Gaza

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, August 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Middle East

UN members demand end to 'unlawful' Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories

There were 124 votes in favor, 14 against and a notable 43 abstentions, with the Palestinian delegation heralding the adoption as "historic"

Palestinians walk past the rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli military offensive, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UN to demand Israel end 'unlawful' presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months

Photo: BSS
World+Biz

Blinken arrives in Egypt to push Gaza ceasefire: AFP

The bodies of the three hostages, Corporal Nik Beizer, Sergeant Ron Sherman and French-Israeli Elia Toledano, were brought back to Israel in December. Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli army says 'high probability' its air strike caused deaths of 3 Gaza hostages in November

Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, UN report says

A Palestinian student walks between the rubble, as war disrupts a new school year, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with all classes shut

A Palestinian walks past the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Pact for $4.5 million signed to aid 4,400 stranded Gazans in West Bank

Israel-Gaza border, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza war enters 12th month with slim hope for Israel-Hamas truce

CIA director William Burns speaks during a hearing, March 11, 2024, in Washington. File Photo: Mark Schiefelbein / AP
Hamas-Israel war

Heads of CIA, MI6 issue joint call for ceasefire in Gaza

A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
Middle East

UN welcomes progress in Gaza polio campaign, calls for permanent ceasefire

Palestinian children sit at the rubble of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, September 3, 2024. REUTERS/Hussam Al-Masri
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 33 Palestinians but pauses allow third day of polio vaccinations

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state memorial ceremony for Zeev Jabotinsky, founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, August 4, 2024. Naama Grynbaum/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure hostage deal

From left to right: Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Ori Danino. Photo: Collected
Hamas-Israel war

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza, including an Israeli-American