Gaza Conflict

Rockets fired from Gaza raise tension for 2nd day as passover begins

Palestinian militants fired a barrage of rockets early on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in southern Israel, as violence erupted for the second day in a row during a sensitive period of overlapping holidays. The barrage came after another tense night at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where Israeli police clashed with Muslim worshippers attempting to stay overnight, in defiance of long-standing compromises about management of the compound. The Israeli military said seven rockets launched from the Gaza Strip all exploded in midair. No group claimed responsibility for the barrage. Unrest in the region was less intense than the previous days, but the rocket fire raised fears of a wider conflagration as Jews began the week-long Passover holiday, hundreds of Christians in the Old City gathered for Holy Thursday at the Holy Sepulcher to mark the Last Supper, and Muslims marked the Ramadan holy month. Al-Aqsa is the third-holiest site in Islam and stands o

8 injured as gunman opens fire at Jerusalem bus, week after Gaza violence

The shooting incident took place as the bus which was attacked by the gunman was waiting in a parking lot near the Western Wall, considered the holiest site where Jews can pray

Hamas issues, then rescinds, sweeping rules on journalists covering Gaza

Palestinians who work with foreign journalists were ordered not to report on Gazans killed by misfired Palestinian rockets and were told to blame Israel for the recent escalation

UNSC to hold emergency meet to discuss escalation across Gaza Strip

United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip

Israel closes crossing to Gaza workers after rockets were fired

The re-opening of the crossing will be decided accordingly with a security assessment, Israeli military body said

Israel to retaliate any attacks from Gaza: PM Naftali Bennett

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned that his country will retaliate against attacks from the Gaza Strip.

UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes

The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. The remarks by Michelle Bachelet came as the UN's top human rights body opened a one-day special session to discuss the plight faced by Palestinians in the fighting this month. She said that Hamas' indiscriminate rocketing during the conflict was also a clear violation of the rules of war. The UN high commissioner for human rights spoke to the Human Rights Council, chronicling the most significant escalation of hostilities since 2014 that left devastation and death in the Gaza Strip before a cease-fire last week. Air strikes in such densely populated areas resulted in a high level of civilian fatalities and injuries, as well as the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure," she said. Such strikes raise serious concerns of Israel's compliance with distinction and proportionality under international ...

UN allocates $18.6 million to Gaza for emergency humanitarian needs

The United Nations has allocated $18.6 million to Gaza for emergency humanitarian needs and plans to launch a flash appeal next week for funds to cover needs over the next three months

Israeli Cabinet approves cease-fire to stop military operation in Gaza

The decision came after heavy US pressure to halt the offensive. There was no immediate comment from Hamas

256 dead, including 69 children, in Israel-Palestine hostilities, says UN

The United Nations' casualty count from hostilities in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel showed 256 people dead - including 69 children and an Israeli soldier - and thousands of people injured

Want immediate Gaza de-escalation: Joe Biden to Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel says it has no 'timeframe' for ending hostilities; death toll tops 219

Biden, in call with Israel PM, urges 'significant de-escalation' in Gaza

President Joe Biden stepped up the pressure on Israel to end 10 days of violent skirmishes with Palestinians

52,000 Palestinians take refuge in UN-run schools in Gaza, says UN report

A UN report said on Tuesday that 52,000 Palestinians took refuge at schools run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip

Over 38,000 Palestinians displaced in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes: UN

The United Nations says over 38,000 Palestinians have been displaced in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes and more than 2,500 people have been made homeless because their houses were destroyed

Biden 'expresses support for Gaza ceasefire' in call with Netanyahu

US President Joe Biden, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressed his support for a ceasefire in the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas, the Palestinian military group

China urges US to play a constructive role to end conflict in Gaza

China renewed calls for the US to play a constructive role in ending the conflict in Gaza and stop blocking efforts at the United Nations to demand an end to the bloodshed

Airstrikes by Israel kill 23 in downtown Gaza City in deadliest attack

Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 23 people on Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out

UN chief says Israel-Gaza fighting 'utterly appalling', calls for ceasefire

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Sunday that hostilities in Israel and Gaza were "utterly appalling" and called for an immediate ceasefire.

UN chief 'deeply disturbed' by destruction of media offices in Gaza City

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply disturbed by the destruction of a high-rise building in Gaza City, by Israel that housed the offices of several international media organizations.

Medics report deaths, injuries following Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip

Several people were killed and many others were injured due to the latest strikes launched by Israel on the Gaza Strip, Director of the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, said in a statement.