The Latest Breaking News from the Gaza Strip

Rishi Sunak said the Rafah crossing should reopen ‘imminently’ to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Judith and Natalie Raanan had been visiting Israel from their home near Chicago when Hamas fighters stormed Israel

Protesters have marched from several mosques to the heavily guarded U.S. Embassy in Indonesia’s capital to denounce the staunch American support for Israel and demand an end to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip

Palestinians wounded in Israeli airstrikes arrive at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, mourners attend the funeral of an Israeli woman killed by Hamas militants in Holon, Israel, and a woman watches the “ring of fire” solar eclipse in Bolivia. In sports, Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim is bowled out by New…

Hamas on Friday freed an American woman and her teenage daughter it had held hostage in Gaza, the first such release from among the around 200 people the militant group abducted during its October 7 rampage through southern Israel. The release came as thousands of people in Muslim countries gathered…

Many are glued to the news and social media following the deadly Hamas attacks in Israel, and Israel’s non-stop bombing in the last week of the 2.3 million people living in the Gaza Strip.

All eyes are on the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, which is expected to open on Friday. The Egyptians have sent machinery to repair roads damaged by Israeli air strikes so that much-needed aid can enter the Gaza Strip. Details of the deal are still being hammered out.…

As aid remains blocked at the Rafah crossing, and Cairo residents collect donations, many ask when the border will open.

From their homes in Paris, Palestinians Sarah, Saïd and Yasser* are anxiously following the dramatic situation in Gaza, where their relatives are caught up in the massive bombardment and dire humanitarian crisis triggered by the latest war between Israel and Hamas. They lament French bans on pro-Palestinian protests, which prevents…