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Four journalists among 15 dead in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say
JERUSALEM — At least 15 people, including four journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital. Another journalist is reported to have worked for Al Jazeera.Several people were killed in an initial strike, and others in a second which happened as rescuers attended the scene, the Hamas-run Civil Defence said.The Israeli military and the prime minister's office said they had no immediate comment.Pictures from the scene show grey smoke billowing from an upper level where damage is apparent, at what is the main hospital in southern Gaza.Outside, people are running and shouting amid...
August 25, 2025

Four journalists among 15 dead in Israeli strike on hospital, Gaza officials say

Demonstrators block a road during a protest near Jerusalem calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday
Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts proposal
TEL AVIV — Nearly a week after Hamas accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal from Qatari and Egyptian mediators, Israel has yet to respond – even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he is “immediately” starting negotiations to release all the hostages and end the war.The silence reflects a fundamental shift in Israel’s approach that has befuddled mediators and families of the remaining hostages, who have accused Netanyahu of abandoning and sacrificing their loved ones.After 18 months of agreeing only to partial, phased ceasefire deals, Netanyahu is now demanding a comprehensive agreement that would secure the release of all hostages and end the war entirely – on Israel’s terms. The policy reversal comes as the prime minister simultaneously accelerates plans for a...
August 25, 2025

Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts proposal

Manar submitted one of her applications on top of a damaged building in Rafah, southern Gaza, in February 2025
Gaza scholarship winners await UK evacuation to pursue studies
JERUSALEM — As students across the UK celebrated securing their university places, Mahmoud received the news he had been waiting for while trying to sleep in a shelter in central Gaza.The 27-year-old doctor, who holds a prestigious scholarship to study for a masters in global health policy at the London School of Economics, had just finished a night shift treating trauma patients at a field hospital. Rather than awaiting exam results, he was anxious to learn whether he would be able to leave Gaza to begin his course."I was highly emotional and so happy to be awarded the scholarship," Mahmoud tells BBC News. "It gave me the energy to keep working. But most of the time, I avoided talking about it, because of the indefinite uncertainty."Mahmoud is one of nine students in...
August 25, 2025

Gaza scholarship winners await UK evacuation to pursue studies

Eyal Zamir reportedly called on the Israeli prime minister to accept the new hostage deal
Israel must take hostage deal, its military chief says
JERUSALEM — Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff has said there is a "deal on the table" for the remaining hostages in Gaza, according to Israeli media.Lt Gen Eyal Zamir reportedly said the Israeli military had brought about the conditions for a deal, and it is now in Prime Minister Benjamin "Netanyahu's hands," Channel 13 News reports.On Tuesday, Israel's security cabinet is expected to discuss the latest proposal advanced by regional mediators, which Hamas accepted a week ago.It follows mass demonstrations in Israel earlier this month as hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said Zamir had voiced...
August 25, 2025

Israel must take hostage deal, its military chief says

The motive behind the attack is not known yet, the Brussles Capital zone police say
Person stabbed in central Brussels at pro-Palestine demo
BRUSSELS — A person has been stabbed in the wake of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in central Brussels on Sunday evening and is in critical condition, local media reported. The Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone has confirmed that a person was stabbed in the centre of the capital.Ilse Van de Keere, spokesperson for the Brussels Capital Ixelles police zone, told Het Laatse Nieuws: "One person was taken to hospital in critical condition. A suspect was arrested."This afternoon, dozens of people had gathered at Zaterdagplein, near top tourist spot Place Saint Catherine to show their support for Gaza.In a press release, the event's organisers condemned the attack and said that "an unknown individual, unrelated to the event, entered the crowd and attacked...
August 25, 2025

Person stabbed in central Brussels at pro-Palestine demo

Palestinians gather to receive cooked meals from a food distribution center in Gaza City on August 13, 2025
Famine confirmed in Gaza City, UN-backed initiative says
JERUSALEM – Parts of Gaza are officially experiencing famine, according to a Friday report by a United Nations-backed initiative, which added it is expected to expand.During nearly two years of war, Israel has at times restricted or cut off the entry of aid to the ravaged enclave.While some people have died of starvation and hunger, others have been killed trying to receive aid at distribution sites run by the controversial US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), which was brought in place to replace a UN system long criticized by Israel.The report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said famine has been confirmed in the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City, also the site of a major new Israeli offensive.It added that “malnutrition...
August 22, 2025

Famine confirmed in Gaza City, UN-backed initiative says

Palestinians carry sacks and boxes of food and humanitarian aid unloaded from a World Food Programme convoy in northern Gaza, 16 June, 2025
Israel warns Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas doesn't accept ceasefire terms
JERUSALEM – Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas does not accept Israel's conditions for ending the war in a post on X on Friday.It comes a day after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will give final approval for the occupation of Gaza City while also starting negotiations with Hamas, aimed at returning the hostages and ending the nearly two-year war, but only "on terms acceptable to Israel."Earlier this week, Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire proposal drawn up by mediators from Egypt and Qatar. Egypt and Hamas officials said the proposal is almost identical to the one Israel accepted before talks stalled last month.The proposal would include the release of some hostages in exchange for Palestinians...
August 22, 2025

Israel warns Gaza City could be destroyed if Hamas doesn't accept ceasefire terms

Palestinians inspect the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house, in Gaza City
Israel says it will start talks to free all hostages as cabinet approves Gaza City assault
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has instructed negotiations to begin for the release of all remaining hostages and an end to the war in Gaza on terms "acceptable to Israel".Netanyahu told Israeli troops on Thursday night that his cabinet had also approved plans for a massive assault on Gaza City in the north of the territory, despite widespread international and domestic opposition.Hamas agreed to a proposal drawn up by Qatari and Egyptian mediators for a 60-day ceasefire on Monday, which according to Qatar would see the release of half of the remaining hostages in Gaza.But responding for the first time, Netanyahu has not accepted the deal currently on the table.Israeli media has cited an Israeli official as saying negotiators will be dispatched...
August 22, 2025

Israel says it will start talks to free all hostages as cabinet approves Gaza City assault

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
Ursula von der Leyen 'extremely saddened' by situation of children in Gaza
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is "extremely saddened by the situation of the children in Gaza", Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta told reporters on Thursday."She is extremely saddened by the situation children are facing in Gaza. The president has said that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is appalling," the spokesperson said in response to a question on the situation in Gaza.Podesta said that Von der Leyen stood for the protection of children everywhere in the world, noting that she had spearheaded a call for the release of abducted Ukrainian children from Russian custody alongside US first lady Melania Trump."She has indeed raised the topic of the Ukrainian children abducted by Russia with President Trump the other day in...
August 22, 2025

Ursula von der Leyen 'extremely saddened' by situation of children in Gaza

Israel said troops were already operating in the Zeitoun and Jabalia areas to lay the groundwork for the offensive
Palestinians flee Gaza City districts as Israel says first stages of offensive have begun
GAZA — Palestinians are fleeing parts of Gaza City after the Israeli military began the first stages of a planned ground offensive, officials in the city say.Israel's troops have established a foothold on the outskirts of the city — which is home to more than a million Palestinians — after days of intense bombing and artillery fire.It has prompted UN Secretary General António Guterres to renew calls for an immediate ceasefire "to avoid the death and destruction" an assault would "inevitably cause".Israel wants to signal that it is pressing ahead with its plan to capture all of Gaza City despite international criticism.Hundreds of Palestinians in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City have left toward the north-western part of the city.Gaza City...
August 21, 2025

Palestinians flee Gaza City districts as Israel says first stages of offensive have begun

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