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WHO hopes to start Gaza polio vaccination second round on Oct 14

GENEVA, Oct 4: The World Health Organization said on Friday it hopes to give hundreds of thousands of children in ...

Gaza and a ceasefire slip out of focus as Lebanon conflict rages

CAIRO, Oct 3: Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed ...

Food aid to Gaza falls as Israel sets new rule

Oct 2: Food supplies to Gaza have fallen sharply in recent weeks because Israeli authorities have introduced a new customs ...

Two-thirds of Gaza buildings damaged in war: UN

GENEVA, Sept 30: Two-thirds of the buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed since the Gaza war ...

Erdogan says UN, Western values dying in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 25: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that the values of the United Nations' system and ...

Palestinians absent from Israeli news coverage of Gaza war

TEL AVIV, Sept 25: Since war began in Gaza on October 7, Israel's military campaign has received rolling coverage on ...

Israeli economy struggles under weight of Gaza war

RISHON LEZION, Sept 24: Nearly a year of war in Gaza has battered Israel's economy, and poverty is now threatening ...

US believes Gaza ceasefire deal unlikely in Biden’s term: WSJ

WASHINGTON, Sept 20: US officials now believe that a ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza ...

Harris calls for end to war in Gaza, no Israeli reoccupation

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 18: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris called on Tuesday for an end to the Israel-Gaza war and ...

Gaza truce best way to ensure regional stability: Blinken

CAIRO, Sept 18: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday in Cairo that a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war ...

Blinken arrives in Egypt to push Gaza ceasefire

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo early Wednesday on his 10th trip to the Middle East since ...

German news media demand access to war-torn Gaza

BERLIN, Sept 17: German news media outlets on Tuesday called on Israel to grant them access to war-torn Gaza, charging ...

Gaza rescuers say at least 18 killed in Israeli strikes

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Gaza rescuers and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 18 people across the Palestinian territory overnight and on ...

Hamas official says group has ‘high ability’ to continue Gaza war despite losses

ISTANBUL, Sept 15: A senior Hamas official told AFP on Sunday that the Palestinian Islamist movement had ample resources to ...

Gaza rescuers say 11 dead in Israeli strike on house

GAZA CITY, Sept 14: Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday that an overnight Israeli air strike hit a house in ...

11 members of one family killed after Israeli bombing of Gaza

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Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike hit a house in Gaza City on Saturday morning and killed ...

Gaza polio vaccination drive a ‘massive success’: WHO

GENEVA, Sept 13: The WHO chief hailed Friday the success of the first phase of a giant polio vaccination campaign ...

China defence minister calls for ‘negotiation’ to end Ukraine, Gaza wars

BEIJING, Sept 13: Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun said Friday that "negotiation" was the only solution to conflicts such as ...

Germany says deaths of UN staff in Gaza ‘totally unacceptable’

BERLIN, Sept 12: Germany on Thursday said the deaths of six UN staff in war-torn Gaza are "totally unacceptable" and ...

At least quarter of Gaza wounded have ‘life-changing injuries’: WHO

GENEVA, Sept 12: The World Health Organization said Thursday that at least a quarter of those hurt in the war ...

UN decries ‘staggering’ economic devastation across Gaza, West Bank

GENEVA, Sept 12: Israel's war against Hamas has decimated Gaza's economy, shrinking it to less than one-sixth of its 2022 ...

Iraq PM, hosting Iran president, rejects widening Gaza war

BAGHDAD, Sept 11: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, speaking alongside visiting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, said Wednesday that both ...

Gaza agency says Israeli strike kills 40 in humanitarian zone

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Sept 10: Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli strike Tuesday on a humanitarian zone in the Palestinian ...

Israel defence minister says Gaza truce deal a ‘strategic opportunity’

TEL AVIV, Sept 10: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant offered his support for a hostage release agreement in the first ...

As Gaza war rages, Netanyahu rival calls Iran, Hezbollah ‘real issues’

WASHINGTON, Sept 9: Former war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Sunday said Israel should shift its focus toward Hezbollah and ...

Israeli strike kills senior rescue-service official in Gaza

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An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia on Sunday killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency ...

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours

CAIRO, Sept 7: Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of ...

Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim

GAZA, Sept 7: The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza entered its 12 month Saturday with little sign of ...

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours

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Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, local ...

UN accuses Israel of a 'starvation campaign' in Gaza that Netanyahu denies

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The UN independent investigator on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a "starvation campaign" against Palestinians during ...