Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announced on Sunday (August 31, 2025) that a spokesperson for Hamas’ armed wing, Abu Obeida, was killed in Gaza over the weekend. Obeida’s last statement was on Friday as Israel began the initial stages of a new military offensive in Gaza City, declaring the area a combat zone. Hamas has … Read more
A Palestinian man walks past uprooted olive trees and razor wires placed by Israeli soldiers following a military raid in the West Bank village of Al-Mughayyir, on August 24, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli bulldozers uprooted hundreds of trees in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir on Sunday (August 24, 2025) in the presence … Read more
Israel announced on Saturday (August 16, 2025) that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory’s most populated areas. The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said the supply of tents to the … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) revived calls to “allow” Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, as the military prepares a broader offensive in the territory. Past calls to resettle Gazans outside of the war-battered territory, including from U.S. President Donald Trump, have sparked concern among Palestinians and condemnation from the … Read more
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters New Zealand’s prime minister said Wednesday (August 13, 2025) that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot”, accusing him of going too far in his efforts to wage war on Gaza. “What’s happening in Gaza is utterly, utterly appalling,” said Prime Minister Christopher … Read more
Greta Thunberg. | Photo Credit: Reuters Greta Thunberg said she and a Palestinian activist group plan to sail a new flotilla loaded with humanitarian aid to Gaza to break the “illegal Israeli siege”. Two other attempts by activists to deliver aid by ship to Gaza, in June and July, were blocked by Israel. Troops boarded … Read more
At least 26 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in the Gaza Strip, hospitals and witnesses said, as families of Israeli hostages called for a general strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to expand military operations in the territory. Mr. Netanyahu on Sunday (August 10, 2025) sought to defend a new military offensive … Read more
An aerial view from a Jordanian military aircraft shows the Gaza Strip, before humanitarian aid is airdropped over it, in Gaza, August 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 18 people were killed across the Palestinian territory on Saturday (August 9, 2025), including civilians who were waiting to collect … Read more
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) Volker Turk during a press conference at the U.N. Headquarters in Geneva. File | Photo Credit: AP U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk on Friday (August 8, 2025) said that “the Israeli Government’s plan for a complete military takeover of the occupied Gaza Strip must be immediately halted”. … Read more
Tents on the seashore of the Gaza Strip from a Jordanian Air Force C-130 plane during an airdrop of humanitarian aid for Palestinians on August 7, 2025 | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (August 7, 2025) that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza and will … Read more
