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Israel has denied having a hand in the air strike that is believed to have killed hundreds of Palestinians at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.  Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, blamed Israel for the…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has condemned the attack on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the north of the Gaza Strip. WHO said in a statement released on Tuesday that the attack reported large scale casualties. “The…

An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza has led to the death of at least 500 people, according to Palestine officials. A separate strike on a…

Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant on Monday said Israel’s war against Hamas will be a long one and that the price will be high. He spoke when the U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken visited him in Israel. Gallant…

The global news community is mourning the loss of one of its own, Issam Abdallah, a dedicated Reuters video journalist. Abdallah lost his life on Friday while covering events at the Israel-Lebanon border. He struck…

President Joe Biden on Monday weighed an invitation to visit close US ally Israel to show support as it wages war against Hamas, abruptly canceling a domestic political trip to meet with his national security team.…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the civilian toll in Gaza could see a “catastrophic increase” and warned of the risk of a regional war, after talking to Iranian and Arab leaders on Monday. Russia has repeatedly…

Israel’s air force is getting more U.S.-made bombs to help it destroy the labyrinth of tunnels used by Hamas militants in Gaza…

As war between Israel and Palestine militant Hamas rages with escalating humanitarian crisis mounting, the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has warned that if diplomatic efforts to stop Israeli…

The Chinese government has condemnedIsrael’s attacks on Gaza saying it has gone “beyond the scope of self-defence”. According to , Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, on Saturday, said the Israeli government must “cease…

United States President Joe Biden says the Palestinian Hamas militant group must be eliminated. Speaking on Sunday in an interview with CBS news, Biden said he believes Israel has to go after Hamas. “Hamas is a bunch of…

Israel’s planned ground invasion of Gaza “could lead to the genocide of unprecedented proportions”, the heads of the Arab League and African Union have said. The Barron’s Daily reports that the two organisations…

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Sunday said that Israel’s response to Hamas’ large-scale attack amounted to “collective punishment” of the people in the heavily populated Gaza Strip. Since the October 7…

The Israeli military said Sunday it had confirmed 126 people held as hostages by Hamas since the Palestinian militant group staged their deadly attack eight days earlier. Authorities had initially estimated about 150 Israeli…

Iran yesterday warned Israel to stop its planned all out attack on Gaza otherwise the war might engulf other parts of the Middle East, especially if Hezbollah joins the battle. Iran’s Hossein Amirabdollahian said the…

No fewer than 1,900 Gazans — most of them civilians and including more than 600 children — have been killed in missile strikes on the densely populated enclave after nearly a week of fierce bombardment by Israeli…

Virtually every British newspaper reported this week that Hamas fighters beheaded 40 babies during the assault last weekend. Most of them used it as a front page. It was…

Judges have been told to delay the sentencing of convicted criminals currently on bail – including rapists and burglars – because prisons are full, the…

Israel’s deliberate targeting of civilians, indiscriminate rocket attacks, and cutting off water, power and fuel supply to Palestine, home to more than 2 million people, is a possible war crime, New York-based Human…

As news spread over the weekend that gunmen from Hamas, the Palestinian faction that governs the Gaza Strip, had killed hundreds and taken hostages in a surprise…

The Israeli embassy in South Africa came under fire from African National Congress (ANC) Deputy Secretary General Nomvula Mokonyane for its…

India’s top court has denied an octogenarian man the right to divorce his wife of six decades, 27 years after he first applied to dissolve their marriage. Divorce remains taboo across much of India with only one in…

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has criticised the Israeli military for its ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Varadkar called the strikes and the blockade of the Palestinian territory a form of “collective…

Luis Alfredo Garavito, Colombia’s deadliest serial killer and one of the worst in the world, died Thursday while serving time for abusing, torturing and murdering at least 170 boys aged eight to 16, the country’s prison…