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Israel Army Issues Evacuation Warning for Several Areas of Northern Gaza

The Israeli military on Tuesday called for residents to evacuate several neighbourhoods in northern Gaza, after it said it had intercepted a projectile fired from the Palestinian territory. Israeli forces are "operating with great force in the areas where you are located to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organisations," the military's ...

Gaza-Bound Aid Boat Intercepted by Israel Reaches Ashdod Port

A Gaza-bound aid boat reached Israel's Ashdod port on Monday after being intercepted by Israeli forces, preventing the dozen activists on board, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. An AFP photographer said that the Madleen, which organizers said was intercepted in international ...

Tunisia Activists Launch Gaza-Bound Convoy in 'Symbolic Act'

Hundreds of people, mainly Tunisians, launched on Monday a land convoy bound for Gaza, seeking to "break the siege" on the Palestinian territory, activists said. Organisers said the nine-bus convoy was not bringing aid into Gaza, but rather aimed at carrying out a "symbolic act" by breaking the blockade on the territory ...

Israel Diverts Gaza-Bound aid Boat Carrying Greta Thunberg

Israeli forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid boat on Monday, preventing the activists on board -- including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg -- from reaching the blockaded Palestinian territory. The Madleen set sail from Italy on June 1 to raise awareness of food shortages in Gaza, which the United Nations has called the "hungriest place on ...

Israel Says to Block Gaza-Bound Aid Boat Carrying Greta Thunberg

Israel on Sunday ordered the military to stop a humanitarian ship carrying activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, breaking the blockade of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. "I have instructed the military to prevent the Madleen flotilla from reaching Gaza," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement from ...

Israel Army Announces 4 Soldiers Killed in Gaza, Thousands More Troops Needed

Israel's military announced Friday the deaths of four soldiers in Gaza, saying it needed thousands more troops to press its offensive, just as the premier's coalition faces the prospect of collapse over ultra-Orthodox conscription. News of the soldiers' deaths came as Gaza's civil defence agency reported 38 killed Friday in Israeli attacks across ...

France Opens 'Complicity in Genocide' Probe over Blocked Gaza Aid

French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a probe into "complicity in genocide" and "incitement to genocide" over French-Israelis suspected of having blocked aid intended for war-torn Gaza, a source close to the case said Friday. The investigation comes after the Jewish French Union for Peace (UFJP) and a French-Palestinian victim filed a legal ...

In Gaza, the Shadow of a Hamas Rival Gains Ground

As Hamas’s uncompromising stance continues to cost dozens of Palestinian lives daily, public anger is mounting. In this climate of deepening disillusionment and insecurity, Yasser Abu Shabab is emerging as a powerful new actor challenging the status quo. A Leader from a Powerful Bedouin Clan Yasser Abu Shabab comes from the Tarabin, a powerful ...

US Blocks Gaza Ceasefire Resolution at UN Security Council

The United States vetoed Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, which Washington claimed undermined ongoing diplomacy to resolve the conflict. It was the 15-member body's first vote on the situation since November, when the United States -- a key Israeli ally -- also ...

Suspect Faces US Hate Charges after Fire Attack on Jewish Protest

The man suspected of a Molotov cocktail attack on Jewish protesters in Colorado is facing federal hate crime charges, officials said Monday, as President Donald Trump's administration vowed to pursue "terrorists" living in the US on visas. Mohammed Sabry Soliman is alleged to have thrown fire bombs and sprayed burning gasoline at a group of ...

Gaza Rescuers Say 14 Killed in Israeli Strike on Home in Jabalia

Gaza's civil defense agency said an Israeli strike on a home in the northern town of Jabalia killed 14 people on Monday. "The number of martyrs from the targeting of the Al-Bursh family home has risen to 14, including six children and three women, in addition to more than 20 missing individuals still under the rubble," agency spokesman Mahmud ...