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Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing towards Gaza say the Israeli navy has begun intercepting their vessels as they approach the besieged Palestinian territory (Global Sumud Flotilla via AP)

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Israeli navy has begun intercepting Gaza-bound aid flotilla, say activists

Activists on board a flotilla of vessels sailing towards Gaza said late on Wednesday that the Israeli navy had intercepted three of its boats as they approached the besieged Palestinian territory.

<p>Displaced Palestinian children search for firewood and plastic in a landfill beside the makeshift tent camp where they are taking shelter, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip (Jehad Alshrafi/AP)</p>

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Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City or be seen as militants

<p>Palestinians mourn during the funeral of their relatives who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)</p>

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Israeli strikes kill 16 in Gaza as world awaits Hamas response to peace plan

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At least 27 Palestinians killed as Hamas ponders Trump peace plan

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Trump and Netanyahu meet at White House as pressure mounts to end war in Gaza

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Netanyahu and Trump set to meet as pressure mounts to end war in Gaza

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Netanyahu says Israel working on ceasefire plan on eve of Trump meeting

The death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has topped 66,000 Palestinians

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly Israel

Gaza death toll climbs above 66,000 as Netanyahu prepares to meet Donald Trump

The ministry said in its daily report on Sunday that the death toll has now climbed to 66,005

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war climbs above 66,000

More than 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said.

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israeli strikes kill more than 30 in Gaza amid Netanyahu defiance

Israeli strikes have killed at least 38 people across Gaza overnight, health officials said. The onslaught continues despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, with Israel’s leader remaining defiant about the ongoing war.

Sat, 27 Sep, 2025

UN General Assembly

Netanyahu says Israel ‘must finish the job’ against Hamas in Gaza

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told fellow world leaders at the United Nations that his country “must finish the job” against Hamas in Gaza, giving a defiant speech despite growing international isolation over his refusal to end the ...

Fri, 26 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, say officials

Israel has struck houses and tents in central and southern Gaza, crushing families inside and killing at least 17 Palestinians, including 10 children and three women, local health officials said, as international pressure for a ceasefire continued ...

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

Italy Mideast Wars Gaza Flotilla

Activist flotilla seeking to break Gaza blockade says drones attacked its boats

The Global Sumud Flotilla said it was attacked during the night by “unidentified drones and communications jamming”

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel destroys evacuated health centre in Gaza City, medics say

Multiple hospitals in the famine-stricken city have been forced to shut down as Israeli forces advance

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Israel kills 34 people in Gaza ahead of UN summit to recognise Palestinian state

Health officials at Shifa Hospital said the dead included 14 people killed in a late-night strike on Saturday, which hit a residential block in the southern side of the city

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 14 people

The strikes come as some Western countries are moving to recognise Palestinian statehood at the gathering of world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly next week

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

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UN Security Council to vote on Gaza ceasefire resolution but US veto expected

Diplomats at the United Nations said the United States will likely veto the effort, as they have done for similar resolutions in the past year, including the last effort in June

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Jordan

Two killed at West Bank crossing as ‘four soldiers die’ in Gaza offensive

The Israeli military separately announced the deaths of four more soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip, the first since it launched a major offensive in Gaza City, in the north

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Shooting at Israeli-run border crossing with Jordan kills two, medics say

There were no immediate details from Israeli authorities

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

Belgium EU Trade Mercosur

EU sets out tariffs and sanctions plan to pressure Israel to end Gaza war

The EU is Israel’s largest trading partner, so the tariffs could have far-reaching effects on Israel’s economy, which is already rattled by the cost of a long war

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

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Palestinian death toll passes 65,000 as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza City

Israel’s military said that air force and artillery units had struck the city over 150 times in the last few days, ahead of ground troops moving in

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

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Aid groups call for stronger efforts to stop Israel’s Gaza City offensive

A coalition of leading aid groups has urged the international community to take stronger measures to stop Israel’s offensive on Gaza City after a commission of UN experts found Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel’s defence minister says ‘Gaza is burning’ after heavy strikes overnight

Israel Katz’s remarks come as the country’s military has been planning a new offensive targeting Gaza City.

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Qatar

Summit leads to little action after Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha

But leaders offered different views about what to do, and the group agreed to take only minimal action

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Qatar Israel Hamas

Qatar hosts summit in response to Israeli strike on Hamas in Doha

Israel launched its invasion of Gaza in response to Hamas’ October 7, 2023, attack, and since then, it has also retaliated against the militant group and other members of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance elsewhere

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Israel US

Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have vowed that Hamas must be eliminated and all hostages released for there to be peace in Gaza, setting aside calls for an interim ceasefire in favour of an immediate ...

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Gulf Anger

Qatar denounces Israel ahead of major summit on Doha strike

Qatar’s prime minister denounced Israel as foreign ministers from Arab and Muslim nations met to discuss a possible unified response to Israel’s attack on Doha targeting the leadership of the militant group Hamas.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians US Rubio

Rubio in Israel as strikes intensify in northern Gaza

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel for a two-day visit as its military intensified attacks on northern Gaza, flattening multiple high-rise buildings and killing at least 13 Palestinians.

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

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Rubio to use visit to Israel to seek answers on way forward after Qatar strike

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he will be seeking answers from Israeli officials about how they see the way forward in Gaza following Israel’s attack on Hamas operatives in Qatar that has upended efforts to broker an end to the conflict.

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Basel Adra

Palestinian Oscar-winning director says West Bank home raided by Israeli soldiers

Basel Adra said Israeli settlers had attacked his village, injuring two of his brothers and one cousin, and he accompanied them to hospital

Sun, 14 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel ramps up strikes on Gaza City, killing at least 32 people

A barrage of air strikes has killed at least 32 people across Gaza City as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to evacuate, medical staff reported.

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Qatar

Netanyahu ‘killed any hope’ of hostage release with Doha strike – Qatar PM

Qatar’s prime minister has said Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu “killed any hope” over the release of hostages still held in the Gaza Strip after Israel attacked Hamas chiefs in Doha.

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

France EU State of Union

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU trade with Israel

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Tunisia Gaza Flotilla

Activist group says drone hit Gaza aid boat in Tunisia, authorities deny attack

An international activist group seeking to deliver aid to Gaza on a flotilla says one of its boats was hit by what it believes was a drone while docked in Tunisia.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

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Israel urges full evacuation of Gaza City as high-rise buildings destroyed

The Israeli military has urged a full evacuation of Gaza City ahead of its planned military operation in the city. The announcement was the first warning for a full evacuation of the city in the current round of fighting.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel demolishes high-rise building in Gaza City as part of ramped-up offensive

Over the past several days, Israel has destroyed multiple high-rise buildings in Gaza City, warning that Hamas has installed surveillance infrastructure in them

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Mideast Wars Israel Prisoners

Israel’s Supreme Court says government not feeding Palestinian prisoners enough

Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.

Sun, 07 Sep, 2025

More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period

More than 7,000 under-fives in Gaza put in malnutrition recovery in two-week period

Unicef expects August malnutrition cases to top 15,000, as famine declared in Gaza City spreads south

Sat, 06 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel strikes Gaza City high-rise building as offensive ramps up

Israel struck a high-rise building on Friday as the army ramped up an offensive in preparations to take over Gaza City.

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, say health officials

The news came as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending the fighting sparked by the militant group’s 2023 attack.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Israeli protesters stage ‘day of disruption’ as more strikes hit Gaza City

Protesters took to Israel’s streets for what they called a “day of disruption” on Wednesday, denouncing the call-up of tens of thousands of reservists for an offensive that has drawn global condemnation and fuelled fears in Israel it could endanger ...

Wed, 03 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Israel calls up reservists as it pushes into first stage of Gaza City offensive

Israel began mobilising tens of thousands of reservists and repeated evacuation warnings as part of its plan to widen its offensive in Gaza City, which has sparked opposition domestically and condemnation abroad.

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Spain Gaza Flotilla

Storm forces flotilla back to Barcelona port, delaying its journey to Gaza

A flotilla heading to Gaza that had departed Barcelona has been forced back to port after a storm hit parts of Spain overnight.

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, joined other rights groups in accusing Israel of genocide, allegations it vehemently rejects

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Hamas spokesman killed in Gaza attack, claims Israel

Israel’s defence minister has said a key spokesman for Hamas’s armed wing has been killed in Gaza. Abu Obeida’s last statement was on Friday as Israel began the initial stages of a new offensive in Gaza City, declaring the area a combat zone.

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025

Spain Gaza Flotilla

Aid flotilla to set sail from Spain bound for Gaza

A flotilla of ships is preparing to set sail for the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid on board, while Israel steps up its offensive on Gaza City and is limiting the deliveries of food and basic supplies in the north of the Palestinian territory.

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel to slow or halt aid into parts of Gaza as it ramps up offensive

Israel will soon slow or halt humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its offensive attempting to cripple Hamas, an official said on Saturday.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israel declares Gaza City a ‘combat zone’ and suspends noon ceasefires

Israel’s military did not say whether they had notified residents or aid groups about the plans to resume daytime hostilities

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

UN food agency chief says women and children are ‘starving’ in Gaza

The head of the UN food agency has said it was “very evident” during her visit to Gaza this week that there is not enough food in the Palestinian territory and that she spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the urgent need for ...

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

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EU damaged by lethargic response to daily horror in Gaza says President Higgins

He said too many European leaders 'have stayed silent', and those who have begun to speak up are not using 'appropriate' language

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025