Israeli strikes on Gaza City kill at least 14 as some countries move to recognize Palestinian state

CAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, said health officials, as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to leave. The strikes come as Western countries are increasingly fed up with the intensifying war in Gaza with some moving to recognize Palestinian statehood at the gathering of world […]

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British foreign minister condemns ‘man-made catastrophe’ after famine declared in Gaza City

LONDON: UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy condemned Israel’s restrictions on aid to Gaza as a “moral outrage” on Friday after the world’s leading food crisis authority confirmed famine in Gaza City. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) said on Friday that famine is occurring in the territory’s largest city, home to hundreds of thousands […]

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Israel steps up Gaza City bombing after Netanyahu vow to expand offensive

Palestinians reported the heaviest bombardments in weeks on Monday in areas east of Gaza City, just hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he expected to complete a new expanded offensive against Hamas “fairly quickly”. An airstrike also killed six journalists including prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al Sharif in a tent at Gaza […]

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