Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country’s military campaign in Gaza will continue with “full force”, as the number killed in an overnight airstrike rose to 42. The comments come as the UN Security Council meets to discuss the violence, with the UN’s secretary general Antonio Guterres calling for an immediate end to
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More airstrikes smashed into Gaza as Israel’s prime minister vowed to push on “forcefully” with a week-long offensive against Palestinian militants despite growing concern about civilian deaths and the targeting of a building that housed journalists. At least 41 children are among more than 140 people killed in the Palestinian enclave, ruled by the Islamist
A grieving Palestinian father has said his children were killed “without any warning” after an Israeli bombardment struck a house in Gaza City. Eight children aged 14 and under and two women were killed instantly when the three-storey building, located in the Shati refugee camp, was struck at around 1.30am on Saturday. Mohammed Hadidi told
Israeli warplanes bombed new targets in Gaza and Palestinian militants fired back despite attempts to broker a ceasefire – as an annual day of Palestinian grief at Israel begins. The Nakba, or “catastrophe”, is one of the most sombre dates of protest in the Palestinian calendar. It marks the day after the creation of the
Six Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army in the West Bank in a new wave of violence between the two sides. Five were killed after protesters started throwing stones at Israeli troops, while the sixth was shot after ramming his car into a military post and then trying to stab a soldier, officials
Israeli ground forces began launching attacks on Gaza in a widening of hostilities as Israel braced for more internal strife between its Arab and Jewish citizens following Friday prayers. The Israeli military said air and ground forces were firing at the Hamas-run enclave, though it does not appear to mean the start of a ground
Israel has assembled thousands of troops at the Gaza border, as it prepares for a possible ground operation while airstrikes continue on both sides. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has called up 7,000 reservists, cancelled all weekend leave for combat soldiers and is at “various stages of preparing ground operations”, a spokesperson told The Times
The horror for the communities of Gaza and the terror for communities in southern Israel is rightly the focus in this latest clash in the long struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians. From Gaza the rockets continue to fly, and into Gaza the missiles continue to drop. But amidst this renewed conflict, the bitter
Hamas militants have announced one of their most senior leaders in Gaza has been killed in an airstrike amid the worst violence in the region since 2014. Gaza City commander Bassem Issa is the highest-ranking Hamas figure to be killed since the war there seven years ago. Israeli security services said he is one of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Hamas “will pay a heavy price for their belligerence” as the country steps up its attacks on the Gaza Strip. On Tuesday, the Israeli military destroyed a building used by Hamas, killing at least three militants, as Palestinian rockets continued to fall on parts of Israel. It is
Hamas has launched a rocket attack on Tel-Aviv, with a direct hit on a building leaving at least one person dead, Israeli media reports. Israeli transport authorities have closed its main Ben Gurion airport as explosions broke out across the city. Hamas said in a statement it had fired 130 rockets towards Tel-Aviv and its
The Israeli military has insisted it does all it can to avoid civilian deaths after 22 people, including nine children, were killed overnight in the Gaza Strip. Israeli fighter jets, attack helicopters and drones hit more than 130 “Hamas military targets”, including the home of a Hamas commander, according to the Israeli military. The airstrikes
A number of rockets have landed in an area of Jerusalem, according to Israeli media reports. It came minutes after an ultimatum from Hamas for Israel to withdraw forces from two flashpoints in the city. The group claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it retaliation for Israeli “crimes and aggression”. Advertisement
Israeli police have clashed with Palestinian protesters inside a Jerusalem holy site amid rising tensions. Officers fired tear gas and stun grenades and protesters threw stones and other objects from the al Aqsa mosque compound. Palestinians reported stun grenades were fired into the mosque compound, with dozens reportedly injured. The site, known to Jews as
A small private hospital in India’s most populous state is being charged under the National Security Act for sounding the alarm over a lack of oxygen. The director of the Sun Hospital in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh told Sky News he faced being arrested at any time and his business seized after the police laid
An “out of control” Chinese rocket has landed in the Indian Ocean, China says. The rocket, called Long March 5B, was launched from Wenchang Space Launch Centre on 29 April to carry Tianhe – the first module of China’s future space station – into orbit. The spacecraft contains what will become living quarters for three