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 identifies body of hostage Idan Shtivi retrieved from Gaza

Israel identifies body of hostage Idan Shtivi retrieved from Gaza

This undated photo provided by The Hostages Families Forum Headquarters on August 30, 2025, shows Israeli hostage Idan Shtivi (28) whose body was recovered in an Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: AP Israel identified the body of hostage Idan Shtivi, recovered from the Gaza Strip in a military operation this … Read more

Netanyahu pushes forward with Gaza City operation despite opposition

Netanyahu pushes forward with Gaza City operation despite opposition

Widespread opposition from within Israel and international condemnation have not deterred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from his plan to expand the Israeli military’s operation in Gaza City. The Israeli military began calling medical officials and international organisations in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday (August 21, 2025) to encourage them to evacuate the area ahead … Read more

Israel Defence Minister approves plan to conquer Gaza City

Israel Defence Minister approves plan to conquer Gaza City

An Israeli armoured personnel carrier (APC) manoeuvres on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza, Israel August 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israel’s Defence Minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists to carry it out, his Ministry confirmed on Wednesday (August … 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

Who was Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli strike in Gaza?

Who was Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera journalist killed in Israeli strike in Gaza?

Al-Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif in Gaza City. Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent reporter, and three cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on August 10. | Photo Credit: AFP Anas al-Sharif, a journalist for Al Jazeera, was killed in an Israeli strike on Sunday (August … Read more

Israel’s Netanyahu to convene security meeting on expanding Gaza war

Israel's Netanyahu to convene security meeting on expanding Gaza war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to meet with a small group of senior Ministers on Thursday (August 7, 2025) to discuss plans for the military to take control of more territory in Gaza, despite mounting criticism at home and abroad over the nearly two-year-old war there. Mr. Netanyahu will convene the security cabinet … Read more