Gaza

The United Nations employs stringent standards to declare a famine, and on Monday it issued a warning of a “catastrophic” food catastrophe for over a million people in Gaza. It depends on the Integrated Food Security...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday called for a deal to free hostages held by Hamas militants in war-ravaged Gaza accompanied by a “longer-lasting ceasefire”. “We need a hostage deal with a longer-lasting ceasefire… We understand...

In the early hours of Friday, the health ministry administered by Hamas in Gaza reported that 20 Palestinians had died and 155 injured in Israeli fire as they were in the beleaguered enclave, waiting to receive...

The first aid vessel heading to the besieged Gaza Strip via a new maritime corridor was visible Friday off the coast of the war-ravaged territory, an AFP journalist said. AFP video footage and photographs showed the...

A ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza left from Cyprus’s Larnaca port on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the NGO operating the vessel said. “They have left,” Laura Lanuza from...

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he was “appalled” by conflict continuing in Gaza despite the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Speaking after the failure of attempts to negotiate a ceasefire, Guterres called...

On Monday, the first day of Ramadan, dozens of Gazans prayed in the midst of the rubble of a mosque that had just been struck by an Israeli airstrike. The Palestinian men, their hands folded in...

As violent combat broke out between Israeli troops and Hamas militants on Saturday ahead of Ramadan, a boat filled with much-needed aid was ready to travel from Cyprus to the war-torn Gaza, where the UN has...

A UN rights expert warned on Friday that the US proposal to open a temporary port off Gaza in order to bring in aid is a cynical performance for a US audience and will not stop...

Israel has returned many remains that were dug up from graves in the besieged enclave in recent weeks, according to a statement released on Thursday by the government media office in Gaza, which is operated by...