Israel’s military orders Palestinians to move out of eastern Rafah, warning it is about to use “extreme force” in southern Gaza. The order follows a night of intense Israeli bombardment that killed 22 people in Rafah, including eight children. Earlier on Sunday, Hamas fired rockets at the Karem Abu Salem […]
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At least 12 people, including children, have been killed in twin bomb blasts that hit two camps for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to government officials, the United Nations and an aid group. Friday’s explosions targeted the camps in Lac Vert and Mugunga, near the […]
As pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on college campuses nationwide, protesters — including students and faculty — continue to be arrested since the first demonstrators were detained at Columbia University two weeks ago. More than 250 protesters were arrested on May 2, after April 30 saw the largest number of arrests in a day since […]
Dozens of college campuses across the US have been taken over by students protesting against the war in Gaza. More than a thousand demonstrators have been arrested, including more than 100 on Tuesday night at Columbia University in New York City. Many universities are struggling to deal with encampments on […]
Campaigners in London are protesting outside the Department for Business and Trade calling on the UK government to halt arms supplies to Israel.
Antonio Guterres says it is ‘imperative’ that independent investigators are allowed the immediate access to mass graves in Gaza to determine the circumstances behind the deaths.
At least 27 Palestinians have been killed, including many children and women, in overnight Israeli attacks on Rafah and Gaza City.
At least 34,356 Palestinians have been killed and 77,368 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7
Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, said it is “important that all forensic evidence be well preserved” from Gaza’s mass graves
Military intelligence chief Aharon Haliva has become the first senior Israeli official to resign over failures to prevent the October 7 attack by the Qassam Brigades and other Palestinian armed groups in southern Israel, a move expected to increase pressure on other top leaders to follow suit. “The intelligence directorate […]