Rats infest Gaza’s tent camps, biting children and spreading disease
- 30-Apr-2026
CAIRO/GAZA: Rats and parasites are spreading through Gaza’s tent camps for displaced Palestinians, biting children’s fingers and toes as they sleep, gnawing through people’s few remaining treasured possessions, and spreading disease. The outbreak is unfolding as most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people have been displaced, many now living in bombed-out homes and makeshift […]
Israeli maps outline expanded zone of military control in Gaza
- 30-Apr-2026
JERUSALEM: New maps of Gaza quietly issued by Israel a little more than a month ago have put thousands of displaced Palestinians inside an expanded restricted area, within boundaries the military says it can continue to change. The restricted area, marked on the maps with an orange line, makes up an estimated 11% of Gaza’s […]
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill five, including 9-year-old boy, medics say
- 28-Apr-2026
CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, health officials said. Medics said an Israeli drone killed the child, Adel Al‑Najjar, in eastern Khan Younis in the south of the enclave, while an Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in Gaza City, killing four people. Regarding the strike […]
Israel using water access as ‘weapon’ in Gaza: MSF
- 28-Apr-2026
GENEVA, Switzerland: Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to live, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, decrying a campaign of “collective punishment” against Palestinians. The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza coupled with obstruction of access constitutes “an integral part of Israel’s genocide”, said the medical charity, […]
Gaza civil defence says Israeli strikes kill 13
- 25-Apr-2026
Gaza City: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes across the Palestinian territory on Friday killed at least 13 people, including five in an attack that targeted a police vehicle. Despite an October ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Israeli strikes continue. Eight people, including a child, were killed and several others injured […]
Gaza civil defence says children among 5 killed in Israeli strike
- 23-Apr-2026
Gaza City: Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of civilians in a northern part of the Palestinian territory late on Wednesday, killing five people including three children. Despite an October 10 ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence. “Five Palestinians, including three children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that […]
In Gaza, first local vote in years offers gauge of Hamas popularity
- 22-Apr-2026
GAZA: Palestinians in one of the only Gaza cities not overrun by Israeli ground forces during the war will vote this weekend in municipal elections that will feature some pro-Hamas candidates, offering a rare barometer of the militant group’s popularity. The vote in Deir al-Balah is part of Palestinian Authority municipal elections that Palestinians have […]
Gaza’s civil defence agency says 3 killed in Israeli strike
- 21-Apr-2026
Gaza City: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Tuesday that an Israeli strike killed three people in the Palestinian territory overnight, with Israeli warplanes seen soaring over the region after the assault, according to AFP journalists. Despite an October 10 ceasefire, Gaza remains gripped by daily violence as Hamas accuses the Israeli military of breaching the […]
Average of 47 women and girls killed daily during Gaza war, UN says
- 17-Apr-2026
An average of at least 47 women and girls were killed each day during the war in Gaza, according to figures published by U.N. Women on Friday, and the agency warned that deaths have continued six months into a fragile ceasefire. More than 38,000 women and girls were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and […]
Gaza civil defence says Israeli fire kills four, including child
- 17-Apr-2026
Palestinian Territories: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Thursday that Israeli fire killed four people, including one child, in different locations across the Palestinian territory. Violence continues despite a ceasefire in the Gaza war that came into effect on October 10. Saleh Badawi, 9, “was killed and taken to Al-Maamadani Hospital after being hit by Israeli […]