Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

New Israeli border inspection point for Gaza aid won’t solve Rafah backlog

With only Rafah crossing open for transit, extra screenings are unlikely to affect actual volume of aid entering Gaza.

Al Jazeera

Israel Battles Hamas As UN Labels Gaza 'Hell On Earth'

Israeli forces battled Hamas militants and bombed more targets in the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the UN General Assembly was due to vote on a new demand for a ceasefire.

International Business Times

Israeli military kills six in Jenin, Palestinian officials say – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Israel Bombs Gaza After Warning Hamas Nears 'Dissolution'

Israel pressed on with its bombing of Gaza on Tuesday after saying its campaign to destroy Hamas has left the Palestinian militant group on the "the verge of dissolution".

International Business Times

UN envoys say ‘enough’ to Israel-Hamas war on trip to Gaza border

EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, says situation in Gaza ‘catastrophic, apocalyptic’.

Al Jazeera

As Israel’s tanks push further into Khan Younis, UN officials say situation in Gaza is beyond words

Representatives from UN Security Council nations visit Rafah border between Egypt and Gaza in wake of Washington vetoing a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, but the US is not among them

The Independent UK

'I'm Destroyed': UN Envoys Confront Cost Of Israel-Hamas War

Aid trucks stalled at the Gaza border, hospitals treating missing limbs: UN Security Council envoys visiting Egypt on Monday encountered the fallout of the Israel-Hamas war, days after the United States vetoed a ceasefire resolution.

International Business Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Italy, France and Germany called on the EU to impose ad hoc sanctions against Hamas and its supporters – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU

‘People will die in the streets’: Gaza dreads onset of winter as disease rises

Rain and storms scatter the tents of the displaced, healthcare has collapsed, and the fear is things are about to get even worse

The Guardian - UK

Israeli Forces Push Into Southern Gaza

Israeli forces pushed Sunday into southern Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled in search of shelter from bombardments and intense fighting with Hamas militants.

International Business Times

‘People are starving’: WFP says humanitarian operation in Gaza ‘collapsing’

Top UN official says recent seven-day truce showed that humanitarian aid can be delivered if conditions allow.

Al Jazeera

Civilians make up 61% of Gaza deaths from airstrikes, Israeli study finds

Civilian proportion of deaths is higher than the average in all world conflicts in 20th century, data suggests

The Guardian - UK

Delivering aid in a war zone is always difficult. In Gaza, it's proving even harder

Aid organizations say they aren't getting enough food, water and medicine into Gaza. Overcrowding and a lack of physical security for relief workers are also major concerns, they say.

WEKU

Israel Bombs Gaza Targets After US Vetoes Rare UN Ceasefire Bid

Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation.

International Business Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

Gaza artist going to Ireland ends up trapped in Rafah by Israeli bombs

Almadhoun was to fly to Ireland for his art, but has been stuck at Gaza’s Rafah border.

The Guardian - UK

Inside Rafah border town desperate Palestinians have nowhere left to turn

Tens of thousands who have evacuated to the ‘safe zone’ face lack of food, water and shelter and fear further bomb strikes

The Independent UK

Bloodshed, fear, hunger, desperation: Palestinians try to survive war's new chapter in southern Gaza

In recent days, Israeli tanks have rumbled into southern Gaza, starting with Khan Younis

International Business Times

Israel Pursues Hamas In And Around Gaza's Biggest Cities

Israel pressed on with its offensive in and around Gaza's main cities on Friday, more than two months after Hamas's deadly attack sparked a war that has claimed thousands of lives and left the Palestinian territory in ruins.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Struggling to survive in Gaza: ‘If war does not kill my children, hunger will’

Residents of Khan Younis tell Tom Bennett about not being able to feed their children as Israel expands its war on Hamas and supplies run out

The Guardian - UK

Israel pounds ‘250 Gaza targets in a day’ as UN chief warns order may break down

Twenty people killed in airstrikes that hit two homes in Rafah, a town to which IDF told Palestinians to flee

Radio France Internationale

Journalists should be allowed in and out of Gaza, says Reporters Without Borders

French media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged Israeli and Egyptian authorities on Thursday to allow journalists to move freely across the Gaza Strip's southern border crossing into Egypt.

International Business Times

Urban Fighting Rages In Gaza As Israel-Hamas War Enters Third Month

Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities Thursday as the bloodiest ever war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its third month since the October 7 attacks.

The Independent UK

Live updates | Widening Israeli offensive in southern Gaza worsens dire humanitarian conditions

The Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza overnight, residents say, as United Nations officials warn there are no safe places left in the besieged territory

Al Jazeera

Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s war on Gaza enters third month

Fighting rages as Israeli troops press further south with ‘carpet bombardment of entire neighbourhoods’.

WEKU

Israel's map and evacuation messages for Gaza are adding to the chaos

The U.S. said Israel should create safe zones to minimize civilian deaths from Israeli airstrikes. But Palestinians and international aid groups say the zones have been inadequate or nonexistent.

1 … 55 56 57 58

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

World Health Organization

the World Health Organization

466 stories

Oxfam

422 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.