Israel ordered by World Court to halt Gaza famine

Reuters 03/29/2024

THE HAGUE/CAIRO —The World Court on Thursday unanimously ordered Israel, accused by South Africa of genocide in Gaza, to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to the enclave’s Palestinian population and halt…

Israel bombs Gaza, fights Hamas around hospitals

Agence France Presse 03/28/2024

Israeli forces pounded besieged Gaza on Wednesday and fought Hamas around several hospitals, despite a UN Security Council demand for a ceasefire. Talks in Qatar towards a truce and hostage release deal involving US and Egyptian mediators…

Israel besieges 2 more Gaza hospitals, demands evacuations, Palestinians say

Reuters 03/25/2024

CAIRO — Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, and Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza’s main…

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…

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