Israel

December 20, 2024 10:58 AM

Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide

Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. "This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities have committed the crime against humanity of extermination, which is ongoing. This policy also amounts to an 'act of genocide' under the Genocide Convention of 1948," Human Rights Watch said in its r...

December 18, 2024 9:03 AM

Hamas is hopeful of ceasefire deal in Gaza after holding positive talks

Hamas has expressed optimism about the prospects of reaching a deal about hostage and ceasefire negotiations with Israel, amid a flurry of diplomatic activity in the region, CNN reported. In an official statement on Tuesday, Hamas said reaching an agreement was "possible." The report cited a Hamas source calling the talks "positive and optimistic." Top US, Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials have all touted progress in the negotiations in recent days. While officials caution that a deal is n...

December 16, 2024 10:56 AM

Israeli forces carry out air, ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said its air and ground forces in the north of the enclave killed dozens of militants and captured others. An airstrike hit the civil emergency centre in the Nuseirat market area in the central Gaza Strip, killing Ahmed Al-Louh, a video journalist for Al Jazeera TV, and five other people, medics and fellow journalists said. Another strike on a house in Nuseir...

December 15, 2024 4:56 PM

Israeli troops kill 20 in Gaza Strip, attack school sheltering displaced Palestinians

Israeli troops killed at least 20 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday airstrikes and other attacks on targets that included a school sheltering displaced Gazans, medics and residents said. They said at least 11 of the dead were killed in three separate Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City houses. The others were killed in the towns of Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia camp. Residents said clusters of houses were bombed and some set ablaze in the three towns. The Isra...

December 13, 2024 10:16 AM

Israel kills at least 66 Palestinians in Gaza, strikes post office used as shelter

An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll on Thursday in the enclave to 66. With no sign of let-up in the 14-month-old conflict, the strike hit a postal facility in Nuseirat camp where displaced families had sought refuge and also damaged several nearby houses, medics told Reuters. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Nuseirat is one of the ...

December 11, 2024 5:17 PM

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 33 Palestinians in Gaza, medics say

Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 331 Palestinians, most of them in Beit Lahiya town in the north of the enclave, medics said. Health officials said an Israeli airstrike on a house in Beit Lahiya killed at least 22 people, including women and children. Relatives listed the names of the dead on social media. The Palestinian news agency WAFA said at least 30 people were living in the multi-storey building before it was struck, adding that several...

December 10, 2024 3:10 PM

Israeli troops near Damascus, say Syrian security, after Israeli airstrikes hit Syrian bases

An Israeli military incursion into Syria has reached about 25 km (16 miles) southwest of Damascus, Syrian security sources said on Tuesday, after Israel seized a buffer zone in southern Syria and launched air strikes on Syrian army and air bases overnight. Israel's military operation into Syria comes two days after the lightning overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad by a rebel alliance left Syrians, regional countries and world powers nervous about what comes next. A Syrian security source sa...

December 3, 2024 3:55 PM

Israel issues new evacuation orders in Gaza, kills 12 people

Israeli military strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, most of them in the town of Beit Lahiya on the northern edge, medics said, as the army issued new evacuation orders in the south of the tiny enclave. Medics said eight people had been killed in a series of strikes in Beit Lahiya - one of two towns where the army has been operating since October - while four others were killed elsewhere in Gaza City. The Israeli army issued evacuation orders to residents ...

December 1, 2024 4:04 PM

Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza, Cairo holds fresh talks with Hamas

Israeli military strikes killed at least 15 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, medics said, as Israeli forces kept up bombardments across the enclave and blew up houses on its northern edge. In the central Gaza camp of Nuseirat, an Israeli airstrike killed six people in a house, and another attack killed three in a home in Gaza City, medics said. Two children were killed when a missile hit a tent encampment in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, while four other people were killed in an airst...

November 28, 2024 4:25 PM

Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon

Israeli tank fire hit six areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday and the Israeli military said its ceasefire with Hezbollah was breached after what it called suspects, some in vehicles, arrived at several areas in the southern zone. A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah took effect on Wednesday under a deal brokered by the U.S. and France, intended to allow people in both countries to start returning to homes in border areas shattered by 14 months of fighting. The Israel...