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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Israeli airstrikes killed five people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said. Medics said that one strike on …
Read More »After 2 years of war, Gaza electric company takes first steps to turn the lights back on
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. It’s pitch black out on the street near Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The Abu Naji family huddle in their tent near the hospital around a …
Read More »Gaza death toll tops 69,000 as Israel and militants again exchange remains
Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. More than 69,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war so far, Gaza health officials said Saturday, as both sides completed the latest exchange of bodies …
Read More »Aid groups call for urgent access of shelter, food items into Gaza as winter nears
Thousands of boxes filled with shelter items and food are sitting idle in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, humanitarian agencies say, warning that very little aid is making its way into Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel began. As colder weather approaches, hundreds of thousands …
Read More »Israeli fire kills 3 people in Gaza, medics say, as hospital receives more Palestinian bodies
Israeli fire killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday, north of the southern city of Rafah, which remains under Israeli control, according to local health authorities, further straining the fragile U.S.-backed ceasefire. In a statement issued earlier on Monday, the Israeli military said forces identified “terrorists” who crossed the yellow line, …
Read More »Israeli military kills 3 Palestinians in Gaza, as 4 days of attacks strain ceasefire
The Israeli military attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day on Friday, killing three people, Palestinian health authorities said, in another test of a fragile ceasefire agreement. Residents reported Israeli shelling and gunfire in northern Gaza on Friday, as Israel continued to bombard areas of the enclave despite saying that it remains committed to …
Read More »Israel says ceasefire back in effect after Gaza strikes kill at least 104 people
The Israeli military said on Wednesday that it will abide by a ceasefire accord in Gaza, as health officials in the enclave said airstrikes had killed 104 people, with both sides trading blame for violations of the deal. Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza late on Tuesday, saying it mounted the strikes after an attack by Palestinian militants …
Read More »Palestinian man says he wishes he could see family, Gaza after losing eyesight in prison
Mahmoud Abu Foul returned to Gaza after spending more than nine months in Israeli detention. But when he was back on home soil, amid hundreds of people who had gathered to greet the released detainees, he could not even look around to find his family because he lost his eyesight …
Read More »World Court says Israel must allow UN aid into Gaza
The International Court of Justice said Wednesday that Israel must allow the United Nations aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the war-torn territory. The UN General Assembly asked the court last year to give an advisory opinion on Israel’s legal obligations after the country …
Read More »Israel denies Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt is reopening
The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will reopen Monday for people returning to Gaza, the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt said Saturday, but the territory’s sole gateway to the outside world will remain closed to people trying to leave. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement …
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