•Israeli army tanks near Gaza Strip Israel declared its determination yesterday to press on with its Gaza war “with or without international support” after it came under mounting pressure even from its key backer the United States. Now in its third month, the war was launched after the unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel by […]...
Fighting resumed in Gaza today immediately after the expiry of a week-long truce between Israel and Hamas, with the first fatalities reported minutes later, according to health officials in the Palestinian territory. A live cam showed a heavy cloud of grey smoke rolling over northern Gaza, and apparent sounds of automatic weapons fire and expl...
•Joe Biden Israel has agreed to daily four-hour military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes, the White House said yesterday, even as President Joe Biden said there was no chance of a full ceasefire. Biden has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for longer breaks in the fighting after more than a month [&helli...
•Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Sunday that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation [&he...
•Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Israel said yesterday its war on Hamas had “entered a new phase” with its massive bombardment of Gaza as the Islamist group demanded the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages it seized three weeks ago. The United Nations warned thousands more civilians could die in Gaza as […]...
Israeli infantry backed by warplanes mounted an incursion deeper into Gaza, the army said today, as it readies for a ground offensive against Hamas for the deadliest attack in the country’s history. As the conflict raged into its 21st day, there was no letup in Israel’s relentless strikes on the Gaza Strip, with European leaders […]

