GAZA CITY (AFP) – US President Joe Biden told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he expects “significant de-escalation” on Wednesday (May 19) in the military confrontation with the Palestinians, amid intense efforts to reach a ceasefire. Deafening air strikes and rocket fire once more shook Gaza in the conflict that has, since May 10, […]

TEL AVIV (REUTERS) – Israel fired artillery at targets in Lebanon on Wednesday (May 19) after four rockets were launched towards Israel from Lebanese territory, the Israeli military said. Israel’s missile defences intercepted one of the projectiles and “the rest most likely fell in open areas”, the military said. The rockets caused air raid sirens […]

President Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday that he “expected a significant de-escalation today on the path to a cease-fire” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the White House principal deputy press secretary told reporters onboard Air Force One. “Our focus has not changed,” the press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said. “We are […]

GAZA/JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants kept up cross-border rocket fire, with no firm sign on Wednesday (May 19) of any imminent ceasefire despite international calls to end more than a week of fighting. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive against Hamas and Islamic Jihad, […]

GAZA/JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – Cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas appeared to abate slightly early on Tuesday (May 18), with no fatalities logged in Gaza for the first time since hostilities erupted on May 10, and fewer long-range Palestinian rocket attacks. But a call by US President Joe Biden on Monday in support of a ceasefire […]

Sewage systems have been destroyed, sending fetid wastewater into the streets of Gaza City. A critical desalination plant that helped provide fresh water to 250,000 people is offline, leaving at least 800,000 people without access. Landfills are closed, with trash piling up. And dozens of schools have been either damaged or ordered to close, forcing […]

BRUSSELS (REUTERS) – The top US military officer, Army General Mark Milley, warned on Monday (May 17) of the risk of broader destabilisation beyond Gaza without a de-escalation in the fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants. After more than a week of fighting, Milley noted Israel’s actions were in self-defence but also cautioned that the […]

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LONDON (REUTERS) – Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday (May 16) that foreign visitors arriving by air from most countries will no longer need to quarantine if they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Visitors from 20 other countries – including the United States, India, Britain, Germany, France and the United Arab Emirates – remain banned from […]

International pressure to bring an end to the raging conflict between Israel and Hamas militants intensified on Sunday, even as local health officials said an Israeli airstrike in Gaza overnight killed more than two dozen people, the single deadliest attack of the current hostilities. The dead included women and children, the Gaza Health Ministry said. […]