Gaza
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CARE loses contact with team in Gaza
Oct 29, 2023Following a communications cut on last Friday, CARE International has lost all contact with the team in Gaza. Our West Bank and Gaza Country Director Hiba Tibi shares her deep concern for the safety of colleagues... -
UN General Assembly calls for ‘humanitarian truce’ in Gaza
Oct 28, 2023On Friday, the 21st day of the Israel-Hamas confrontation, the UN General Assembly, in the midst of the Israeli army’s announcement that it was expanding its ground operation into the devastated territory, called for a “immediate... -
UN says ‘nowhere is safe’ in Gaza amid Israel bombing
Oct 27, 2023In the midst of increased Israeli airstrikes ahead of a widely anticipated ground invasion, the UN issued a severe warning on Thursday, saying that “nowhere is safe” in Gaza. “People are left with nothing but impossible... -
Hamas lists some 7,000 names of Gaza ‘dead’
Oct 27, 2023After the US president questioned Hamas’ toll estimates, the group on Thursday published a list of nearly 7,000 names of Gazans it said had died in Israeli strikes. According to the Palestinian Islamist group, since the... -
Putin raises concerns of ‘catastrophic deterioration’ in Gaza with Erdogan
Oct 27, 2023During a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced concerns about a sudden worsening of the situation in besieged Gaza, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. According to the Kremlin,... -
Israel bombards Gaza, Lebanon as Netanyahu convenes war cabinet
Oct 25, 2023Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a meeting of his war cabinet and senior generals to discuss the worsening confrontation, while Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza early on Monday and targeted southern Lebanon overnight, according to... -
Hamas health ministry says 5,791 killed in Gaza during war
Oct 25, 20235,791 people have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict with Israel, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run region. There are 2,360 children among the dead. In all, 16,297 individuals... -
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Oct 24, 2023In line with relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as well as the resumption of talks and negotiations aimed at bringing about a two-state... -
Hamas releases two more hostages, US demands rest be freed
Oct 24, 2023Before Gaza ceasefire negotiations are taken into consideration, the US insisted that Palestinian militants release 200 additional captives. On Tuesday, two elderly Hamas hostages were evacuated to an Israeli hospital to be reunited with relatives. According... -
US pledges ‘flow’ of aid to Gaza
Oct 23, 2023As a fresh convoy of fourteen trucks reached the beleaguered and bombed Palestinian enclave on Sunday, the United States pledged to keep providing aid to the Gaza Strip. The White House announced that Israel had agreed...