Gaza-Israeli conflict Stories

UN chief ‘appalled’ by worsening Gaza crisis as civilians face displacement, aid blockades
UN News  |  Jul 05, 2025

On just one day this week, nearly 30,000 people were forced to flee under new Israeli relocation orders, with no safe place to go and clearly inadequa...

613 killed near Gaza aid outlets as hospital is overwhelmed by injured patients- UN
DW News  |  Jul 04, 2025

More than 600 Palestinians have died near Gaza aid sites since late May, says the UN. Meanwhile, doctors say Gaza’s main hospital is now "one massive...

Death toll from Israel strike on Gaza cafe rises to 34: sources
XINHUA  |  Jul 01, 2025

Palestinian security officials and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that an Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile at the site.

Kenya begins evacuation of citizens from Iran as fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire takes hold
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 30, 2025

The first group of evacuees from Iran arrived in Nairobi on Sunday morning and was received by government officials at Jomo Kenyatta International Air...

Deadly Israeli attack on Tehran’s Evin Prison killed 71, Iran judiciary says
DW News  |  Jun 29, 2025

Evin Prison, located in northern Tehran, is Iran’s most infamous facility for holding political prisoners.

Iran will 'shake' after alleged ceasefire violation, Israeli minister says
DW News  |  Jun 24, 2025

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also responded to the Iranian missile launch. "Tehran will shake," Smotrich posted on his X account.

More Gazans killed trying to get food, healthcare near to ‘full disaster’
UN News  |  Jun 18, 2025

The mass casualty event left “hundreds of casualties, completely overwhelming Nasser Medical Complex” in Khan Younis, said WHO’s Representative in the...

Jordan’s King Abdullah warns Israel-Iran war threatens global stability, urges urgent global action
Mwangi Maina  |  Jun 17, 2025

Calling for urgent international action, King Abdullah cautioned that the global community risks moral complicity by remaining silent.

Military says Iran has launched 100 drones toward Israel
DW News  |  Jun 13, 2025

Earlier, Iranian armed forces spokesperson Abolfazl Shekarchi told state TV that Israel would pay a "heavy price" for the attack and should await a "s...

Israeli fire kills at least 12 near Gaza aid sites, local health officials say
DW News  |  Jun 09, 2025

Israel's military said it fired warning shots at approaching "suspects" who ignored warnings to turn away, in an area that is considered an active com...

Gaza: Nine children of doctor couple killed in Israeli strike
DW News  |  May 25, 2025

Ahmad said that the couple's only surviving child, an 11-year-old son, was in critical condition after the strike. The dead children ranged in age fro...

Deadly Israeli strikes pound Gaza, Trump says 'people are starving'
Reuters  |  May 16, 2025

Israel has intensified its bombardment and built up armoured forces along the border despite growing international pressure for it to resume ceasefire...

South Africa condemns Israel's bombing of hospitals in Gaza
XINHUA  |  Apr 18, 2025

It said the attack on the hospital forced the evacuation of dozens of wounded people and left Gaza critically short of emergency care.

Israeli missiles hit Gaza hospital compound, prompting overnight evacuation
Reuters  |  Apr 13, 2025

The Palestinian foreign ministry and Hamas condemned the attack at Al-Ahli, and said in a statement that Israel was destroying Gaza's healthcare syste...

Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings
Reuters  |  Apr 07, 2025

The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later by offi...

Egypt says Gaza reconstruction plan ready, pushes efforts for ceasefire's second phase
Reuters  |  Mar 02, 2025

Arab states, which were swift to reject Trump's plan for the US to take control of Gaza and resettle Palestinians, are scrambling to agree on a diplom...

AU to give platform to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas amid shifting African-Israeli dynamics
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 15, 2025

Mahmoud's address this year comes at a time when Africa's once-unanimous support for Palestine is increasingly complicated by internal divisions and g...

UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi says Trump's Gaza takeover idea ‘very surprising’
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 06, 2025

Grandi called the idea "very surprising" and emphasised the need to understand the concrete details before making any further comments.

Trump suggests US will take over Gaza, make it the 'Riviera of the Middle East'
Amina Wako  |  Feb 05, 2025

When questioned by reporters about the legal basis for the US assuming control of Gaza, Trump claimed he had studied the matter closely for months.

Four Israeli soldiers swapped for 200 Palestinians; north Gaza shut over hostages
Reuters  |  Jan 26, 2025

Cheering crowds greeted the releases on either side, including Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv and Palestinians assembled in Ramallah.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Gaza ceasefire will not start until Hamas releases hostage list
Reuters  |  Jan 19, 2025

Hostages were expected to be released within hours of the start of the ceasefire, opening the way to a possible end to a 15-month war that has upended...

ICC prosecutor sees 'no real effort' by Israel to probe alleged Gaza war crimes
Reuters  |  Jan 18, 2025

ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence chief Yoav Gallant and Hamas leader Ibrahim Al...

Israeli security cabinet approves ceasefire deal
Reuters  |  Jan 17, 2025

If successful, the ceasefire would halt fighting between Hamas and Israeli forces that has razed much of heavily urbanised Gaza, killed more than 46,0...

With UNRWA fate unclear, UN and Israel argue over who's responsible for Palestinians
Reuters  |  Jan 13, 2025

UNRWA, established by the U.N. General Assembly, provides aid, health and education services to millions of Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, inclu...

As Gaza suffers, hunger watchdog refrains from using the F word: famine
Reuters  |  Dec 30, 2024

Many aid workers and doctors say famine has taken hold in Gaza. But amid Israel’s military assault and curbs on movement, the world’s hunger monitor h...

Israel detains medics after hospital raid, health officials say
Reuters  |  Dec 28, 2024

The Suez Canal Authority said in a statement that during a trial run two ships passed through a new stretch of the canal's two-way section without inc...

Ten Palestinians killed in airstrikes on houses in central Gaza, medics say
Reuters  |  Dec 22, 2024

Meanwhile, Gaza's health ministry said there was ongoing intense and heavy bombing of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, which it said was occ...

Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated
Reuters  |  Dec 22, 2024

The head of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, Husam Abu Safiya, told Reuters via text message that obeying the order to shut down was "next to...

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