The attack is one of the deadliest of the nearly three-month-long war. At least 70 people have been killed in an Israeli air attack in central Gaza’s al-Maghazi refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry’s spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, late on Sunday said the toll is likely to rise. “What is happening at … Read more
Gaza’s journalists are being killed at an unprecedented rate. Plus, Israel’s most powerful allies in the US – Christian Zionist broadcasters. According to Gaza’s government media office, Israel’s military has now killed 97 journalists in the Strip. Israel has barred international media from entering Gaza, firsthand reporting on the onslaught there has been left to … Read more
The first responders and locals are searching for the wounded as more bodies are believed to be under the rubble. At least 90 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in the latest Israeli attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. The enclave’s Health Ministry said Sunday’s strikes hit a residential … Read more
UNRWA chief depicts Gaza’s plight – inhumane conditions, hunger, and people feeling betrayed by the world. For 74 years, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, UNRWA, has provided healthcare, education and social services to many. Yet, the war on Gaza has severely affected the UNRWA as Israeli air … Read more
Desperate Palestinians fleeing Israel’s expanding ground offensive are crowding into an ever-shrinking area of the Gaza Strip as the war enters its third month. Tens of thousands of people displaced by the fighting have packed into the border city of Rafah, in the far south of the strip, and Muwasi, a nearby patch of barren … Read more
Calls grow louder to extend a fragile pause in fighting and allow more aid into Gaza. After weeks of intense Israeli bombardment, a humanitarian truce is being used to exchange dozens of detainees and captives between Israel and Hamas. But that deal hit a snag on Saturday, when a disagreement led to several hours of … Read more
BREAKINGBREAKING, Thousands of displaced people and patients, many in critical condition, do not have ambulances or a means to move. Israeli forces have given doctors, patients and displaced people at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza one hour to evacuate the compound, a medical source told Al Jazeera. The doctor said it was an “impossible” as the … Read more
Premature babies among patients in danger of dying as siege, firing cripple healthcare system. Premature babies are in danger of dying as Israeli attacks cripple most hospitals in Gaza. The World Health Organization says Gaza’s largest health complex – al-Shifa Hospital – resembles a cemetery. How can this happen to places protected by international law? … Read more
Hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza are in their final, “critical hours”, and are expected to completely go out of service due to a lack of fuel and as a result of “direct and intentional targeting”, the government’s media office said. The number of hospitals that have gone out of service since the beginning … Read more
Palestinians live moment to moment as Israel’s bombardment continues. Life in Gaza is dominated by fears of Israeli attacks, finding somewhere safe, worrying about food, water, medicine and whether loved ones are still alive. In the middle of this brutal present, some world leaders have already begun discussing the future, once the war is over. … Read more