The Israeli military bombed and destroyed the Al-Kawthar residential tower in western Gaza City on Sunday, escalating its campaign to seize control of the city.
Witnesses said fighter jets struck the tower shortly after the army issued immediate (...)
The Israeli army on Saturday urged hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to leave Gaza City immediately and move south toward Al-Mawasi and central refugee camps as its offensive escalates.
Army spokesman Avichay Adraee said "more than a quarter of (...)
Gaza's Government Media Office said Saturday that 700 days of Israeli bombardment on the enclave have left nearly all of the territory's infrastructure in ruins and inflicted losses of more than $68 billion.
In a statement, the office said the (...)
The Israeli military ordered Palestinians in Gaza City to evacuate south on Saturday before bombing a high-rise tower, as its forces pressed deeper into the enclave's largest urban area.
Israeli forces have been battling through northern suburbs for (...)
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Sunday that Abu Obeida, the longtime spokesman for Hamas' armed wing, was killed in Gaza over the weekend, though Hamas has not confirmed his death.
Obeida's last public statement came Friday, when (...)
Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians seeking food aid south of Gaza City on Sunday, according to local hospitals and witnesses, as famine tightens its grip on the enclave and the military prepares for a full-scale offensive in the (...)
Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food aid were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes and shootings Saturday in Gaza, as the world confronted an unprecedented announcement that famine has now gripped Gaza's largest (...)
Doctors in Gaza say they are treating patients whose emaciated bodies reflect the growing humanitarian catastrophe, as international experts confirmed famine has gripped parts of the war-torn enclave.
At Al-Ahli Hospital, Texas spinal surgeon (...)
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) accused Israeli forces on Sunday of striking its headquarters in southern Gaza, killing one worker and wounding three others.
In a statement, the humanitarian group said the early morning attack on its Khan (...)
Hamas declared Saturday that it will not surrender its weapons unless an "independent, fully sovereign" Palestinian state is established with Jerusalem as its capital, rejecting reports that it had agreed to demilitarize.
The statement came after (...)
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said Saturday that a convoy carrying critical medicines and medical consumables is scheduled to enter the Gaza Strip with coordination from the World Health Organization (WHO).
In a statement, the ministry (...)
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 18 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including eight people seeking food near aid distribution sites, health officials said, as hunger and violence deepened in the besieged enclave.
The Gaza Health (...)
Hamas on Sunday condemned Israel's ongoing humanitarian aid airdrops and limited corridor operations in the Gaza Strip, calling them "deceptive tactics" designed to deflect growing international demands to end the siege and famine imposed on (...)
A limited and localized suspension of military operations announced by Israel took effect on Sunday morning in select areas of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military confirmed.
The so-called "tactical and localized suspension" began at 10 a.m. local (...)
Gaza's top health official warned on Sunday that the current humanitarian truce will be meaningless unless it is urgently used to save lives, stressing that further delays could result in more preventable deaths. "The humanitarian truce is not a (...)
More than 100,000 children in the Gaza Strip, including 40,000 infants under the age of one, are at risk of imminent death due to the complete absence of baby formula and nutritional supplements, the Government Media Office in Gaza said Saturday.
In (...)
Five Palestinians, including two children, died of starvation and malnutrition in the blockaded Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
In a brief statement on Telegram, the ministry reported: "Five people died of (...)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday condemned Israel's war in Gaza as a "genocide," rejecting any attempt to forcibly displace Palestinians from the Strip or to annex the occupied West Bank, and urging the international community to (...)
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry and Hamas welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's pledge on Thursday to formally recognize the State of Palestine during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September, hailing the move as a diplomatic (...)
Four-year old Razan Abu Zaher gave up her fight for life on Sunday.
She died at a hospital in central Gaza from complications brought on by hunger and malnutrition, according to a medical source. Her skeletal body was laid out on a slab of stone.
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Sunday accused Israeli authorities of using starvation as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza.
In a statement on X, the agency said: "The Israeli authorities are (...)
The Israeli army on Sunday issued a fresh evacuation order for residents in the southwestern parts of Deir al-Balah, as it intensified its military campaign in central Gaza.
Army spokesperson Avichay Adraee announced that civilians sheltering in (...)
Israeli troops opened fire Saturday on crowds of Palestinians approaching food distribution centers in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and local health officials.
The shootings occurred near aid hubs operated by the (...)
Ten Palestinians, including six children, were killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike while collecting water in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to local emergency services.
The victims were queuing with jerry cans near a water (...)
At least 67 children in Gaza have died of hunger since October 2023, according to the Government Media Office in Gaza, as Israel's total blockade on the besieged enclave enters its 103rd day.
In a statement issued Saturday, the office warned that (...)
