Gaza/Tel Aviv, May 14, (dpa/GNA) – Almost 450,000 people left the city of Rafah in Gaza in the space of one week as hordes of displaced people try…
Middle East
UK ban on selling arms to Israel would strengthen Hamas, says Cameron
May 12 (BBC/GNA) – The UK has no plans to copy the US and stop some arms sales to Israel if it launches a…
Israeli military orders immediate evacuation of more neighborhoods in eastern Rafah
May 11 (CNN/GNA) – The Israeli military has ordered the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in eastern Rafah as the Israeli military steps…
Israel condemns General Assembly resolution calling for UN membership for Palestinian Authority
May 11 (CNN/GNA) – Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz has condemned the passing of the UN General Assembly resolution on Friday calling for…
UNGA passes resolution calling on Security Council to reconsider Palestinian UN membership
May 10 (CNN/GNA) – A United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on the UN Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership to the UN passed…
Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
Cairo/Rafah, Gaza Strip/Washington, May 10 (Reuters/GNA) – Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed…
Rafah: UN says 80,000 have fled Gaza city as Israeli strikes intensify
May 9 (BBC/GNA) – More than 80,000 people have fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Monday, the UN says, as Israeli tanks…
Israeli police raid Al Jazeera offices in Nazareth
Tel Aviv, May 9, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli police have raided the offices of broadcaster Al Jazeera in the city of Nazareth, confiscating equipment belonging to the Arab-language…
Israel says key Gaza crossing reopened after rocket attacks
Tel Aviv/Gaza, May 8, (dpa/GNA) – The Kerem Shalom border crossing for the delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip reopened on Wednesday after being closed for…
Hamas agrees to ceasefire proposal as Israel attacks Rafah
Tel Aviv, May 7, (dpa/GNA) – A few hours after the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement announced that it would agree to the mediators’ proposal for a ceasefire…
Report: CIA chief to meet Netanyahu in hostage deal effort
Tel Aviv, May 6, (dpa/GNA) - The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to make a “last-ditch” effort for a hostage deal when he…
Al Jazeera decries Israeli move to shut down the TV channel in Israel
Tel Aviv, May 6, (dpa/GNA) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Cabinet unanimously voted to close broadcaster Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. The move came after…
Report: CIA chief to meet Netanyahu in hostage deal effort
Tel Aviv, May 6, (dpa/GNA) – The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plans to make a “last-ditch” effort for a hostage deal when he…
Israel to close Al Jazeera news network in the country
May 5 (CNN/GNA) — Israel has ordered the closure of Al Jazeera in the country, a move the Qatar-based news network called a “criminal act.” Israel’s…
Israel-Gaza war: Kerem Shalom crossing shut as Hamas fires rockets from Gaza
May 5 (BBC/GNA) – Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza after Hamas fired rockets from within the strip, the military has…
Israel pounds Gaza as Cairo peace talks with Hamas continue
Cairo, May 5 (Reuters/GNA) – Hamas leaders held a second day of truce talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on Sunday, with no apparent…
Israel-Gaza war: Tens of thousands rally for hostage deal as Gaza ceasefire talks continue
May 5 (BBC/GNA) – Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied late into the night calling for a deal to bring hostages home, ahead of…
UN warns of surge in casualties from potential Gaza escalation
GENEVA, May 4, (Xinhua/GNA) – An Israeli incursion into the southern city of Rafah in Gaza could lead to a “slaughter” and worsen the…
Hamas delegation heading to Cairo for Egypt-proposed Gaza truce — sources
CAIRO, May 4 (Xinhua/GNA) – Hamas has sent a delegation to Cairo in response to an Egypt-proposed initiative for a truce with Israel, in…
Gaza war rages on as efforts to reach a ceasefire deal continue
Tel Aviv, May 2, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli fighter jets and artillery hit central Gaza on Thursday, the army said, as efforts to reach a new deal between…