A girl watches as Mohammad Eid mourns his cousin Dima, along with her uncle and grandfather, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Israel and Hamas appear to be...
Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip from a tank, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Yotam Vilk says the image of Israeli soldiers killing an unarmed Palestinian teenager in the Gaza Strip is seared in his mind....
A damaged vehicle is seen after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Marwan Dawood/Xinhua) JERUSALEM (Xinhua) -- Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stern warning on Wednesday, stating that Israel would intensify its military...
Palestinians carry U.N.-donated flour in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas appear closer than they have been in months to agreeing to a ceasefire that could wind down the 14-month war in Gaza and...
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of civil defense workers victims of an Israeli army strike in the Nuseirat camp, at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday Dec.16, 2024. Four civil defense workers were killed according to Palestinian civil defense and health...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a press conference in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File) THE HAGUE (AP) — The world’s top war-crimes court issued arrest...
A MOTHER’S GRIEF – Areej al Qadi weeps of one of her children's clothes after the funeral of her three children in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Thursday Nov. 21, 2024. Seven-year-old Hamza, his five-year-old brother Abdelaziz, and his four-year-old sister Laila Hassan were among 9 people killed by...
Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, on April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year's attack on...
The Philippines said on Thursday, Oct. 17, that it condemns any actions that endanger the lives of United Nations peacekeepers. The country's statement came following a report from United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) that Israeli forces fired at their peacekeepers'...
No Filipino was hurt when a terror attack hit Israel and when Iran fired a salvo of missiles on the Jewish state on the same day, the Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said on Wednesday night, Oct. 2. According to the embassy, all Filipinos in Israel were safe as they immediately sought shelter when...
Filipinos in Israel were advised early Wednesday morning, Oct. 2 (Manila time), to stay in protected areas after Iran launched more than 200 missiles towards the Jewish state following Lebanon's attack. The Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv said that Filipinos in Israel must stay inside shelters or...
Riyad Mansour, the permanent observer of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, addresses a meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) discussing the U.S. veto on Gaza in the Security Council the previous month, at the UN headquarters in New York, Jan. 9, 2024. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout...
