Palestine

Blinken is hoping to shore up support for a truce deal hashed out in Paris in January, but not yet signed off on by either Hamas or Israel.

JERUSALEM: Hamas has projected a united front since its October 7 attack sparked war with Israel, but experts say divisions within the Palestinian movement have weighed on efforts towards a ceasefire. In self-exile in Doha, the head of…

The use of food as a weapon in Gaza represents the same dangerous double-edged sword it has had throughout history.

Israel has warned its ground forces could advance on Rafah as part of its campaign to eliminate Hamas militants.

Funding cuts to UNRWA will affect 1.7 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, along with an additional 400,000 Palestinians without refugee status, many of whom benefit from UNRWA’s infrastructure.

With its weaponry and financial backing, Iran became the ideological guardian of this growing “axis” of groups across the Middle East.

Using satellite imagery and official data, UN agency UNCTAD estimated that Gaza's economy had already contracted by 4.5 per cent in the first three quarters of 2023.

The army said troops "neutralised" the men who were hiding in the hospital in the north of the occupied West Bank.

So far, at least 26,637 people have been killed and 65,387 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.

Nine Pakistani workers were gunned down and three others were injured by unidentified attackers who opened indiscriminate fire on them in Iran's Sistan-Baluchestan province near the border on Saturday.

As heavy fighting sent more people fleeing south towards the Egyptian border, the row over the UNRWA aid agency for Palestinian refugees deepened.

Palestinians are fleeing the fighting, adding to the number already crowded into Rafah, near the Egyptian border, where the United Nations says most of Gaza's estimated 1.7 million displaced have converged.

The United States has suspended funding, followed by several other countries, including Britain, Italy and Finland.

UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said the bombardment was a "blatant disregard of basic rules of war".

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On Monday, hostages’ family members disrupted a committee meeting in Israel’s parliament, yelling, “You won’t sit here while they are dying there!”

The comments come after EU's top diplomat chaired talks between the bloc's 27 foreign ministers and the top diplomats from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab states.

Before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war, the U.S. had been trying to broker a landmark agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for U.S. security guarantees

A ministry statement said some 62,681 people were also wounded in the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.

The medicines will be shipped through Egypt and delivered to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which will then hand them over to Hamas.