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Gaza babies evacuated to Egypt as Hamas reports deadly hospital strike

by Adel Zaanoun - November 21, 2023 - 8:47am

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Monday 200 patients were evacuated from a hospital with the help of the Red Cross just hours after it was hit by a deadly Israeli strike.

Gaza communications down as Israel searches main hospital

by Adel Zaanoun - November 17, 2023 - 3:13pm

Israeli troops carried out building-by-building searches at Gaza's main hospital, as a new communications blackout in the territory on Friday compounded fears for Palestinian civilians trapped inside the facili...

Biden urges protection of Gaza hospital as conditions worsen

by Adel Zaanoun - November 14, 2023 - 9:54am

Hundreds of people stranded in Gaza's biggest hospital were enduring "inhuman" conditions on Monday while heavy fighting raged around them, a doctor inside said, as US President Joe Biden urged Israel to "protect"...

Battles around Gaza's largest hospital leave many trapped

by Adel Zaanoun - November 13, 2023 - 1:52pm

Hundreds of patients were trapped and thousands of people sought shelter around Gaza's largest hospital on Monday, as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battled near the compound.

'Death warrant': Thousands trapped in war-hit Gaza hospital

by Adel Zaanoun - November 12, 2023 - 5:39pm

Thousands of displaced Palestinians looked to Gaza's largest hospital, Al-Shifa, as a safe haven, but with Israeli strikes intensifying and the fighting reaching the gates of the compound, there seems nowhere...

Israel agrees pauses in fighting but rules out ceasefire

by Adel Zaanoun - November 11, 2023 - 6:22pm

Israel has agreed pauses in its offensive in northern Gaza that will allow some civilians to flee heavy fighting, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any broader ceasefire as a "surrender"...

Israel agrees pauses in fighting but rules out ceasefire

by Adel Zaanoun - November 10, 2023 - 4:11pm

One month on, Israel's deadliest Gaza war set to intensify

by Adel Zaanoun - November 8, 2023 - 8:23am

Israel's deadliest ever war in Gaza, sparked by the October 7 Hamas attacks, entered its second month Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed there would be no ceasefire until the militant group releases...

Hamas says Gaza death toll tops 10,000 as Israel steps up war

by Adel Zaanoun - November 7, 2023 - 8:27am

The death toll in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 people, the Hamas-run health ministry said Monday after nearly one month of bombardment by Israel whose offensive against Palestinian militants showed signs of intens...

Fierce fighting in Gaza as US envoy faces Arab anger

by Adel Zaanoun - November 5, 2023 - 9:22am

Israel battled into the fifth week Saturday of its war to crush Hamas, showing no signs of letting up even as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken faced a rising tide of anger in meetings with Arab foreign mini...

First foreigners, wounded set to leave devastated Gaza

by Adel Zaanoun - November 1, 2023 - 4:06pm

Hundreds of wounded Gaza residents and foreigners gathered at the Egypt border Wednesday, poised to flee the shattered territory that is still reeling from a deadly Israeli strike on a refugee camp.

Hamas video shows women abducted in Israel attacks

by Adel Zaanoun - October 31, 2023 - 9:15am

Hamas released Monday a video showing three of the more than 230 people Israel says were seized by Palestinian militants in massive October 7 raids that triggered an all-out war in Gaza.

Israel pounds Gaza as Red Cross warns of 'intolerable' suffering

by Adel Zaanoun - October 29, 2023 - 4:24pm

Israel intensified its attacks on Gaza Sunday, calling for civilians to flee south where it vowed aid would increase, as the Red Cross warned of "intolerable" suffering.

Netanyahu says Israel 'preparing' Gaza ground war

by Adel Zaanoun - October 26, 2023 - 2:05pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel is readying a ground war in Gaza, pressing ahead with plans that have troubled allies and threaten to worsen an already cascading humanitarian crisis...

UN agency warns of 'halt' to Gaza aid operations

by Adel Zaanoun - October 25, 2023 - 3:23pm

A UN agency warned dwindling fuel supplies could force it to stop aid operations in war-riven Gaza on Wednesday, as calls mounted for a humanitarian "pause" in fighting.

Israel vows to step up Gaza strikes before ground invasion

by Adel Zaanoun - October 22, 2023 - 11:35am

Israel's military said Saturday it would intensify strikes on Hamas-controlled Gaza ahead of a planned ground invasion, as UN agencies warned of a "catastrophic" humanitarian situation in the blockaded territor...

Gaza hospitals seemed a safe haven -- then carnage came

by Adel Zaanoun - October 18, 2023 - 8:22am

For tens of thousands of families in Gaza, hospitals became a refuge from seemingly endless Israeli shelling.

Syrian refugees stranded in Gaza 'prison' for a decade

by Adel Zaanoun - December 14, 2021 - 11:22am

Gaza may seem an unlikely destination for those fleeing conflict.

Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire holding as aid arrives in Gaza

by Adel Zaanoun - May 22, 2021 - 1:00pm

In Jerusalem, however, Israeli police cracked down on stone-throwing protesters at the highly sensitive Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in a sign of how volatile the situation remains.

Israel in dozens of strikes on Gaza after rockets target Tel Aviv

by Adel Zaanoun - March 15, 2019 - 3:59pm

Israel said Friday its aircraft struck dozens of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rockets from the Palestinian enclave, including rare fire toward its economic capital Tel Aviv.