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Israel-Hamas conflict: Senior UN official says fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza

Nov 14, 2023, at 08:00 pm

Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a lack of fuel, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has warned.

Hamas has 'lost control of Gaza', claims Israel's Defence Minister

Nov 14, 2023, at 07:55 am

Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant Monday claimed that Hamas has lost control in Gaza more than a month after the Palestinian group launched a "surprise" attack on the nation, firing over 500 rockets.

Israel-Hamas war: Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 11,180

Nov 13, 2023, at 03:57 pm

Gaza/UNI: The Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 11,180 since the conflict started on Oct. 7.

Iran Prez Raisi calls US 'primary instigator' in Gaza war; urges Muslim countries send weapons to Palestinian fighters

Nov 12, 2023, at 07:53 pm

Riyadh: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, on Saturday, slammed the United States, asserting that it played a central role as the "primary instigator" and "accomplice" to Israel in the conflict with Hamas.

Hamas commander, who held 1,000 people hostage in Gaza hospital, killed in Israeli airstrike, claims IDF

Nov 12, 2023, at 06:57 pm

Gaza: The Israeli military has claimed that it killed a top Hamas commander Ahmed Siam, who allegedly held almost 1,000 people and patients as hostages in a Gaza hospital, preventing them from escaping to safety.

Uncertainty over who governs Gaza after Israel drives out Hamas

Nov 12, 2023, at 01:55 am

Gaza: After the end of Israel's military offensive against Hamas, uncertainty looms over who will govern Gaza.

Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies fear

Nov 11, 2023, at 10:41 pm

Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues for a second full month, according to a UN report published on Thursday.

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is responsible for harming civilians

Nov 11, 2023, at 02:25 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in response to the words of French President Emmanuel Macron, said that responsibility for causing damage to civilians lies with Palestinian movement Hamas, and not with Israel.

Death toll surpasses 11,000 in Gaza: Palestinian Health Ministry

Nov 11, 2023, at 05:11 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in Gaza exceeded 11,000 since the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out on October 7, Palestinian's health ministry announced on Friday.

Los Angeles: Multiple fights break out between pro-Israel, pro-Palestinian protestors close to Gal Gadot's Hamas attack film screening

Nov 10, 2023, at 04:17 pm

Multiple fights broke out outside the Museum of Tolerance in the US city of Los Angeles where actress Gal Gadot was facilitating the screening of a film showing the October 7 surprise attack on Southern Israel by the Hamas group.

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’

Nov 08, 2023, at 02:46 pm

A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.

US: 69-year-old Jewish man dies after altercation with Palestine supporters in California

Nov 07, 2023, at 10:34 pm

A Jewish man has died after he was injured when he fell and hit his head during an altercation with Palestinian supporters in US state of California recently.

Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll crosses 10,000

Nov 07, 2023, at 05:33 am

Gaza: The total number of deaths in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 since the latest round of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.

Hamas attack on Israel was an act of war against the civilized world: German Vice Chancellor

Nov 06, 2023, at 06:21 am

Berlin/IBNS: Robert Habeck, the Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister for Germany, declared Saturday that the attack on Israel by the Palestinian Hamas organization was an act of war against the "civilized world" and that the movement itself needed to be crushed.

It’s the innocent civilians who are losing: WHO spokesperson amid ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict

Nov 04, 2023, at 03:54 pm

More funding is urgently needed for lifesaving aid in Gaza while concern is deepening over high numbers of civilians killed since the beginning of the crisis and human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israel targets Hamas underground tunnels in Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu govt expands ground operations

Nov 01, 2023, at 04:17 am

Israeli forces executed several Hamas operatives and targeted their underground tunnels during their ground operations in Gaza on Monday, the counry's military said in their latest update on their war against the Palestinian group.

Death toll in Gaza from Israeli strikes exceeds 8,500, says Palestinian Health Ministry

Nov 01, 2023, at 12:49 am

Gaza/IBNS: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 8,500 and over 21,000 people have been injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’: UN

Oct 31, 2023, at 11:22 pm

Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of trauma ahead, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.

Israel-Palestine crisis has ‘reached an unprecedented level of dehumanisation’, alerts Independent rights expert

Oct 30, 2023, at 10:53 pm

The crisis sparked by the Hamas terrorist attack and ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is a "political and humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” said the UN’s independent human rights expert for the Occupied Palestinian Territory this week.

Israel-Hamas crisis: Thousands in Gaza storm UN warehouses

Oct 30, 2023, at 04:02 pm

Relief agencies warned on Sunday that civil order is starting to break down in Gaza after thousands of desperate people stormed UN-operated warehouses and other aid distribution centres in the ravaged enclave, taking wheat flour, hygiene supplies and other basic survival goods.

'A snake will remain a snake': Israel's envoy to UN on Erdogan's Gaza remarks

Oct 29, 2023, at 08:21 pm

Slamming Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for his comments on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said, "A snake will remain a snake".

Intense street fights in Gaza as IDF strikes Hamas full force

Oct 29, 2023, at 02:47 am

Tel Aviv: Israeli forces remain in the northern Gaza Strip, following a series of intense attacks on Hamas by both air and artillery strikes, media reports said.

Over half of Hamas hostages hold foreign nationality, confirms Israel

Oct 27, 2023, at 05:13 am

Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: At least 138 people out of an estimated 220 taken hostage by Hamas and held in Gaza are of foreign nationality, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

In never-before-seen footage, Israeli forces neutralise Hamas operatives, rescue civilians

Oct 26, 2023, at 10:45 pm

Tel Aviv: In a counter-assault against the Hamas attack on Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are taking action to rescue Israeli civilians in the Kibbutz Be'eri near the Southern Israel Border. In a video released by the IDF, soldiers can be seen chasing Hamas operatives and swiftly neutralising them.

Israel-Hamas war: Death toll in West Bank rises to 103, says Palestinian Health Ministry

Oct 26, 2023, at 01:43 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in the West Bank has risen to 103 since the latest armed conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out on October 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip exceeds 5000, says Palestine health ministry

Oct 24, 2023, at 01:59 am

Cairo/IBNS: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has reached 4,137, and over 15,000 people have been injured, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra said on Monday.

Israel will not transfer humanitarian aid to Gaza

Oct 23, 2023, at 07:03 pm

Jerusalem/UNI: Israel will not transfer any humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and will also prevent any uncontrolled supplies from other countries, the prime minister's office said on Sunday.

Israel-Hamas war: IDF carries out airstrike on underground complex at mosque in Jenin

Oct 22, 2023, at 05:10 pm

Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Sunday said that it carried out an airstrike on an underground complex located under the Al-Ansar mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin.

10 killed in Israeli airstrike on cafe in Gaza Strip

Oct 22, 2023, at 04:19 pm

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: At least 10 people were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a cafe in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

White House says US Prez Joe Biden didn't hear query on Israel delaying ground incursion of Gaza

Oct 21, 2023, at 07:58 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden did not hear a query whether Israel should postpone a likely ground incursion of Gaza until more hostages can get out, when he answered, "yes", the White House said, reported Reuters.