Hamas Israel War News

Hamas warns hostages doomed unless demands met

Hamas warned Sunday that no hostages would leave Gaza alive unless its demands for prisoner releases are met, while the World Health Organization said the territory's health system was collapsing after more than two months of war

Israel, Hamas agree on four-day truce, hostage release and aid into Gaza

Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave

'Middle East conflict may affect global shipping'

The Israel-Hamas conflict has not had any immediate effect on global shipping, but it may impact ocean freight if the conflict lingers.

Humanitarian aid starts entering Gaza from Egypt

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for war-torn and besieged Gaza started passing into the Rafah border crossing from Egypt Saturday, a security source and an Egyptian Red Crescent official told AFP

Bangladesh observes Day of Mourning for Palestinians

Bangladesh is observing a Day of Mourning today for the Palestinians killed in recent Israeli attacks

Israel-Hamas conflict / US embassy in Dhaka flies flag at half-staff

The move comes as US "mourns every innocent life lost" in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict

Deaths of Palestinians in Israel attack: PM announces state mourning Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a one-day state mourning for Saturday commemorating the deaths of Palestinians in Israel attacks

UN chief 'horrified' by Gaza hospital blast that killed hundreds

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "horrified" by hundreds of people killed in Tuesday's strike on a Gaza hospital

Don’t Palestinians deserve a life worth living?

The world is going through some cruel times. Not that such inhumanity had not occurred before -- the first and second world wars, and Hitler's holocaust of the Jewish people are among mankind's darkest chapters

October 16, 2023
October 16, 2023

'Israel has right to statehood, so does Palestine'

Chinese envoy to Bangladesh says in meeting with Palestinian counterpart

October 15, 2023
October 15, 2023

Gaza death toll reaches 2,329: ministry

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas's attack on southern Israeli civilians eight days ago have killed at least 2,329 people, the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Sunday

October 15, 2023
October 15, 2023

Israel acting 'beyond scope of self-defence': China's foreign minister

Israel's actions in Gaza have gone "beyond the scope of self-defence" and the Israeli government must "cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza", China's foreign minister Wang Yi said in remarks published Sunday

October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023

Gaza death toll rises to 2,215 including 724 children: ministry

Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since Hamas's attack on southern Israel one week ago have killed at least 2,215 people, including 724 children, the Palestinian territory's Hamas-controlled health ministry said Saturday

October 14, 2023
October 14, 2023

70 killed in Israeli air strikes while fleeing Gaza, Hamas says

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes while attempting to flee the northern Gaza Strip after the Israeli military ordered the evacuation of more than a million residents, a demand that was deemed "impossible" by the UN, according to Hamas officials

October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023

Gaza death toll rises to 1,417

Stories of the conflict between Hamas and Israel as they happen

October 11, 2023
October 11, 2023

What we know about Israel's war with Hamas

Thousands have died and the toll was continuing to climb dramatically five days after Palestinian militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, which has responded with massive shelling of Gaza

October 11, 2023
October 11, 2023

Israel death toll rises to 1,200: military

More than 1,200 Israelis have been killed in the Israel-Hamas conflict, an Israeli Defense Forces spokesperson said Wednesday, up from 1,000 previously reported

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