the aspirations of both sides, saying any refusal to accept it must be firmly rejected. “A lasting end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can only come through a two-state solution,” […]
Dozens of displaced women and children gathered in front of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah on Wednesday, raising their hands and chanting for a ceasefire. Draped in scarves and winter coats, demonstrators carried posters aimed at both Israel and Hamas, with messages that read, “Stop the war” and “Release prisoners now,” referring […]
Palestinians flee Khan Younis, moving toward Rafah, in the wake of the Israeli ground operation, in the southern Gaza , on Thursday, January 25. Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters As the Gaza war nears its fifth month, with more than 25,000 Palestinians – civilians and combatants – dead and Israel nowhere close to achieving its objective of destroying Hamas, no one seems to have […]
An oil tanker went up in flames in the Gulf of Aden after being hit by a missile fired by the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group Friday. The Houthis say they are retaliating for recent strikes on their infrastructure in Yemen by the US and UK militaries. Those attacks have been aimed at stopping the Houthis from disrupting […]
CNN filmed rare footage Saturday of Palestinian men detained by Israeli forces in Gaza and brought across the border to Israel — witnessing the men blindfolded and barefoot, with their hands bound behind their backs. The Israel Defense Forces said the men are “suspected of terrorist activity and were arrested in Gaza and transferred to […]
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella group for several Iran-backed militias in the country, said it attacked a number of places along the Jordan-Syria border Sunday — including a camp near the US base in Jordan where soldiers were killed today. The camp, Al-Rukban, is in close proximity to Tower 22, where the US announced three service […]
The US response to the drone attack in Jordan that killed and wounded US service members on Sunday is likely to be more powerful than previous American retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials told CNN, though the Pentagon and White House are being careful not to telegraph the administration’s plans. President Joe Biden is under increasing pressure to […]
A map shows the location of Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. Mapbox After surrounding the Al Amal hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza for more than a week, Israeli military vehicles have entered its compound, and they are stationed in the hospital front yard, which is crowded with thousands of displaced people, […]
Two aid agencies are claiming they have evidence that indicates Israel carried out a strike earlier this month on a compound housing humanitarian workers and their families in a supposed safe zone in Gaza. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) said an independent assessment carried out by the United Nations […]
