World Feb 23 Israel seeks open-ended control over security and civilians in Gaza in new postwar plan Netanyahu presented the two-page document to his security Cabinet late Thursday for approval. Separately, cease-fire efforts appeared to gain traction, with mediators to present a new proposal at an expected high-level meeting this weekend in Paris.
World Feb 22 Cease-fire between Israel and Hamas gains steam as U.S. envoy visits. Mediators report ‘encouraging’ signs The U.S., Egypt and Qatar have been struggling for weeks to find a formula that could halt Israel's devastating offensive in Gaza, but now face an unofficial deadline as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan approaches.
World Feb 22 Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 48 as fears mount over humanitarian crisis and West Bank violence In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian gunmen opened fire on morning traffic at a highway checkpoint, killing one Israel and wounding five others, police said.
World Feb 20 Israel orders new evacuations in northern Gaza, where UN says 1 in 6 children are malnourished Israel has vowed to expand the offensive to the Gaza Strip's southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of the territory's population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere.
World Feb 19 More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since war’s start, health ministry says Gaza’s Health Ministry said 107 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours. That brings the total number of fatalities to 29,092 since the start of the war.
World Feb 18 As Israel continues airstrikes in Gaza, U.S. says it will block another UN cease-fire resolution Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States said it would veto another draft U.N. cease-fire resolution.
World Feb 17 U.S. envoy says Israel has not shown evidence that Hamas is diverting UN aid in Gaza Israel has not presented specific evidence for its claim that Hamas is diverting U.N. aid, and its recent targeted killings of Gaza police commanders safeguarding truck convoys have made it “virtually impossible” to distribute the goods safely, a top U.S.
World Feb 16 5 patients die as oxygen runs out in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces, health officials say The Israeli military says its forces are searching Nasser Hospital for the possible remains of hostages abducted by Hamas.
World Feb 15 Israeli forces storm main hospital in southern Gaza, seeking remains of hostages taken by Hamas Thursday's raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
World Feb 14 Gaza cease-fire talks appear to stall as Netanyahu calls Hamas demands ‘delusional’ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands.