Israel on Saturday expanded its ground operation in Gaza, sending in tanks and infantry backed by massive strikes from the air and sea. Israel’s defense minister said that “the ground shook in Gaza” and that the war against the territory’s Hamas rulers entered a new stage. The bombardment, described by Gaza residents as the most […]
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Israel’s Air Strikes Intensify; Strain Gaza Hospitals
At the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in central Gaza, they are running out of material to cover the dead with. The bodies are stacked in a courtyard outside, prayers are said, and relatives collapse to the floor wailing in grief. Inside the hospital, doctors battle to patch up the walking wounded and save the gravely injured […]
Egypt-Gaza border crossing opens for aid
The border crossing between Egypt and Gaza opened Saturday to let a trickle of desperately needed aid into the besieged Palestinian territory for the first time since Israel sealed it off following Hamas’ bloody rampage two weeks ago. Just 20 trucks were allowed in, an amount that aid workers said was insufficient to address the […]
Gaza Greek Orthodox Church hit by Israel IDF
An explosion rocked a historic Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City on Thursday night amid Israel’s continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip, as the country’s military prepared to enter the Palestinian territory to destroy the Hamas militant group. Videos emerged early on Friday of apparent damage and casualties at the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church in […]
Iran calls US involvement a”strategic mistake’
Iran has stepped up its fiery rhetoric towards the United States and the West amid concerns that the Israel-Hamas war could spill over into the wider region. Tehran gives moral and financial support to Hamas which controls the Gaza Strip and whose militants attacked southern Israel, killing over 1,400 people and taking 200 hostages, according […]
Gaza strikes ‘No Longer Self Defense’ says China
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have gone “beyond the scope of self-defense,” China’s foreign minister has said, as the encroaching possibility of an Israeli ground attack threatens to further endanger Palestinian civilians who have been caught up in the fighting. Protecting “the basic needs of the people in Gaza” is a priority and […]
Catch 22; Israel says leave Gaza, but many can’t
The Israeli military called for the evacuation of Gaza City Friday ahead of an expected ground invasion against Hamas, which controls the territory. Israel’s order calls for people living in north Gaza to move south of the Wadi Gaza area, located in the middle of the Gaza strip. Hamas, which launched the deadly incursion into […]
U.N.; Israel order to evacuate Gaza ‘Impossible’
The fighting between Israel and Hamas entered a seventh day on Friday with fears of a ground offensive growing stronger following an Israeli order to evacuate the northern region of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military told the United Nations late Thursday that all of northern Gaza’s population needs to evacuate to the southern portion of […]
Israel’s goal in Gaza; elliminate Hamas
Israeli forces preparing to invade the Palestinian Gaza Strip have no intention of re-establishing a permanent presence in the Hamas stronghold, Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations has said, as the under-siege coastal enclave withers under a pre-incursion air, land and sea bombardment. Danny Danon says Israel is preparing to “use a lot of […]
Israel millitary lays ‘complete siege’ on Gaza
The Israeli military launched a “complete siege” of Gaza on Monday, blockading the area and bombarding it with air strikes in an attempt to destroy Hamas after the terrorist group launched the worst attack on Israel in 50 years over the weekend. Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered the “complete siege” of Gaza in a […]
Israel On Verge Of Full Scale War As Tensions Escalate
An airstrike launched by Israel on Wednesday has taken out Hamas’ Gaza City commander, dealing a substantial blow to the Palestinian militant group’s leadership. Bassem Issa is the highest-ranking military figure in Hamas to be killed by Israel since 2014, according to The Associated Press. Hamas confirmed his death in a statement. The armed wing […]