Tag: Gaza

Palestinian killed in Gaza border fence blast: Israeli army

GAZA: A Palestinian was killed on Monday when a part of Israel's fortifications on the Gaza border blew up as he tampered with it,...

Emergency UN General Assembly meeting on Gaza called for Wednesday

NEW YORK: The UN General Assembly will hold an emergency meeting next Wednesday at 3:00pm (19:00 GMT) to vote on an Arab-backed resolution on...

Red Cross sends war surgeons, supplies to Gaza

GENEVA: The International Committee of the Red Cross is sending two teams of war surgeons to Gaza and setting up a surgical unit in...

Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air...

GAZA-ISRAEL BORDER: Palestinian militants launched their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war on Tuesday and Israeli aircraft struck back, in a...

Israel says Gaza wounded transferred to Jordan

JERUSALEM: Israel's military says wounded Palestinians in Gaza were transferred to Jordan for medical treatment and that Jordanian trucks packed with medical supplies have...

PM arrives in Istanbul to attend 7th Special OIC Summit to...

ISTANBUL: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi arrived in Istanbul on Friday to lead the Pakistan delegation at the 7th Extraordinary OIC Summit being hosted...

Egypt’s Sisi orders Gaza border opened for Ramadan

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered on Thursday that the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip be opened for the whole of...

Pakistan criticises UNSC over its failure to condemn Gaza violence

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has expressed support to any Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) initiative that is being put forward to ease the difficulties of the...

Lebanese actor walks Cannes red carpet with ‘Stop the attack on...

CANNES: Lebanese actress Manal Issa used the massive spotlight on the premiere of Solo: A Star Wars Story to draw attention to the Israeli...

Gazans bury dead after bloodiest day of Israel border protests

GAZA: Palestinians rallied in Gaza on Tuesday for the funerals of scores of people killed by Israeli troops a day earlier, while on the...

US embassy in Jerusalem: IJT protests outside US consulate

LAHORE: Members of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, held a protest on Tuesday outside the American consulate against the recent...

Israeli air strikes hit northern Gaza

  GAZAL: Israeli air strikes hit the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. No injuries were reported. Residents said the strikes targeted a large...

Clashes break out in 7th Friday anti-Israel rallies in eastern Gaza

GAZA: Clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers broke out on Friday along Gaza's eastern border with Israel during the seventh Friday anti-Israel protests,...

Palestinians bury Gaza journalist, the second killed by Israeli fire this...

GAZA: Hundreds of Palestinians on Thursday took part in the funeral of a Gaza journalist who died after being shot by Israeli troops while...

Natalie Portman explains why she is not attending the ‘Jewish Nobel’...

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood actress Natalie Portman has snubbed a prestigious prize known as the “Jewish Nobel,” saying she did not want her attendance to...

Israel to investigate sniper shooting unarmed Gaza citizen video

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday that it was investigating a video that appears to show an Israeli army sniper shooting a motionless...

Israeli jets target Hamas positions in Gaza  after ‘infiltration attempt’

GAZA: Israeli fighter jets targeted a Hamas “military target” in northern Gaza on Monday in response to Palestinians infiltrating the border and laying bombs the...