The UN says no aid has yet been distributed in Gaza despite aid lorries starting to cross the border after an 11-week blockade. Israeli officials said 93 trucks entered Gaza on Tuesday, carrying aid including flour, baby food, medical equipment, and pharmaceutical drugs. But the UN said, despite trucks reaching the Palestinian side of the…
After more than a year and a half of the war in Gaza, Britain appears to have finally lost patience with Israel. Speaking to MPs, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Foreign Secretary David Lammy sounded genuinely angry. Sir Keir said the level of suffering in Gaza, especially among innocent children, was “intolerable”. Israel’s decision…
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent James Chater BBC News, London Reuters Israel has intensified its offensive on Gaza in recent days At least 38 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip during a half-hour period overnight, according to Palestinian medics. Israeli warplanes struck several locations, including a school in…
Israel’s military has announced the launch of a major offensive aimed at defeating Hamas and securing the freedom of remaining hostages in Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces said on its Hebrew X account that it had mobilised troops for “Operation Gideon’s Chariots” to seize “strategic areas” of the strip. Hamas-run civil defence and health ministry…
Yesterday, Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen was among the protesters taken into police custody at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing at which Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answered questions about HHS spending, layoffs, and other changes. Video shows protesters leaping up from the benches with signs…
Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, was arrested during a protest in the US Senate over military aid to Israel and humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Protesters disrupted the hearing on Wednesday while Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was testifying. Mr Cohen was charged with a misdemeanour offence, while another…
Rushdi Abu Alouf Gaza correspondent Reuters Air strikes reportedly hit homes and tents sheltering displaced families At least 103 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency. Fifty-six people, including women and children, were killed when homes and tents sheltering displaced families…
Israel has issued one of the most sweeping evacuation orders for civilians in Gaza yet seen in this war. Large swathes of Gaza City, an area already partially destroyed by bombing, have been declared unsafe, the residents taking shelter there told to leave for their own safety ahead of “intense strikes” by the Israel Defense…
At least 48 Palestinians have been killed in a series of air strikes in northern Gaza overnight, a local hospital says. The Indonesian hospital reported that 22 children and 15 women were among the dead after a number of homes in Jabalia town and Jabalia refugee camp were hit. A video shared online appeared to…
Hamas has released an Israeli-American hostage held captive for 19 months to Israeli forces as part of efforts to reach a new ceasefire deal, the group said. Edan Alexander, 21, had been serving in the Israeli army on the border of Gaza when he was captured by Hamas militants on 7 October 2023. On Monday,…
