Gaza

HRW accuses Israel of 'acts of genocide' for restricting Gaza water access

Israel has steadfastly rejected previous similar accusations from rights groups, saying its actions in Gaza are legitimate military operations.

Donkeys offer Gazans lifeline amid war shortages

Displaced Gazans fleeing fighting or air strikes pile aboard them to rush to safety with their belongings.

Critical race theory, Euro-American pride and the genocide in Gaza

Proponents of CRT believe that racist practices are not individual or idiosyncratic, but are inherent in institutions, policies and structures of governance.

Ben & Jerry's says parent Unilever silenced it over Gaza stance

The lawsuit is the latest sign of the long-simmering tensions between Ben & Jerry's and consumer products maker Unilever.

Portraits of pain: smuggled Palestinian art shows trauma of Gaza

For six months, they handed over paintings and other artworks to people leaving Gaza through its Rafah border crossing with Egypt until Israeli ground forces closed it in May when they took control of the frontier.

US must stop supporting Israel’s genocide

Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed mostly women and children

Will Gaza’s incessant bleeding end under the new US leadership?

The US policy will almost certainly remain the same: to support and arm Israel while largely ignoring the Palestinians’ plight in Gaza.

UNRWA chief warns of 'real risk' of Gaza famine

Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel's retaliatory assault on the territory after the October 7 attack last year by Hamas.

After a year of war, Gazans wonder how to deal with tonnes of rubble

The work is hard, and at times grim. In March, the family built a tomb for one of Shamali's sons, Ismail, killed while running household errands.

May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018

Rights bodies denounce killings of Palestinians at Gaza border

Israeli forces faced accusations of committing war crimes and using "disproportionate force" against Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza yesterday on the deadliest day of cross-border violence since a devastating 2014 war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers.

May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018

Int’l community condemns Gaza violence

On the bloodiest single day for Palestinians since the Gaza conflict in 2014, Israeli troops shot dead 55 Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. The international community has strongly condemned the continuing violence along the Gaza-Israel border.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

US opens its Jerusalem embassy in ceremony

The United States officially opens its deeply controversial Jerusalem embassy in a ceremony that included a video address by President Donald Trump.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

Trump calls Jerusalem embassy move 'a great day for Israel'

US President Donald Trump hail the scheduled opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem as "a great day for Israel," even as deadly clashes erupted between Palestinians and Israeli security forces on the Gaza border.

March 30, 2018
March 30, 2018

8 dead as thousands of Gazans march near Israel border

Clashes erupt as tens of thousands of Gazans marched near the Israeli border in a major protest, leaving eight Palestinians dead and many more wounded in one of the worst days of violence in recent years.

April 18, 2016
April 18, 2016

Israel uncovers ‘new’ tunnel from Gaza

Israel's military says it has uncovered and "neutralised" a tunnel extending from the Gaza Strip several hundred metres inside Israeli territory.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

4 Palestinians killed in anti-Israeli knife attacks

Four Palestinians are shot dead and a fifth wounded in attacks on Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank Saturday, as violence that has fuelled concerns of an uprising showed no let-up.

October 10, 2015
October 10, 2015

Israeli-Palestinian violence: Gaza rocket lands in Israel

The Israeli military says Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fire a rocket into southern Israel, amid a sharp increase in tensions.

July 9, 2015
July 9, 2015

2 citizens held in Gaza: Israel

The Israeli defence ministry says that two Israelis, including an Arab, were being held captive in the Gaza Strip, accusing Hamas of holding one of them.

June 22, 2015
June 22, 2015

UN report on Gaza finds evidence of war crimes by Israel and Palestinian militants

A United Nations investigation has found “serious violations of international humanitarian law” by both Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip during their bloody battle last summer.