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United Nations experts called on Thursday for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, saying time was running out for Palestinian people there who find themselves at "grave risk of genocide." Nearly four weeks of Israeli bombardment against the Gaza Strip in retaliation for attacks by Hamas gunmen in...

Gazan authorities say 15 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp, marking the third bombing of a camp in as many days. A spokesperson for Gaza Civil Defense said the strike on Thursday in central Gaza hit a residential building, and residents reported scores of...

An urgent ceasefire is a matter of life and death for millions in the Gaza Strip, an official warned at a United Nations Security Council emergency briefing, noting climbing child casualties as Israel continues to bombard the enclave. Palestinians in Gaza are facing a life-or-death crisis aggravated...

Oxfam has renewed its call for essential goods to enter the besieged Gaza Strip and said starvation was being used as a “weapon of war” after Israel cut off supplies of food, water, electricity, and fuel to the territory. Israel imposed a “complete siege” on Gaza after Hamas fighters launched an...

Hamas on Monday said it had freed two Israeli women who were among the more than 200 hostages taken during its October 7 rampage in southern Israel while sources said the U.S. had advised Israel to hold off on a ground assault in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli prime minister's office issued a statement...

A massive blast rocked a Gaza City hospital packed with wounded and other Palestinians seeking shelter Tuesday, killing hundreds of people, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. Hamas blamed an Israeli airstrike, while the Israeli military blamed a rocket misfired by other Palestinian militants. At...

The Israeli government has said that it will not prevent humanitarian aid from entering the blockaded Gaza Strip from Egypt, following pressure from its international allies to ease its 10-day siege on the Palestinian territory. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the...

Mahsa Amini—a Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody last year—and the Woman, Life, and Freedom Movement she inspired in Iran have been awarded the 2023 European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Speaking at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday, European Parliament...

The Israeli military said Monday that 199 people are being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, an increase from previous estimates. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari—spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces—told reporters the families of those being held hostage have been notified...

An Israeli air strike killed at least 300 people at a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday, authorities in the Palestinian enclave said, and the United Nations said an Israeli strike also hit one of its schools being used as a shelter. A Gaza civil defense chief said on Al-Jazeera television that more than...