Showing 1 - 10 of 2,881
More strikes on Gaza after Israel warns war will last through 2024
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Shelling and missile strikes rocked the length of the Gaza Strip overnight into Tuesday, after Israel's army warned its war against the territory's Hamas rulers will last through 2024.
Israel army warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Unrelenting Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza on Monday, while an army spokesman warned the war on the besieged territory's Hamas rulers will continue throughout 2024.
Israelis and Palestinians end dark year, with no end in sight to war
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's Oct 7 attack will last for "many months".
‘Exhausted’ Gazans desperate for war to end
AFP, Published on 30/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - After nearly three months of deadly strikes, incessant displacements and sputtering humanitarian aid, "exhausted" Gazans say they are desperate for an end to the fighting as Israel's war against Hamas looks set to grind on into the new year.
Israel bombs Gaza as Egypt hosts Hamas to discuss truce proposal
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israel pounded Gaza on Friday, nearly 12 weeks into the war started by the October 7 attacks, as Egypt hosted a Hamas delegation for talks aimed at ending the conflict that has devastated much of the besieged Palestinian territory.
Deadly Israeli shelling reported near Gaza hospital
AFP, Published on 29/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP - Israeli shelling near a southern Gaza hospital has killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, after Israel stepped up its attacks in the centre and south of the besieged territory.
Wildcat Channel tunnel strike blocks France-UK train travel
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» PARIS - A shock strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel blocked train travel Thursday between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded.
Christmas muted in 'grieving' Bethlehem
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year.
Israel strikes Gaza as pressure grows to free more hostages
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Israel carried out fresh strikes on Gaza Sunday as its leaders came under growing pressure to secure the release of hostages still held in the Hamas-run territory more than two months after the Oct 7 attacks.
Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in south Gaza
AFP, Published on 10/12/2023
» GAZA STRIP (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Israeli forces on Sunday fought Palestinian militants around southern Gaza's main city, as the UN chief decried divisions that had "paralysed" the Security Council's response to the over two-months-old war.