Gaza
- Middle East
Gaza hunger eases, but food insecurity remains severe: IPC
Gaza Strip: The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine was declared in parts of the Palestinian territory last year, but…
- Middle East
Palestinian family split by Israel-Gaza reunites after 2 years
Gaza Strip: The last time Mais al-Gharam saw her seven siblings was in the Gaza Strip two months before the war. That was before she left the Palestinian territory to go live…
- Middle East
23 km and growing: Israel’s new earthen wall cutting Gaza in half
Cairo: The Israeli military is quietly but quickly building a giant earthen barrier separating the over 50 per cent of the Gaza Strip it controls from the rest of the territory, according…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes in Gaza City kill nine, including children
Gaza Strip: Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday, July 18, killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said. A strike on an apartment in the Nasr neighbourhood killed…
- Middle East
Trump-backed Gaza rebuild plan cut to Rafah pilot: Report
The Trump administration’s plan to rebuild Gaza has reportedly been scaled back from a territory-wide reconstruction programme to a limited pilot project near Rafah, according to The Guardian. The report said the…
- Middle East
OIC condemns Colombia’s plan to open embassy in Jerusalem
Jeddah: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday, July 16, strongly condemned reports that Colombia intends to open an embassy in Jerusalem, calling the move a violation of UN Security Council resolutions…
- Middle East
Palestine welcomes India’s new aid projects for Gaza recovery
New Delhi: The Embassy of the State of Palestine on Wednesday, July 15, welcomed India’s decision to establish three development projects for the Palestinian people, calling the initiative an important step towards…
- Hyderabad
Healing beyond borders: A Hyderabad doctor’s Gaza mission
Hyderabad: Thousands of kilometres away from Hyderabad, amid the rubble of bombed hospitals and the cries of injured children, hope often arrives wearing a doctor’s coat. For Dr Yousufuddin Sheikh, an orthopedic…
- Middle East
Hamas dissolves Gaza government under US-backed ceasefire deal
Gaza Strip: The Hamas militant group said Monday, July 6, it had dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations…
- Middle East
Gaza doctor in critical condition after detention: Lawyer
Tel Aviv: The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 18 months ago said his client has been abused in captivity and is in critical condition, according…
- Middle East
Egypt says lasting peace with Israel requires a Palestinian state
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has said lasting peace with Israel and stability in the Middle East depend on establishing an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. Addressing…
- Opinions
Palestine: Sonia Gandhi piling moral pressure on Narendra Modi
With Palestine emerging as the Narendra Modi government’s Achilles’ heel, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is mounting moral pressure to take a more humanitarian stand, with Gaza being turned from an open-air prison…
- Middle East
Rats, poor sanitation worsen health risks in Gaza displacement camps
Gaza Strip: Poor sanitation and rat infestations are worsening health conditions in Gaza’s displacement camps, where thousands of families displaced by the war that began after the Hamas attack on southern Israel…
- Middle East
Israeli strike on Gaza tent kills child, two others
Gaza Strip: An Israeli airstrike killed at least three Palestinians, including a child, in the Gaza Strip on Monday, after hitting a tent sheltering displaced people that Israel said housed a militant.…
- Middle East
Ben Gvir faces US complaint over crimes against Palestinians
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has submitted a complaint to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) seeking the prosecution of Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over allegations of war crimes,…
