World Aug 08 Israel plans to take over Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas and fueling worries for hostages Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier outlined more sweeping plans in an interview with Fox News, saying Israel planned to take control of all of Gaza. Israel already controls around three-quarters of the territory.
World Aug 03 Israeli minister visits flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 more aid-seekers killed in Gaza A far-right Israeli minister visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, triggering regional condemnation and fears that the provocative move could further escalate tensions. The visit came as hospitals in Gaza said 33 more Palestinians seeking food aid were…
World Aug 02 Israeli gunfire kills more Gaza aid-seekers as U.S. envoy meets with hostages’ families Israeli forces opened fire near two aid distribution sites run by the Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation as crowds of hungry Palestinians again sought food, killing at least 10 people, witnesses and health workers said Saturday.
World Aug 01 U.S. envoy tours distribution site in Gaza as humanitarian crisis worsens All four of the group’s distribution sites are in zones controlled by the Israeli military and throughout their months in operation have become flashpoints of desperation, where starving people scramble for scarce aid. Hundreds have been killed by either gunfire…
World Feb 25 Morocco says it dismantled a terror cell that was planning attacks Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel.
World Feb 15 Rwanda-backed rebels advance in eastern Congo as thousands of residents flee city of Bukavu Panic swept through eastern Congo’s second-largest city on Saturday as residents and soldiers fled by the thousands, scrambling to escape the looming advance of Rwanda-backed rebels.
World Sep 24 Morocco works brick-by-brick to reconstruct 12th-century mosque destroyed by 2023 earthquake The Great Mosque of Tinmel had been undergoing a massive reconstruction project when an earthquake shook Morocco's High Atlas mountains.
World Aug 31 Children in Gaza begin receiving polio vaccines a day before planned large-scale rollout A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel's ongoing military offensives.
World Jul 27 Israeli strike on school sheltering people in central Gaza kills at least 30, including children At least seven children and seven women were among the dead taken from the girls' school in Deir al-Balah to Al Aqsa Hospital. Israel's military said it targeted a Hamas command center used to direct attacks against Israeli troops and…
World Jul 19 Yemen’s Houthis launch drone strike on Israel, killing 1 and wounding at least 10 in Tel Aviv The Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, which was their first lethal strike in Israel.