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…
Fergal Keane Special correspondent BBC cameraman captures Israeli strike on Gaza hospital The war’s horrors multiply. The dead, the pieces of the dead. The dying. The starving. More and more of them now – all the weight of human suffering witnessed by my brave colleagues in Gaza. The urge to avert our gaze can be…
Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp just after classes began on Thursday morning. Unrwa’s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said Israeli authorities were denying children…
The Israeli military has called up tens of thousands of reservists to “intensify and expand” its operations in Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was “increasing the pressure” with the aim of returning hostages held in Gaza and defeating Hamas militants. Under the plan, the military said it would operate in new areas…
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned the arrest of a prominent local journalist by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. Ali al-Samoudi, who has worked extensively with Western media, was detained during a raid on his son’s home in the northern city of Jenin early on Tuesday. The 58-year-old was interrogated for half an…
PRCS The Palestinian Red Crescent posted a video showing Assad al-Nassasra being greeted by colleagues after 37 days in detention The Israeli military has released a Palestinian paramedic detained when Israeli troops killed 15 other emergency workers in southern Gaza last month, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. Assad al-Nassasra was missing for three weeks…
The UN World Food Programme says it has depleted all its food stocks in Gaza, where Israel has blocked deliveries of humanitarian aid for seven weeks. “Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens,” it warned. “These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days.” Israel…
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…
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…
