Smoke rises from an Israeli strike, as displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip on September 14, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday … Read more
Israeli forces killed four aid seekers travelling on Sunday (August 24, 2025) through a military zone south of Gaza City — an area regularly used by Palestinians trying to reach a food distribution point, a hospital and witnesses said. The deaths add to the growing toll of Palestinians killed while seeking food, as parts of … Read more
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer | Photo Credit: AP The story so far: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced last week that his government would recognise the state of Palestine during the coming UN General Assembly session in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, allows more humanitarian aid and commits itself towards … Read more
On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel’s war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive, and the painfully high financial costs are raising concerns about the long-term effect of the fighting on the country’s economy. Military spending has ballooned, and growth has stalled, especially in dangerous border … Read more
By dusk, the streets of Khan Yunis stood completely deserted and eerily quiet. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Crowds fleeing Khan Yunis after an Israeli evacuation order gave way to empty streets on Friday as Palestinian residents tried to escape a new Israeli military operation in Gaza’s main southern area. “They threw leaflets at us, … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters Nine months pregnant, Ola Al-Kurd could not wait to hold her baby and bring new life to Gaza during a war which has killed over 39,000 fellow Palestinians and razed much of the enclave. That special moment never came. An Israeli airstrike smashed into the … Read more
A Palestinian man feeds a bird inside a tent at a camp which was recently attacked in Israeli strikes, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Israeli parliament vote to oppose a Palestinian state as an “existential threat”, just days ahead … Read more
Smoke rises from Gaza, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel on July 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.N. rights experts on July 9 accused Israel of carrying out a “targeted starvation campaign” that has resulted in the deaths of children in Gaza. “Israel’s intentional and targeted starvation campaign … Read more
People taking part in a march in support of the Palestinian people ahead of the Nakba day at the Al Kasayir village, in Haifa on May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Palestinians on Wednesday will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the … Read more
The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated on May 12 as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped in areas the military said it had cleared months ago. Rafah is considered Hamas’ last stronghold. Some 3,00,000 of … Read more