Tag: Gaza

Israeli airstrike kills pregnant woman and toddler

Gaza health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike killed a pregnant woman and her 2-year-old daughter in Gaza on Sunday. And in the West Bank,...

Signs of increasing suicides in devastated Gaza

Muammar Quider was set to marry, but he reached his breaking point as he dealt with the unique pressures of life in the Gaza...

Activists set sail for Gaza in new bid to break Israeli...

Activists aboard a flotilla of boats are to soon set sail for Gaza in a fresh bid to break Israel’s blockade of the territory,...

Israel airstrikes hit ‘terrorist’ infrastructure in Gaza

The Israeli Air Force bombed the Gaza Strip early on Sunday for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the...

Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket attacks

Israeli warplanes struck multiple militant targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday in response to Palestinian rocket fire, but nobody was injured according to...

Gaza graffiti protest over Charlie Hebdo cartoon

“You will go to hell, French journalists,” read one of the slogans daubed on the walls of the cultural centre compound, which has been closed since it was damaged in a fire last October.

EU foreign chief calls for Palestinian state

The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Saturday appealed for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the world “cannot afford”...

Israel committed war crimes in Gaza: Amnesty International

JERUSALEM - Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Israel of committing war crimes during the war in the Gaza Strip this summer, saying it displayed "callous...

Palestinian artist captures Gaza pain in clay

GAZA CITY - Among the mountains of rubble littering Gaza after a deadly summer war, clay outlines emerge of men, women and children with...

Israel approves plan for 1,000 Jerusalem settler homes

Ties between Israel and its close ally, the United States have become increasingly frayed over Israeli officials' public criticism of US foreign policy and the Obama administration's alarm at Netanyahu's relentless settlement-building.

Palestinians win millions in aid pledges for Gaza rebuilding

Washington promises $212m in new aid at conference in Cairo to meet what US Secretary of State John Kerry described as an “enormous” challenge...

Israel stages fresh Gaza incursion despite ceasefire

The incursion was the fourth since Israeli and Palestinian negotiators signed an Aug 26 ceasefire deal in Cairo to end a seven-week Israeli offensive on the seaside enclave.

Khan chides PM for extravagance in NY

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Saturday lambasted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s address in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly (GA) in which the...

Aziz reiterates Pak commitment to Kashmir dispute

*Condemns Israeli aggression in Gaza during OIC meeting on sidelines of UN GA session *Voices concerns over conflicts in Syria and Iraq Adviser to Prime Minister...

Gaza mortar fire on Israel for first time since truce

Palestinians fired a mortar round into southern Israel Tuesday in the first attack since an August 26 ceasefire, without causing any casualties, the Israeli...

Hamas rejects Israel’s disarmament demand

Israel has said that it would press for Hamas's disarmament in indirect talks in Cairo aimed at charting a way forward for Gaza in the wake of a 50-day war that killed more than 2,200 people - almost all Palestinians.

Gaza ceasefire holds as sides weigh gains

JERUSALEM— An open-ended cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was holding Wednesday, as many people on both sides of the...