Gaza truce: Hopes dim for ceasefire before Ramadan as war enters sixth month

Agence France Presse 03/08/2024

Hopes dimmed on Thursday for a truce before Ramadan in the Israel-Hamas war that entered its sixth month with dozens more killed in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. The ministry said 83…

Gaza: Starving children should be ‘an alarm like no other’, says UN

Agence France Presse 03/06/2024

The United Nations on Tuesday called on the international community to “flood” Gaza with aid amid reports that children are dying of starvation in the war-torn territory. “With children starting … to die from starvation, that should…

Palestinians say Israeli troops fired at people seeking food in Gaza

Associated Press 03/01/2024

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing…

Dead horses, scraps, leaves: Gaza’s hungry get desperate

Agence France Presse 02/28/2024

At the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Abu Gibril was so desperate for food to feed his family that he slaughtered two of his horses. “We had no other choice but to slaughter the horses to…

Israel claims Hamas tunnel found under Gaza HQ of UN agency

Agence France Presse 02/11/2024

JERUSALEM, Undefined — Israel’s military claimed on Saturday that they had discovered a Hamas tunnel under the Gaza City headquarters of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). UNRWA said in response that it had not operated…

Gaza war: Fierce fighting between Israel, Hamas continues as efforts for truce gains pace

Agence France Presse 02/01/2024

International efforts towards a new pause in the devastating Gaza war gathered pace Wednesday, as Israel bombarded the Palestinian territory during fierce fighting with Hamas militants. Hamas was reviewing a proposal for a six-week truce in its…

Gaza couple celebrate wartime wedding: ‘We love life’

Agence France Presse 01/14/2024

Surrounded by family and friends, clapping and cheering, Gaza woman Afnan Jibril beams a brilliant smile on her wedding day, determined to celebrate even as war rages. “We are a people that love life, despite death, murders…

Israel signals tactics shift, troop pullback as US carrier heads home

Reuters 01/02/2024

JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA —Israel pulled tanks out of some Gaza City districts on Monday, residents said, as it announced plans to shift tactics and cut back on troop numbers, but fighting raged elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave along with…

World rings in 2024 after war, bots and Barbie

Agence France Presse 01/01/2024

Jubilant crowds bid farewell on Sunday to the hottest year on record, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and devastating wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Much of the world’s population — now…

World prepares to ring in 2024

Agence France Presse 12/31/2023

SYDNEY — Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record Sunday, closing a turbulent 12 months marked by clever chatbots, climate crises and wrenching wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The world’s population — now over eight…

Israel and Hamas war: Gazans ‘exhausted’ as fighting rages on

Agence France Presse 12/30/2023

Fighting raged Saturday across Gaza, where displaced Palestinians are “exhausted” with no end in sight to war between the besieged territory’s Hamas rulers and Israel, now in its 13th week. Smoke billowed over the Gaza Strip’s southern…

Israel troops ignored pleas for ‘help’ before hostage killings

Agence France Presse 12/29/2023

Israeli soldiers ignored cries for “help” when they stormed a Gaza building holding three hostages just days before killing them by mistake, said a military investigation published on Thursday. The soldiers also heard “hostages” shouted in Hebrew…

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