The protection of health workers and infrastructure is "imperative in all circumstances" the World Health Organization chief said Monday, condemning the escalating violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. In his first comments about the conflict that has killed more than 200 people in the...
Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza Strip Monday, after a week of violence between the Jewish state and Palestinian militants left more than 200 people dead as international calls for de-escalation went unheeded. This picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot shows rockets fired from...
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. Protesters set a fire during a demonstration in solidarity with the...
In the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim, shell-shocked residents were assessing the damage Wednesday after a rocket shattered their district's leafy calm for the first time in its history. Rockets are launched from Gaza city, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, in response to an Israeli air...
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end quickly. US President Joe Biden (Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) "I had a...
Calls grew on Wednesday for a de-escalation of violence after intense hostilities between Israel and the Palestinians that have left at least 72 dead and hundreds injured. Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in the city centre of the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 12,2021. The most...
The Philippines on Wednesday joined the international community in expressing “serious deep concern” over the escalation of violence in parts of Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Photo shows Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, on May 10,...
Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired more than 1,000 rockets towards Israel since Monday evening, when hostilities escalated dramatically following days of unrest in Jerusalem, the Israeli army said. Smoke billows on May 12, 2021 at Ashkelon's refinery, hit by Hamas rockets the previous day in...
More than 100 rockets were fired Monday from Gaza towards Israel by multiple Palestinian armed groups, Hamas Islamists who control the blockaded enclave said. Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian protesters at the Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank on May...
