Middle East

Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says

Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza, including 12 just in August, have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top United Nations humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. Muhannad Hadi said the evacuation orders are endangering civilians instead of protecting them. “They are forcing families to ...

10:28 Et August 23, 2024

Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza, as Biden urges peace

Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas fighters, while Palestinian health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strikes ...

10:32 Et August 22, 2024

Blinken in Egypt seeking progress towards Gaza ceasefire deal

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pushed for progress towards a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal as he visited Egypt on Tuesday, but major areas of dispute ...

20:10 Et August 20, 2024

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as U.S. and Arab ...

10:45 Et August 20, 2024

Blinken in Israel: Warns This Could Be the 'Final Opportunity' for a Gaza Cease-Fire Agreement

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday the time is now to conclude a Gaza cease-fire agreement that would return hostages held by Hamas and bring relief ...

11:27 Et August 19, 2024

Israel strikes Gaza as Blinken heads to region to try to help close cease-fire deal

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday ...

10:04 Et August 18, 2024

Diplomacy intensifies to halt the Israel-Hamas war and prevent wider regional conflict

International diplomacy to prevent the war in Gaza from spreading into a wider regional conflict intensified Friday, with the British and French foreign ministers making a joint trip ...

09:33 Et August 16, 2024

Mediators are set to hold new Gaza cease-fire talks, hoping to head off an even wider war

International mediators were set to hold a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a ...

09:50 Et August 15, 2024

US says it aims to 'lower temperature' in Middle East

The US is aiming "to turn the temperature down" in the Middle East, the country's ambassador to the UN has said, as fears of an Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel loom. On Tuesday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the UN Security Council in New York the US wanted to "deter and defend against any future attack and ...

09:49 Et August 14, 2024

A ship in the Red Sea is targeted in a third attack by suspected Houthis

A ship in the Red Sea was targeted in a third attack suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels Tuesday in their campaign of assaults ...

09:00 Et August 13, 2024
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