Middle East
Hamas rejects the latest cease-fire proposal, saying Israel is ignoring its key demands
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hamas has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the ...UN Security Council passes resolution calling for Gaza ceasefire
By Amelie Bottollier-Depois with Shaun Tandon AFP After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time ...Aid groups describe an ‘unimaginable’ situation after visiting packed Gaza hospital
By The Associated Press Aid groups that visited a packed Gaza hospital described an “unimaginable” situation in which large open wounds were ...Israeli military says troops captured hundreds of fighters in Gaza hospital
Israeli forces have detained hundreds of Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters including a number of security officials and military commanders during its ...Israeli military says it killed 90 gunmen at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital. ...Gaza’s catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, monitor says
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Dan Williams and Aidan Lewis Reuters Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine ...Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart
BY SAMY MAGDY AP Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to restart in earnest ...Israeli strikes kill at least 29 Gazans awaiting aid, say Palestinian officials
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters At least 29 Palestinians were killed while awaiting aid in two separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip ...Despair deepens for families of hostages in Gaza as Ramadan cease-fire deadline passes
By JULIA FRANKEL,Associated Press A brother contemplated suicide. A sister stopped going to school. A father barely speaks. With each passing day, the ...Gazans break fast without ‘joy of Ramadan’ as Israel-Hamas war grinds on
By Adel Zaanoun with Cecile Feuillatre in Jerusalem AFP The first day of Ramadan came and went in Gaza, with residents marking ...