أرشيف الوسم : killed

The international community intensified its condemnation of Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip on Monday after a strike close to a UN school harboring civilians killed 10 people and sparked worldwide outrage. As the Israeli military operation entered day 28 on Monday, the international community seems to be losing patience with Israel. Over 1,800 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza …

Israel has ended its three-day truce with Hamas on Friday only hours after it had begun, saying that it fears an Israeli soldier was captured in Gaza. The peace ended when intense shelling struck southern Gaza, killing several dozens of people in the process. Hamas had accused Israel of ending the truce, while Israel has said that it was responding …

On Friday, a fierce battle between extremist group Islamic State (IS) and federal forces caused the deaths of seventeen Iraqi soldiers, while bombing in and around Baghdad killed 16 others. The clashes in the town of Jurf al-Sakhr, a settlement situated alongside the Euphrates River and a road that links Sunni militant strongholds to Shi’ite holy sites to the south …

On Monday, several thousands of Palestinians gathered at that Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to pray and stand in support of Gaza as the Muslim holiday of Eid ul-Fitr began. Police reports suggest that over 45,000 people were at the mosque, with many dressed in black T-shirts with “Gaza, supporting you is our Eid” and “We are all Gaza” written …

Security forces in Israel were on high alert on Friday after many Palestinians were shot and killed during a massive protest in West Bank against Israel’s military assault on Gaza. According to security and medical sources, five Palestinians were killed on Friday in West Bank in two different incidents involving Israeli settlers and Israeli troops. Three Palestinian men participating in …

By  Jehan Alfarra The third recipient of the annual Gaza Oxford Brookes Scholarship founded in the aftermath of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in 2009 is fighting for his life in Al-Shifa Hospital after his home was bombed by Israeli forces in the latest assault on the Gaza Strip. Hassan Alhallaq’s 8 months pregnant wife, his 2 young children, his mother …

On Thursday, 15 people were killed when Israeli forces struck a UN shelter in Gaza, medics said, bringing the Palestinian death toll over the past 17 days to 798. According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, at least 15 people were killed and 200 people were wounded by an Israeli strike on a school looked after by the UN agency …

The Israeli aggression in Gaza has, at the time of writing, killed at least 687 Palestinians in Gaza as Israel continued its assault for the sixteenth day. Fighting between Hamas and Israel was suspended for a brief time on Wednesday in several critical areas in Gaza to let conoys of ambulances retrieve the wounded. In the latest Israeli strikes, five …

Ten human rights organizations urgently contacted Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein today following the release of reports on the nature of attacks within the Gaza Strip and the high rate of civilian casualties. This information raises concerns about grave violations of international humanitarian law. The organizations demanded that the Attorney General instruct the government to refrain from violating the laws of …

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at the time of writing, declared at least 624 deaths since the Israeli onslaught on Gaza began over two weeks ago. It added that over 3,750 people have been wounded by the Israeli attack. In the latest attack, air strikes caused the deaths of at least 13 children and women in Gaza, medics …