Gaza

UN worker killed in strike in Gaza as Israel warns of new evacuation orders

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to step up the assault, warning Palestinians in Gaza that Israel would again order evacuations from combat zones soon

India says Gaza situation concerning: 'Important to release all hostages'

Tuesday's attacks across Gaza marked Israel's most intense offensive since the ceasefire began on January 19

Netanyahu blames Hamas after Israeli strikes kill over 400 in Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Gazans to stay out of harm's way and move to safer areas, blaming every civilian casualty on Hamas

Strikes in Gaza that killed hundreds are 'only beginning', says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Tuesday's airstrikes in Gaza are only the beginning and that all ceasefire negotiations will take place under fire. In a recorded statement broadcast on national television, Netanyahu said Israel would press ahead until it realises all of its war goals -- destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group. The previous releases proved that military pressure is a necessary condition for freeing hostages, he said.

Yemen's Houthis fire ballistic missile at Israel, IDF confirms interception

The Israeli military confirmed that its air force successfully intercepted the missile before it entered Israeli airspace

Israel intensifies airstrikes on Gaza: What's behind the new offensive?

Israel has resumed large-scale airstrikes on Gaza, causing widespread devastation. With political and military motivations at play, what's driving this renewed offensive

US DOJ, FBI announce new task force to target Hamas over Oct 7 attack

The Justice Department on Monday announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas for its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by anyone supporting the militant group. Agents and prosecutors participating in Joint Task Force October 7, or JTF 10-7, will investigate and look to bring charges against Hamas militants directly responsible for the rampage in southern Israel, the department said. "The barbaric Hamas terrorists will not win and there will be consequences, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement announcing the task force. The attack killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and Hamas took 251 hostages. It touched off an Israeli counteroffensive that has destroyed vast areas of Gaza, displaced most of the population and killed over 48,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants. The Biden administration's .

US strikes in Yemen: 53 killed, oil prices up, Houthi attacks continue

US vows continued military action to protect shipping routes, launches major strikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels as tensions escalate

Jewish protesters flood Trump Tower to demand Mahmoud Khalil's release

Demonstrators from a Jewish group filled the lobby of Trump Tower on Thursday to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at Columbia University. The demonstrators from Jewish Voice for Peace wore red shirts reading "Jews say stop arming Israel" and held up banners as they chanted "Bring Mahmoud home now!" on the lower level of the Fifth Avenue building's public atrium. After warning the protesters to leave, police said they arrested 98 people who stayed on various charges, including trespassing, obstruction and resisting arrest. Khalil, a 30-year-old permanent US resident who is married to an American citizen and who has not been charged with breaking any laws, was arrested outside his New York City apartment on Saturday and faces deportation. He is being held at an immigration detention centre in Louisiana. President Donald Trump has said Khalil's arrest was the first "of many to come" and vowed on socia

'No one is expelling anyone', says Trump as he presses Gaza takeover plan

US President Donald Trump's comments follow his administration's proposal to relocate Gazans and allow the US to take control of the strip for reconstruction

Israel faces backlash for cutting power to Gaza ahead of ceasefire talks

Gaza ceasefire negotiations are expected to continue in Qatar with Hamas pushing for Phase II, while Israel wants to extend Phase 1

Arrest of Palestinian activist at Columbia will be 'first of many': Trump

President Donald Trump warned Monday that the arrest and possible deportation of a Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University will be the first of many to come as his administration cracks down on campus demonstrations against Israel and the war in Gaza. Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful U.S. resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana. We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, Trump wrote in a social media post. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country never to return again. But a federal judge in New York City ordered Monday that Khalil not be deported while the court considered a legal challenge brought by his lawyers. A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday. Khalil's detention dre

Israel cuts electricity supply to Gaza to push Hamas on ceasefire, hostages

The move follows Israel's decision last week to block all aid to the war-torn enclave, a step similar of its earlier measures at the onset of the conflict, when it declared a 'siege' on Gaza

Palestinian activist student detained by officials at Columbia University

ICE had orders from the State Department to revoke Mahmoud Khalil's student visa

Gaza aid imperiled as millions in promised USAID funds remain undelivered

The Trump administration's cuts to USAID have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups, leaving them paying out of pocket to preserve a fragile ceasefire, according to officials from the U.S. humanitarian agency. The cutbacks threaten to halt the small gains aid workers have made combatting Gaza's humanitarian crisis during the Israel-Hamas ceasefire. They also could endanger the tenuous truce, which the Trump administration helped cement. USAID was supposed to fund much of the aid to Gaza as the ceasefire progressed, and the Trump administration approved over $383 million on January 31 to that end, according to three USAID officials. But since then, there have been no confirmed payments to any partners in the Middle East, they said. The officials, who have survived multiple rounds of furloughs, spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Two senior officials at aid organizations confirmed they have not received any of the promised .

Trump admin rejects Gaza reconstruction plan proposed by Arab leaders

Trump administration has said that US President Donald Trump stands by his vision, which includes expelling the Palestinian residents of the territory

'If you hold hostages, you are dead': Trump issues 'last warning' to Hamas

Donald Trump's statement comes after the White House confirmed that a US envoy was dispatched to Qatar for direct talks with Hamas

Netanyahu thanks Trump for support, release of delayed munitions to Israel

Netanyahu praised Trump as the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House

One killed, four injured in Israel stabbing attack; suspect shot dead

The attack in Israel happened amid heightened regional tensions over the ceasefire situation in Gaza

Israel halts humanitarian aid to Gaza: What it means and what comes next

Israel halts aid to Gaza after the cease-fire phase ends, pressuring Hamas for a hostage deal. The move raises fears of worsening humanitarian crisis amid Ramadan