Sebastian Usher Correspondent Getty Images Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Pope Francis in 2014 in Jerusalem The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered its condolences for Pope Francis, four days after his death. An earlier offer of condolences posted on social media by the official state account of Israel had previously…
Israel’s military has admitted killing a United Nations (UN) worker with tank fire, having previously denied responsibility, in an incident in the Gaza Strip last month. After a UN staff member was killed when a UN compound in Deir al-Balah was damaged on 19 March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had not struck…
Nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a police station in northern Gaza, health officials and first responders say. Several other people were also wounded when missiles hit the market area of Jabalia town. Video footage showed crowds gathered around the remains of a flattened building. The Israeli military said it…
Yolande Knell BBC Middle East Correspondent Getty Images For months, Pope Francis called almost nightly to check in on the people sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church “As-salaam Alaikum” or “peace be upon you,” Pope Francis ventured in Arabic while talking to parishioners in Gaza earlier this year. A short video released by the…
The Israeli military has said an “operational misunderstanding” and a “breach of orders” led to the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza last month. An inquiry into the incident by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) found a series of failings. The deputy commander of the unit involved has been dismissed “for providing an incomplete…
Getty Images Witnesses told the BBC that flames spread rapidly between tents, causing dozens of deaths, including those of children At least 37 people have been killed in a series of Israeli strikes, most in areas where displaced civilians have set up tents, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defence agency says. Witnesses in al-Mawasi told the BBC…
Hamas says it has “lost contact” with the group of fighters holding an Israeli-American hostage captive in Gaza following an Israeli strike on their location. The 21-year-old soldier, Edan Alexander, has appeared in videos released by the group in recent days. Israel had asked for him to be released on day one of a new…
A Palestinian paramedic who has been missing since an Israeli attack that killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza three weeks ago is being detained by Israeli authorities, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said. The ICRC confirmed in a statement that it had “received information” that Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)…
Rushdi Abualouf Gaza correspondent Getty Images Flames rise near the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital An Israeli strike has destroyed the intensive care and surgery departments of the main medical facility in Gaza City, Hamas has said. Video posted online appeared to show huge flames and smoke rising from Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after missiles hit a two-storey…
Israel’s defence minister has announced the military will soon “expand vigorously” its offensive throughout most of Gaza. Israel Katz also said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had completed the takeover of a “security zone” in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, separating the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis. Israel’s military also issued evacuation…
