Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city where …
Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza on Sunday after Hamas militants attacked it, while the defence minister claimed Hamas wasn’t serious about …
Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing has become the primary gateway for badly needed humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. The military said the crossing was immediately closed, halting deliveries of aid into …
“There will be no agreement without a complete cessation of the war and the withdrawal of the occupation from the entire Gaza Strip.” A high-level Israeli official said earlier on …
Here’s what’s known so far about the current proposal, confirmed by Egyptian and Hamas officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss behind-the-scenes negotiations. A road lined with destroyed …
Hamas said on Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further ceasefire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out …
Israeli army inside the Gaza Strip (Photo: AP) Tel Aviv: The indirect talks between Hamas and Israel are progressing in Cairo with Egyptian and Qatari mediators taking the lead. The …
Britain and the United States on Monday urged Hamas to swiftly accept an Israeli proposal for a truce in the war as well as the release of Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian …
Looking for a moment’s refuge inside the staff room at the overcrowded European Hospital near Rafah, Ahmed Kouta throws himself on a paltry mattress in the corner and props himself up on …
A United Nations team in the Gaza Strip visiting the site for a pier and the staging area for maritime aid operations had to seek shelter in a bunker “for some time” on …