The European Union (EU) has expressed concerns about plans by the Israeli security Cabinet to take over the Gaza Strip and for the army to control the territory. An EU spokesman said in Brussels that the union was concerned about the extension of these operations in Gaza, which would lead to further casualties and additional…
Israel’s security cabinet on Monday approved a plan to escalate the offensive in Gaza, including the occupation of the Gaza Strip and continued control over captured areas. According to an official close to the matter, the ministers unanimously approved the operational plan in a vote. The vote came hours after Military Chief, Eyal Zamir announced…
The United Nations said the Gaza Strip is “likely facing the worst humanitarian crisis” since the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas began. Aid for the civilian population is being hampered by new Israeli military attacks, a blockade of humanitarian aid deliveries that has been in place for more than 50 days….
An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has reportedly struck a hospital operated by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. About 19 people were killed, including nine minors, and others were injured in the strike on Jabalia, local media reported. An Israeli military spokesman said the claim was under investigation. According to report, the internally displaced…
China has expressed worry about the situation in the Gaza Strip after Israel unleashed massive airstrikes against Hamas militants overnight. China said it is “extremely concerned” and hopes all sides support the effective implementation of the ceasefire, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning in Beijing on Tuesday. She said the parties should avoid actions that…
Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Israeli army said that two suspects approached Israeli troops in the south of the Gaza Strip and posed an immediate threat, prompting the soldiers to fire at them. The fatal incident took…
U.S. President Donald Trump has released a video generated by artificial intelligence (AI) promoting his vision for the future of the Gaza Strip. The 30-second clip, shared on the president’s Truth Social platform on Wednesday, begins with images of fighters and children in ragged clothes among ruins with the caption “Gaza 2025.” The scenery then…
The U.S. freeze on aid has left the World Health Organisation (WHO) without 46 million dollars to evacuate seriously ill patients from Gaza and rebuild damaged hospitals in the coastal strip A representative of the organisation said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters via video link from the Gaza Strip, Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO coordinator for…
Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Palestinian Authority (PA) in the Gaza Strip, stressing his commitment to controversial plans for the war-torn Palestinian territory by U.S. President Donald Trump. “Just as I have committed to, on the day after the war in Gaza, there will be neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority,” Netanyahu said in…
Saudi Arabia to host a high-level summit that brings together leaders from across the Arab world, as discussions intensify over the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. Leaders from Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf States are expected in Riyadh on Friday, Arab diplomatic circles said. The summit would focus on Egypt’s proposal to rebuild the devastated…
