At least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza war: U.N. committee

At least 21,000 children disabled in Gaza war: U.N. committee

Palestinian children play at the seafront next to a tent camp in the Gaza City port, on September 2, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP At least 21,000 children in Gaza have been disabled since the war between Israel and Hamas began on October 7, 2023, a United Nations committee said on Wednesday (September 3, 2025). … Read more

Israel starts calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

Israel starts calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

Israel began mobilising tens of thousands of reservists and repeated evacuation warnings on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) as part of its plan to widen its offensive in Gaza City, which has sparked opposition domestically and condemnation abroad. The call-up, which was announced last month, comes as ground and air forces press forward and pursue more … Read more

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday (September 1, 2025), killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials. Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects. Airstrikes and artillery shelling … Read more

Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it ramps up offensive

Israel will soon slow or halt aid into parts of northern Gaza as it ramps up offensive

Displaced Palestinians ride on a vehicle loaded with belongings as they flee from one area to another within Gaza City, amid an Israeli military operation, in Gaza City, on August 29, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel will soon slow or halt humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its offensive attempting … Read more

Gaza at ‘breaking point’, says United Nations food agency chief after visit

Gaza at ‘breaking point’, says United Nations food agency chief after visit

Palestinians wait to receive food from a charity kitchen after the global hunger monitor, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, said that Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine that will likely spread, in Gaza City, on August 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The head of the United Nations’ World Food Programme … Read more

Killing of journalists in Gaza shocking: India

Killing of journalists in Gaza shocking: India

A person shows the blood-stained camera that freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, was carrying when she was killed in a double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on August 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP India on Wednesday (August 27, 2025) described as “shocking” and “deeply regrettable” the killing of … Read more

Israel approves settlement project that could divide West Bank

Israel approves settlement project that could divide West Bank

A man walks past a mural depicting the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, with a message that reads in Arabic, “See you soon”, on Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on August 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel gave final approval for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank … Read more

Israel demands release of all hostages after Hamas backs new truce offer

Israel demands release of all hostages after Hamas backs new truce offer

A senior Israeli official on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) said the government stood firm on its call for the release of all hostages in any future Gaza deal, after Hamas accepted a new truce proposal. Mediators are awaiting an official Israeli response to the plan, a day after Hamas signalled its readiness for a fresh … Read more

Hamas accepts new Gaza truce plan: Hamas official

Hamas accepts new Gaza truce plan: Hamas official

Hamas has accepted a new ceasefire proposal for Gaza without requesting amendments, a source from the group told AFP Monday (August 18, 2025), after a fresh diplomatic push to end more than 22 months of war. Mediators Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, have struggled to secure a lasting truce in the conflict, … Read more

U.S. stops visitor visas for people from Gaza

U.S. stops visitor visas for people from Gaza

People hold placards as demonstrators from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign call for an arms embargo on Britain’s weapons exports to Israel, as part of the group’s Summer of Action for Gaza, at RAF High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, Britain August 16, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The U.S. State Department on Saturday (August 16, 2025) said … Read more