April 24, 2026 8:45 PM

Israeli strike kills three in Gaza, medics say

An Israeli strike killed at least three in Gaza on Friday, according to Palestinian health officials. The strike hit a crowded area in Gaza City near an area where local police were stationed to guard a bank, said the medics and eyewitnesses. Gaza's interior ministry said the strike killed two policemen and wounded two others, in a statement on Friday. Reuters has previously reported that Israel has heightened its attacks on Gaza's Hamas-run police force that the militant group has used to re...

April 22, 2026 9:12 PM

Attacks in south Lebanon strain ceasefire on eve of Washington talks

An Israeli strike killed two people in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, Lebanon's state news agency reported, and Hezbollah said it launched an attack drone at Israeli forces in the south, further straining a ceasefire between the Iran-backed group and Israel. On the eve of talks in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said Beirut would seek an extension of the 10-day, U.S.-mediated ceasefire, which is set to expire on Sunday. Hostilities between He...

October 29, 2024 3:06 PM

Israeli strike kills dozens in north Gaza town, Gaza health ministry says

At least 60 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday, the Gaza health ministry said. Marwan Al-Hams, an official at the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave, said 17 other people were missing, adding they would be counted as dead, and 150 people were wounded. Medics said 20 children were among the dead. There was no immediate Israeli comment. Video footage obtained by Reuters showed sever...