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Armed Hamas members are seen playing with abducted Israeli children in IDF-released video

Oct 14, 2023, at 03:43 pm

The Israel Defense Forces has released a video which showed Hamas group members, who are armed with rifles, playing with Israeli babies taken hostage by them.

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza

Oct 14, 2023, at 02:28 am

Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

Gaza: Nowhere to go, as humanitarian situation reaches ‘lethal low’

Oct 13, 2023, at 11:11 pm

UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave the north, amid ongoing airstrikes and a deepening humanitarian crisis

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks touched 1,569: Health Ministry

Oct 13, 2023, at 04:52 pm

Gaza/UNI: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip and West Bank has touched 1,569, while 7,212 others were wounded, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.

Israel-Palestine conflict: 1,600 Australians register for repatriation, claims PM Albanese

Oct 13, 2023, at 04:45 pm

Canberra/UNI: The Australian government has been working to repatriate Australian citizens stranded in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

Be alert: Israelis abroad asked to take extra care as Hamas calls for 'Day of Rage'

Oct 13, 2023, at 02:24 pm

The Israeli government has asked nationals, who are staying abroad, to remain alert on Friday (October 13, 2023) after Hamas group called on its supporters worldwide to participate in a “Day of Rage.”

Iran: Rights experts ‘dismayed’ over continued imprisonment of Nobel Laureate Mohammadi

Oct 13, 2023, at 05:23 am

UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday called for the immediate release of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her unwavering commitment to women’s rights in the country.

UN chief urges immediate action to prevent Israel-Gaza conflict spillover

Oct 13, 2023, at 05:19 am

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday voiced grave concern over the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza and stressed the need to prevent the violence from spreading into the wider region.

340,000 Palestinians displaced by Hamas-Israel conflict

Oct 13, 2023, at 05:03 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: At least 340,000 Palestinians have been displaced since the beginning of the ongoing Hamas-Israel conflict days ago, according to a UN agency.

Israel releases murdered babies' pics, says Benjamin Netanyahu showed them to US top diplomat Antony Blinken

Oct 13, 2023, at 04:29 am

The office of the Israeli prime minister Thursday shared horrifying photos of dead babies on social media saying that they were among the pictures shown by Benjamin Netanyahu to visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks hit 1,417

Oct 13, 2023, at 03:06 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll of the Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli strikes on Gaza hit 1,417, while another 6,268 were wounded, according to the Gaza-based health ministry.

Israel destroys 752 residential buildings in Gaza

Oct 13, 2023, at 01:40 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: Israel destroyed about 752 residential buildings in its airstrikes on Gaza since Saturday, a Palestinian official said Thursday.

Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to decimate every Hamas member

Oct 12, 2023, at 11:50 pm

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to kill every member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. However, the country has been asked to conduct the retaliatory action as per the “rules of the war”.

Israel was alerted by Egypt of a potential Hamas attack: US

Oct 12, 2023, at 11:02 pm

Washington: Israel was alerted by Egypt of a possible attack three days before Hamas' lethal cross-border assault, a US congressional panel chairman has said, AFP news agency reported.

Won't allow water, fuel, humanitarian aid to Gaza till Hamas releases abducted people: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz

Oct 12, 2023, at 10:22 pm

Jerusalem: Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz Thursday said his country would cut off basic resources or humanitarian aid into Gaza until Hamas sets free all the people it took hostage during its surprise attack on Israel last Saturday

US Secretary of State Blinken embarks on trip to Israel in show of support amid war with Hamas

Oct 12, 2023, at 05:29 pm

Washington/UNI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan from October 11-13 in a show of support for the Jewish state amid its escalating war with Hamas.

Gaza Health Ministry says overnight Israeli airstrikes left 51 people dead

Oct 12, 2023, at 04:25 pm

Hamas-run health ministry has claimed Israel's overnight airstrikes have left 51 people dead and  281 hurt.

Israel-Palestine conflict: Death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Gaza rises to 1,100

Oct 12, 2023, at 04:13 pm

Gaza/UNI: The death toll of Palestinians from the ongoing Israeli airstrikes has reached 1,100, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Wednesday.

'Not against free speech, but ....': Bill Ackman on not hiring students supporting Hamas anonymously

Oct 12, 2023, at 06:50 am

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman has justified his stance of not hiring Harvard University students who support Hamas.

Gaza: Palestinian health ministry says death toll surges to 1,055 amid Israeli airstrike

Oct 11, 2023, at 11:07 pm

The Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza on Wednesday said 1055 people have died in the Gaza Strip ever since Israel launched an airstrike in the region.

Israel-Palestine crisis has region ‘at a tipping point’: UN relief chief

Oct 11, 2023, at 10:46 pm

The top UN humanitarian official on Tuesday called for an end to the escalating violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, warning that “the whole region is at a tipping point.”

Israel-Palestine conflict: Death toll in Israel touches 1200, 900 killed in Gaza

Oct 11, 2023, at 08:12 pm

The death toll in Israel over the conflict between Israel and Palestine touched 1,200 while more than 900 people were killed in the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, media reports said.

UN: Over 123,000 internally displaced in Gaza amid ongoing Israeli attacks

Oct 11, 2023, at 07:17 pm

More than 123,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks, said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Monday.

Israel-Palestine: UN urges parties to spare civilian lives

Oct 11, 2023, at 04:37 am

In Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, all parties must stop targeting civilians and Hamas and other armed groups must immediately release their hostages, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Tuesday.

Toll from Hamas surprise attack hits 1,008 in Israel

Oct 11, 2023, at 03:41 am

Jerusalem/IBNS: At least 1,008 individuals have been killed in Israel since Hamas militants crossed into the country in a surprise attack on Saturday, state-owned Kan TV news reported Tuesday.

Middle East crisis: Guterres appeals for end to 'vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarization'

Oct 10, 2023, at 11:31 pm

The UN Secretary-General on Monday said that he recognized the legitimate grievances of the Palestinian people and the legitimate security concerns of Israel, but underlined his rejection of terrorist acts and upheld the need to protect civilians.

Turkey ready to mediate in Israeli-Palestinian war

Oct 10, 2023, at 07:36 pm

Ankara/UNI: Turkey has informed Israel and Palestine via diplomatic channels about its readiness to mediate in the conflict, including by organizing a meeting of the two countries' leaders, a diplomatic source in Ankara told Sputnik.

Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is ISIS, vows to defeat the group

Oct 10, 2023, at 03:44 pm

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu gave a strong message to the world when he equated the Hamas group with ISIS and vowed that his country would defeat the 'terrorists'.

#IsraelAtWar: Hamas group warns it will begin executing hostages in response to strikes

Oct 10, 2023, at 05:39 am

The Hamas group members have warned it will execute hostages in response to Israeli strikes in Gaza.

Turkey is ready to stop Israeli-Palestinian conflict, says Prez Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Oct 10, 2023, at 05:08 am

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that Turkiye is ready to do its part to stop the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and reduce escalated tension, but a two-state solution is the only way to achieve peace.