‘Dreams disappear’ as Gaza students await evacuation to Italy
- 11-Aug-2026
Rome: Dozens of Gaza students who won scholarships to universities in Italy are still waiting to be evacuated due to bureaucratic red tape, leaving qualified students in a deadly conflict zone, AFP has found. Although more than 200 Palestinian students have been successfully enrolled in Italian colleges through a government university corridor project started in […]
Netanyahu rejects US Gaza plan, vows no pullout until Hamas disarms
- 09-Aug-2026
JERUSALEM, UNDEFINED: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected a Gaza plan hailed by US President Donald Trump, vowing no military pullout until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, Netanyahu explicitly opposed it as he faced pushback from his right-wing base ahead of elections. […]
Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112
- 06-Aug-2026
CAIRO/GAZA: The decomposed remains of 112 bodies lay on stretchers shrouded in flags in the sun’s heat: all that could be found of the Al-Hassaynas of Sabra, a Palestinian clan of proud Bedouin stock all but wiped out by Israel nearly three years ago. According to Palestinian authorities, 308 members of the extended Al-Hassayna family, […]
Israeli strikes hit multiple residential buildings in Gaza, kill 13 including children
- 03-Aug-2026
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: Israeli strikes on Gaza hit multiple residential buildings and killed at least 13 people, authorities said Sunday, despite Hamas saying it agreed to the latest stage of a deal to end the war. Hamas said Friday it had agreed to a plan championed by US President Donald Trump that includes provisions […]
Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza, destroy medicine storage warehouses
- 01-Aug-2026
Israel’s military on Saturday killed two Palestinians in Gaza and destroyed two warehouses near a hospital that were said to be storing medicine in separate strikes, amid uncertainty over whether Israel has accepted a deal reached with Hamas over the group’s disarmament. Palestinian health officials said two Palestinians were killed in the Sheikh Radwan area […]
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill two, hit medical supply warehouses: medical sources
- 01-Aug-2026
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed two people and significantly damaged a hospital’s medical supply warehouses on Saturday, hospitals, the civil defence agency and the health ministry said. The latest strikes come a day after Hamas said it had agreed to a deal to end the war with Israel that includes provisions for handing over its […]
With fields destroyed and hives lost, Gaza’s beekeepers struggle to start over
- 31-Jul-2026
GAZA/CAIRO: Standing on the roof of a war-damaged building overlooking the ruins of Gaza City, beekeeper Ibrahim al-Dabba gently lifts a honeycomb frame as bees buzz around him. “Bees require trees, we are raising bees amongst rubble,” he said. For Gaza’s beekeepers, the struggle to rebuild their livelihoods after more than two years of war […]
Israel strike destroys Al-Muttaqin mosque in Gaza
- 30-Jul-2026
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories: The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had struck a mosque in the Gaza Strip which it said had been used by Hamas as a weapons storage facility. AFP photos from Gaza City on Tuesday showed fire and a huge plume of smoke rising above tents housing displaced Gazans during a […]
Indonesians file complaint against Netanyahu for Gaza flotilla arrest ‘abuses’
- 30-Jul-2026
Jakarta: Nine Indonesians among global activists detained while trying to take aid to Gaza in May filed a complaint against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, alleging crimes against humanity, their lawyer told AFP. The men were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla intercepted by Israel and detained along with more than 400 other […]
Gaza teen tops science exams with 99.9% score despite war, loss and displacement
- 27-Jul-2026
Maghazi, Palestinian Territories: Just days before her final secondary school examinations, the house opposite the temporary home where 18-year-old Saba Rabah was living in central Gaza was bombed. She and her family fled, leaving behind everything they had. It was only the latest ordeal in a war that had already claimed her father’s life, destroyed […]