Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Hamas’ proposals for a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Follow for live updates. Source link
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed the military to prepare to evacuate over 1 million Palestinians from the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a ground operation. Source link
The Tal El Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City is pictured on February 10. CNN Israeli operations in northern Gaza left “total destruction,” according to residents in the Tal El Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, with some saying they have had to drink from toilets due to a lack of water. Abdul Kareem Al-Qaseer has been displaced […]
Story highlights A dozen victims show symptoms consistent with exposure to chemical agent, Red Cross says Tens of thousands of residents fleeing fighting in western Mosul Irbil, Iraq CNN — Twelve residents of the war-torn Iraqi city of Mosul were treated for injuries from a suspected chemical attack this week, an official with the International […]
Story highlights Number fleeing fighting has risen by 10,000 in two days Officials ready for 100,000 more at refugee camps outside the city CNN — The number of civilians fleeing western Mosul in recent weeks has topped 57,000, an Iraqi official said Sunday. Iraqis have been leaving in large numbers since last month’s start of […]
Story highlights Social platform was used in 2009 protests Message offers ‘peace and love’ CNN — Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – who was in office when the country banned access to Twitter – joined the social media platform Sunday. After his re-election in 2009, anti-government protesters used Twitter to help coordinate and organize the […]
More than 60 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said early Monday. CNN cannot independently verify the numbers. The city, where more than half of Gaza’s population is seeking refuge, experienced “intense targeting” by warplanes and airstrikes, the PRCS said. Helicopters also […]
A Greek-owned commercial vessel targeted by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels in the Red Sea on Monday was carrying corn from Brazil to Iran, according to US Central Command and the State Department. This appears to be the first time the Houthis have targeted a ship destined for Iran, which provides backing for the rebel group that controls […]
Samaher Esmail is seen in an undated photo. Samaher Esmail family Samaher Esmail, a Palestinian American detained in the West Bank by the Israel Defense Forces, still has not been given US consular access more than a week later and was beaten and denied medication in Israeli custody, her family said in a statement Tuesday. […]
Doctors and medical officials in Gaza say Israeli snipers have shot dead a number of people as they tried to leave the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza over recent days. A trauma surgeon at the hospital said he was eyewitness to the shootings and said at least two people were killed by snipers on Tuesday, […]
