The Philippines has joined the international community in calling for an urgent end to what it described as the “ever-worsening humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 25, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippines was deeply concerned over...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The world 's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip 's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it 's likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. The Integrated Food...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he will give final approval for the takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining hostages and ending the war on Israel 's terms. The...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel 's military said Wednesday it will call up 60,000 reservists ahead of an expanded military operation in Gaza City. Many residents have chosen to stay despite the danger, fearing nowhere is safe in a territory facing shortages of food, water and other necessities....
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. humanitarian office said Tuesday on the annual day honoring the thousands of people who step into crises to help others. U.N....
KIBBUTZ RE’IM, Israel—Mazal Tazazo, 35, was narrating how she survived Hamas’ attack during the Nova music festival when she heard yet another blast—a louder one—that stopped her from speaking. For 20 seconds, she paused. She held her forehead. Terrified, she looked around. “It’s...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that 's more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel "has no choice but to finish the job and complete the...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite mounting international calls to end the war and protests by many in Israel who...
President Marcos said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza must no longer be tolerated, calling the deaths, destruction, and starvation “unacceptable” and urging Israel to allow the entry of aid. Asked how the Philippines could reconcile its alliance with Israel and its vote in favor of a Gaza...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted at wider military action in devastated Gaza on Tuesday, even as former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs called for an end to the nearly 22-month war. The new pressure on Netanyahu came as Gaza 's Health Ministry said the...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians were killed or wounded on Monday as desperate crowds headed toward food distribution points and airdropped parcels in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses and local health officials. Israel 's blockade and military offensive have...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out under Israel 's blockade. The alternatives were ineffective. One after...
