Category: 3. Middle East

For a few weeks now, the Israeli military has been issuing forced displacement orders to residents of Gaza City, destroying towers and carpet-bombing neighbourhoods. Hundreds of thousands have fled south already, where they have found no…

Israel’s Channel 13 reported on Sunday evening that the Israeli Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, had delivered a secret document to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu several weeks ago, on the eve of the current military…

The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine said on Sunday that Israel has destroyed the Christian presence in Palestine and continues to bomb churches and their institutions during what it…

Hamas said on Sunday evening that former British prime minister Tony Blair is “not welcome in the Palestinian context,” and stressed that it has not received any proposal through mediators for a ceasefire.

The…

The head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, Ismail al-Thawabta, said on Sunday that the Israeli army “shelled al-Helou hospital in Gaza City with two tank rounds, making it impossible to reach or leave the…

Tensions over border disputes had sharply escalated in July during a five-day conflict between the neighbouring countries.

Thailand’s new prime minister has said…

A gunman attacked a Mormon church in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, opening fire on hundreds gathered for Sunday service before setting the building ablaze. At least four people were killed before police shot and killed the suspect.

Nuseirat, Gaza – As all of Gaza suffered under Israel’s siege and food ran out, my family had to figure out ways to make small supplies of food stretch further, and compensate for ingredients that were no longer available.

We experimented with…

Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili filmed the moment an Israeli strike targeted a building behind him in a busy residential area in Gaza City. It was one of several attacks across the strip that killed more than 40 people on Sunday.