The formation of a new Israeli government won’t stop the killing, but sustained international pressure must be applied What do you call a ceasefire when the firing has not ceased? The killings in Gaza decreased when the truce was announced last October, but they did not end. Israel’s strike on Thursday morning on one of the few remaining functioning hospitals , which killed six people and wounded 28 more, was the first on a healthcare facility since then. But it was not an anomaly. About four...
An overnight Israeli air strike on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least six Palestinians Thursday, including a teenage boy and a surgeon, medics said. Elsewhere in the devastated Palestinian territory, a nine-month-old baby died from the cold as families flee worsening flooding.
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, early on Thursday 12 November, killing six people, including a doctor, and injuring at least 27 others, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Over one million Europeans back the ending of the EU-Israel trade agreement, in the latest citizen effort to hold European governments to account for their human rights commitments. Now the EU Commission has up to six months to respond.
Fresh reports have revealed that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently got into a ‘shouting match from hell’ over the Iran war. This is not the first time the pair have had fiery disagreements; Trump and Netanyahu are known to have explosive discussions on the conflict. This is particularly intense […]
Hospital director says 28 wounded in attack on one of few remaining medical facilities in the strip An Israeli airstrike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed six people, including a surgeon and a disabled man, and wounded 28 others, according to the hospital director. The Israeli military carried out the attack on the hospital, in Khan Younis, early on Thursday saying in a statement it had struck a Hamas commander and other fighters there, without providing evidence. Continue reading...
It’s naive to think the Israeli opposition will act very differently. Look at what it has said about even the most vulnerable Palestinians “Every child, every baby in Gaza is the enemy.” In a normal society, a politician who said something so depraved would face total reputational ruin. Not so in Israel. Meet Moshe Feiglin, previously considered a “far-right outcast”, who has just been elected to Israel’s legislature. He said this last May , but he has also called for more Palestinian babies...
In Lebanon, more than 360,000 people are still displaced after months of war between Israel and Hezbollah, according to the UN. Along the border, the Israeli army claims to be fighting the Iran-backed militant group but now occupies 6 percent of Lebanese territory and is wiping entire villages off the map. In the border area, we meet families living in makeshift housing. Many fear they may never go home.
Israel says Hamas was using the hospital as a military command center, while Palestinian officials report at least six people killed, including a surgeon. The strike comes amid an increasingly fragile ceasefire.
The relationship between the President and the Prime Minister has frequently frayed as the war has dragged on, though Trump has remained steadfast in his backing of Israel.
The October 27 parliamentary vote in Israel dealt a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's policies. Eight days later, Israel's tarnished image in the US – its historic ally – played to the advantage of the Democrats in the midterm elections.
Israeli ex-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and his allies launched a legislative onslaught against caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy on Tuesday, as a new parliament convened in a heated first session.
Charities warn of lack of protection amid health fears for more than 940,000 displaced people living in flood-prone areas Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been left in waterlogged and damaged tents after deadly storms at the weekend, while 150,000 new shelters are held outside Gaza awaiting Israeli approval to enter, aid agencies have said. At least four Palestinian children and woman were killed as heavy rains and wind battered fragile, leaky tents. Thousands have been left without she...