World Nov 12 In wars, hospitals have special protection under international law. How does that apply in Gaza? Intense battles between the Israeli military and Hamas militants around Shifa and other hospitals in Gaza City have raised pressing questions about what is allowed under international laws governing war.
World Nov 07 What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? An explosion at al-Ahli Hospital in mid-October has called the health ministry's credibility into question. But over past wars, the ministry has largely maintained a track record of accuracy.
World Nov 03 Palestinian civilians describe 'constant terror' as they try to survive in northern Gaza amid Israel's offensive The Israeli army is intensifying its bombing campaign while also battling Hamas militants just north of Gaza City. It's the start of what officials expect to be a long and bloody invasion that has already pinned down hundreds of thousands…
World Nov 02 'A curse to be a parent in Gaza': More than 3,600 Palestinian children killed in just 3 weeks of war In just 25 days of war, more than 3,600 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza, according to the strip's health authorities.
World Oct 28 Israeli defense minister says war has entered new stage amid expanded ground operation in Gaza 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…
World Oct 24 Stranded at a closed border as airstrikes continue, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation For more than a week, their governments have advised them to wait at Gaza's Rafah crossing in preparation for evacuation through Egypt. But nothing has happened.
World Oct 21 In southern Gaza, a tent camp for displaced Palestinians reawakens old traumas The impromptu construction of the tent city in Khan Younis to shelter scores of Palestinians who lost or fled their homes during the past days of intense Israeli bombardment has elicited anger, disbelief and sorrow across the Arab world.
World Oct 20 A Palestinian engineer who returned to Gaza City after fleeing south is killed in an airstrike Hours after Omar Khodari returned with his family to Gaza City, there was an airstrike. No one was warned, survivors said.
World Oct 18 WATCH: Biden addresses Egypt's move to allow aid into Gaza aboard Air Force One Israel said Wednesday that it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. President Joe Biden said Egypt’s president had agreed to open the crossing and to let in an initial group of 20…
World Oct 18 Israel says it will allow Egypt to deliver limited quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza, as food and water dwindle In a statement, it said it “will not thwart” deliveries of food, water and medicine, as long as the supplies do not reach Hamas.