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<p>The majority of members of the UN Security Council are expected to vote in favour of the resolution. Picture: Ted Shaffrey/AP</p>

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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

<p>Israeli police and soldiers stand guard near the site of a shooting at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan. Picture: Mahmoud Illean/AP</p>

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

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel (Leo Correa/AP)

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

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

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

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

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

Israel US Rubio

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Vigil held to show solidarity with journalists working in Gaza

The Dublin protest was organised after five journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

Mideast Wars-UN Aid

UN official says ‘all hope is gone’ if Israeli offensive on Gaza City goes ahead

If Israel’s military goes ahead with a planned offensive in Gaza City, then “all hope is gone that we’re ever going to see the end to this”, a United Nations official has told The Associated Press.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

Italy-Israel

Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘beyond principle of proportionality’ – Italy’s Meloni

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza as disproportionate, saying there have been “too many innocent victims” during the nearly two-year-old war sparked by a Hamas-led attack.

Wed, 27 Aug, 2025

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Israeli military says strike on Gaza hospital was targeting a Hamas camera

A double strike on a Gaza hospital that killed 20 people targeted what the Israeli military believed was a Hamas surveillance camera, it said.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

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Protesters in Israel demand release of hostages as Gaza strikes kill 16

Protesters in Israel have set fir to tyres, blocked major roads and demanded a ceasefire that would free hostages still in Gaza, as Israeli leaders pressed ahead with plans for an offensive which they argue is needed to crush Hamas.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

British Irish Council summit

EU action on Israel is ‘long overdue’, Simon Harris says

Simon Harris says there are 'clear, concrete measures the EU can take'

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Journalist Killed

Four journalists among victims of Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

An Israeli strike has hit southern Gaza’s main hospital, killing 15 people.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025

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Four Palestinians killed seeking aid as famine death toll rises

The deaths add to the growing toll of Palestinians killed while seeking food, as parts of the Gaza Strip plunge into famine

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025

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Deadly Israeli strikes hit Gaza as famine announcement raises pressure

Palestinians sheltering in tents or seeking food were among at least 25 people killed by Israeli strikes and shootings in Gaza, medics said, as the world confronts an exceptional announcement that famine is now gripping its largest city.

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025

Mideast Wars Gaza Resettlement In Their Words

Benjamin Netanyahu says he will give approval for Gaza City takeover despite protests

The wide-scale operation in Gaza City could start within days

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Netanyahu set to give final approval for Gaza City operation despite protests

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to give final approval for plans to take over Gaza City to begin within days.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

CORRECTION Israel Palestinians

Israel approves settlement plan to 'erase' idea of Palestinian state

Settlement development in E1 has been under consideration for more than two decades – but was frozen due to US pressure during previous administrations

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Israeli military to call up 50,000 reservists as it plans new phase of Gaza war

The official said after receiving approval from military leaders, the plan would now progress toward the final approval stage

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians Gaza

Gaza war death toll surpasses 62,000, says Palestinian Health Ministry

The Palestinian Health Ministry has said that more than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 22-month war in Gaza.

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

APTOPIX Israel Palestinians

Israel’s growing frustration over war in Gaza erupts in nationwide protests

Israeli police made dozens of arrests on Sunday as tens of thousands of protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza tried to shut down the country in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war.

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025

Israel Palestinians

Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire and hostage releases

Protesters in Israel demanding their government make a deal to secure the release of hostages held by militants in Gaza escalated their campaign on Sunday, staging a strike that disrupted traffic and closed businesses.

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025