Gaza

IDF says 11 Hamas members killed, 6 detained after trying to flee Rafah tunnel

The Israeli army says 11 Hamas members were killed and six detained after a 24 hour pursuit around a tunnel site in eastern Rafah.

Inside the 7km-long Gaza tunnel where Hamas kept Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin’s body for over 11 years

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday shared a video of an underground tunnel in Rafah, Gaza, where it said Hamas held the remains of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin. The Israeli officer was killed during the 2014 war between Israel and the Palestinian military group, and his body was taken into Gaza. The structure, the military said, was ‘one of the most significant and complex’ tunnels it found in the southern Gaza Strip

3 strikes in 6 weeks: Is Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza falling apart?

The death toll in Israel's latest wave of strikes across Gaza on Wednesday rose to 32 on Thursday. Confirming the death toll, local health officials included 12 children and eight women

How Gazans are arriving on mystery flights in South Africa, paying Rs 1.77 lakh per seat

Officials in South Africa were caught off guard last week after a plane full of Palestinians, many without appropriate travel documents, landed in Johannesburg via Nairobi. The plane was kept on the runway for 12 hours while authorities investigated. But who is ferrying Gazans out of Gaza?

Gaza faces fresh water crisis as supplier halts services after Hamas detains staff

A water desalination company serving nearly half of Gaza’s population has halted operations to protest the detention of one of its staff members by Hamas. The suspension affects over one million residents who rely on the company’s plants for clean water.

'Don't need lectures': Netanyahu rejects Palestine State idea two days after US proposal at UN

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he would oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state ahead of the UNSC vote on the US proposal to end the Gaza War.

Putin, Netanyahu discuss West Asia in phone call as Russia attempts to counter US at UNSC

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed developments in Asia in a rare phone call on Saturday, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and the Kremlin confirmed in a joint statement on Saturday

As Abbas turns 90, Palestinians confront leadership vacuum and fading prospects for statehood

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turns 90 on Saturday, still holding authoritarian power in tiny pockets of the West Bank, but marginalised and weakened by Israel, deeply unpopular among Palestinians and struggling for a say in a post-war Gaza Strip.

Is Pakistan quietly engaging with Israel?

An unexpected exchange at the World Travel Market in London earlier this month has raised the question whether Pakistan is edging towards discreet diplomatic contact with Israel. A brief handshake between Pakistan’s tourism adviser and a senior Israeli tourism official triggered a political uproar and official denials

US mulls dividing Gaza into 'green zone' & 'red zone' as it struggles to draw a reconstruction plan: Report

The United States military is planning to divide Gaza into a "green zone" and "red zone" as calls for the reconstruction of the coastal enclave start to escalate.