Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza.
Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began (...)
After months of stalemate, the search for peace in Gaza has reached a critical stage. UN chief Antonio Guterres says it is a "decisive moment for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for the fate of the entire region".
There seems to be common (...)
Israel says it is reopening the Kerem Shalom crossing with southern Gaza for aid deliveries, four days after it was closed because of Hamas rocket fire.
Lorries from Egypt with food, water and medicine have arrived at the crossing, according to the (...)
Three Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Hamas rocket attack near one of the main crossings used to deliver aid into Gaza, Israel has said.
The Kerem Shalom crossing was closed overnight by Israel following the strike.
Subsequent Israeli strikes (...)
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza after Hamas fired rockets from within the strip, the military has said.
At least 10 people were injured, some seriously, Israeli media report. The crossing is one of the few routes to get (...)
Efforts have intensified to secure a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, with talks resuming in Cairo on Saturday.
Hamas said its delegation was travelling in a "positive spirit" after studying the latest truce proposal.
"We (...)
"Whoever stays until the end, will tell the story. We did what we could. Remember us."
Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila scrawled these farewell words in blue ink on a whiteboard in Al-Awda Hospital, in Jabalya, on October 20, according to Médecins Sans (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is poised for another round of high-stakes talks in Israel on Wednesday as the US seeks to ratchet up the pressure on Hamas to accept a ceasefire and hostage release deal, while also seeking to forestall an (...)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the US is the only country that can stop Israel from attacking Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than a million people are taking refuge.
Abbas, who runs parts of the occupied West Bank said any attack (...)
Nearly 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since war erupted six months ago and one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes, UN agencies warned on Tuesday, amid spiraling violence in the West Bank and concerns over a regional escalation of the (...)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel has set a date for its planned offensive in Gaza's city Rafah.
His government has been signalling its intentions to launch a military operation in the southern city, where more than 1.5m Palestinians (...)
The Security Council prepared to convene on Monday to consider a Palestinian request for United Nations membership as humanitarians expressed deep concerns about Israel's planned invasion of Rafah and the desperate lack of aid reaching Gaza.
At the (...)
Israel's military said on Sunday that it was reducing its numbers of soldiers from southern Gaza, leaving just one brigade in the area.
The military stressed a "significant force" would remain in Gaza.
"This is another stage in the war effort", (...)
NEW YORK — Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Abdulaziz Al-Wasil, said on Friday that the Arab Group is calling for a resolution under Chapter VII to ensure Israel complies with a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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GPS is being blocked across Israel in an attempt to disrupt incoming missiles and drones, as tensions rise with Iran.
Iran has vowed to respond after a strike on its consulate building in Syria on Monday — which Israel was widely believed to be (...)
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi outlined the national priorities throughout his tenure after taking the constitutional oath for a third six-year presidential term on Tuesday.
President El-Sisi took his oath in the new headquarters of the (...)
CAIRO — The open-ended committee at the level of permanent delegates concerned with the reform and development of the Arab League held its meeting at the headquarters of the league's General Secretariat in Cairo on Sunday. The committee is headed by (...)
Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
"As of today, UNRWA, the main lifeline for Palestine refugees, is (...)
The Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit strongly condemned the terrorist attack that took place near Moscow.
He described the attack as an act that cannot be justified under any pretext.
In a statement, Aboul Gheit expressed his deepest (...)
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries into the besieged enclave as he began his (...)
CAIRO — The Arab ministerial consultative meeting, held in Cairo on Thursday, underlined the need for reaching an immediate and complete ceasefire and ending the war in the Gaza Strip. The meeting also called for lifting all restrictions that impede (...)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said all of Gaza's two million people are experiencing "severe levels of acute food insecurity".
This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about (...)
The European Union on Sunday announced a €7.3 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts and chaos in neighboring countries could drive more migrants to European shores.
European Commission (...)
Hope is fading for the imminent return of the international crew of the cargo ship hijacked by the Houthis in November, with a senior Filipino diplomat saying he does not expect a release until the war in Gaza is over, while the Houthis say the fate (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he would push ahead with a military offensive in Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering, despite US President Joe Biden's warning that doing so would be a "red (...)