Tag: Gaza

Gaza death toll exceeds 1,400 as Israel presses offensive

UN outraged at refugee deaths at Gaza shelter Tunnel destruction a main goal of Israeli ground offensive Washington allowed Israel to tap local US arms stockpile...

Deaths in shelling of Gaza school enrage UN

GAZA CITY- More than 100 Palestinians were killed Wednesday in the Gaza Strip, among them victims of Israeli fire on a crowded market and...

Cricketer Moeen Ali barred from wearing ‘Save Gaza’ wristbands

Worcestershire all-rounder Ali wore wristbands during the third Test match against India on Monday that read “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine”, while batting during England’s first innings at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton

More than 100 Palestinians die in deadly day of fighting, toll...

The deaths brought the total Palestinian toll from an Israeli operation to stamp out militant rocket fire to at least 1,262

Boy, 4, killed by Israeli tank fire in northern Gaza

GAZA CITY- Israeli tank fire killed a four-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday in the first death since the two sides...

UN Security Council calls for immediate Gaza ceasefire

UNITED NATIONS- The UN Security Council on Monday called for an immediate and unconditional humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza to allow for urgent aid to...

Israeli rockets pound Gaza, as truce collapses

Hamas says no humanitarian ceasefire is valid without Israeli tanks withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and without residents being able to return to their homes and ambulances carrying bodies being able to freely move around in Gaza

Gaza toll crosses 1,000 as truce extension urged

Palestinians find over 100 bodies during digging through remains of hundreds of homes In many places buildings have levelled and entire blocks of homes completely...

Muslims pray in Gaza church as bombs fall ahead of Eid

For Gaza resident Mahmud Khalaf, it was a bizarre new experience, prostrating himself for his daily Muslim prayers beneath the gaze of an icon...

Israel, Gaza ceasefire ends in further bloodshed

GAZA- A 12-hour ceasefire entered into force on Gaza Strip on Saturday as the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas entered its 19th day. Both...

Pakistan mourns Israeli oppression in Gaza

On the appeal of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the country observed day of mourning on Friday to protest against state terrorism of Israel against...

Three rockets fired at Israel airport: Hamas

GAZA CITY- Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said Friday it fired three rockets at Tel Aviv airport, a day after US and some European airlines...

Pakistan mourns in solidarity with Gaza

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan observed a day of mourning in solidarity with the victims of Gaza who are being subjected to terror and war crimes by Israel,...

Gaza toll hits 798 as 15 killed at UN shelter

GAZA CITY- Fifteen people were killed Thursday when Israeli fire hit a UN shelter in Gaza, as the Palestinian toll in the 17-day conflict...

At least 15 dead in Israeli shelling of Gaza school as...

Most of those killed in attack were children as residents of two southern villages reportedly trapped by days of tank shelling Israeli forces shelled a...

Over 50 Israeli reservists refuse to serve: report

While some Israelis have refused to serve in the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, the military’s structure is such that serving in any capacity forces one to play a role in the conflict, said the soldiers, most of whom are women who would have been exempted from combat

UN rights council launches probe into Israeli violations in Gaza

Navi Pillay says around three-quarters of the 650 Palestinians killed in the conflict were civilians and thousands more have been injured The UN Human Rights...