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Palestinian journalist Adam Abu Harbid killed in Israeli strike
Palestinian journalist Adam Abu Harbid killed in Israeli strike

Al Jazeera

time5 days ago

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  • Al Jazeera

Palestinian journalist Adam Abu Harbid killed in Israeli strike

Palestinian journalist Adam Abu Harbid killed in Israeli strike NewsFeed An Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed several people overnight, including journalist Adam Abu Harbid. Major international news outlets have issued a statement warning that journalists in Gaza are working under dire circumstances. Video Duration 01 minutes 40 seconds 01:40 Video Duration 02 minutes 57 seconds 02:57 Video Duration 03 minutes 36 seconds 03:36 Video Duration 03 minutes 40 seconds 03:40 Video Duration 00 minutes 37 seconds 00:37 Video Duration 00 minutes 57 seconds 00:57 Video Duration 02 minutes 50 seconds 02:50

Israeli attack hits Gaza's only Catholic church
Israeli attack hits Gaza's only Catholic church

Al Jazeera

time17-07-2025

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  • Al Jazeera

Israeli attack hits Gaza's only Catholic church

Israeli attack hits Gaza's only Catholic church NewsFeed An Israeli attack on Gaza's only Catholic church has killed and injured several people including forcibly displaced Palestinians who were sheltering inside. Video Duration 02 minutes 45 seconds 02:45 Video Duration 02 minutes 49 seconds 02:49 Video Duration 01 minutes 03 seconds 01:03 Video Duration 01 minutes 10 seconds 01:10 Video Duration 00 minutes 33 seconds 00:33 Video Duration 02 minutes 20 seconds 02:20 Video Duration 00 minutes 33 seconds 00:33

Israel-Hamas war: More than 50 people killed in latest Israeli strikes, say Gaza officials
Israel-Hamas war: More than 50 people killed in latest Israeli strikes, say Gaza officials

CNA

time26-05-2025

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  • CNA

Israel-Hamas war: More than 50 people killed in latest Israeli strikes, say Gaza officials

More than 50 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes across Gaza overnight, including one that hit a school sheltering displaced Palestinians. It is the latest in an expanded assault by the Israeli military aimed at defeating Hamas. The IDF said the school compound was housing terrorists. Rescuers say 33 people were killed in the strike, many of them women and children. Trent Murray reports from Tel Aviv.

Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive
Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive

BreakingNews.ie

time07-05-2025

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  • BreakingNews.ie

Israeli strikes kill dozens across Gaza as Israel prepares to ramp up offensive

Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 48 people, including women and children, hospital officials said on Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas in a devastating war now entering its 20th month. The strikes included one attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials from the Al-Aqsa Hospital said, including nine women and three children. Advertisement It was the fifth time since the war began that the school has been struck. Strikes on targets in several other areas killed at least 21. A makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City (Jehad Alshrafi/AP) A large column of smoke rose and fires pierced the dark skies above the school shelter in Bureij, a built-up urban refugee camp in central Gaza. Paramedics and rescuers rushed to pull people out from the blaze. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes. Advertisement Israel blames Hamas for the death toll because it operates from civilian infrastructure, including schools. The new bloodshed comes days after Israel approved a plan to intensify its operations in the Palestinian enclave, which would include seizing Gaza, holding on to captured territories, forcibly displacing Palestinians to southern Gaza and taking control of aid distribution along with private security companies. Israel is also calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers to carry out the plan. Israel says the plan will be gradual and will not be implemented until after US president Donald Trump wraps up his visit to the region later this month. Advertisement Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel (Ohad Zwigenberg/AP) Any escalation of fighting would be likely to drive up the death toll. And with Israel already controlling some 50% of Gaza, increasing its hold on the territory, for an indefinite amount of time, could open up the potential for a military occupation, which would raise questions about how Israel plans to have the territory governed, especially at a time when it is considering how to implement Mr Trump's vision to take over Gaza. The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostages. Israel's offensive has killed more than 52,000 people in Gaza, many of them women and children, according to Palestinian health officials. The officials do not distinguish between combatants and civilians in their count. Advertisement Mr Trump stunned many in Israel on Tuesday when he declared that only 21 of the 59 hostages remaining in Gaza were still alive. Israel insists that figure stands at 24, although an Israeli official said there was 'serious concern' for the lives of three captives. US president Donald Trump stunned many in Israel when he said only 21 of the 59 hostages remaining in Gaza were still alive (Evan Vucci/AP) The official said there had been no sign of life from these three, whom the official did not identify. He said that until there was evidence proving otherwise, the three were considered to be alive. Advertisement The official said the families of the captives were updated on these developments. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing the families of the captives, demanded from Israel's government that if there was 'new information being kept from us, give it to us immediately'. It also called for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt the war in Gaza until all hostages were returned. 'This is the most urgent and important national mission,' it said on a post on X. Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP) Since Israel ended a ceasefire with the Hamas militant group in mid-March, it has unleashed strikes on Gaza that have killed hundreds and has captured swaths of territory. Before the truce ended, Israel halted all humanitarian aid into the territory, including food, fuel and water, setting off what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis in 19 months of war. Key interlocutors Qatar and Egypt said on Wednesday that mediation efforts were 'ongoing and consistent'. But Israel and Hamas remain far apart on how they see the war ending. Israel says it will not end the war until Hamas's governing and military capabilities are dismantled, something it has failed to do in 19 months of war. Hamas says it is prepared to release all of the hostages for an end to the war and a long-term truce with Israel. Recent Israeli airstrikes targeted a power plant and Sanaa Airport in Sanaa, Yemen (Osamah Abdulrahman/AP) Against the backdrop of the plans to intensify the campaign in Gaza, fighting has also escalated between Israel and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthis fired a ballistic missile earlier this week that landed on the grounds of Israel's main international airport. Israel responded with a series of airstrikes over two days, whose targets included the airport in Yemen's capital, Sanaa. The Houthis have been striking Israel and targets in a main Red Sea shipping route since the war began in solidarity with the Palestinians. On Tuesday, Mr Trump said the US would halt a nearly two-months-long campaign against the Houthis in Yemen, after the rebel group agreed not to target US ships. The Israeli official said the deal came as a surprise to Israel and that it was concerned by it because of what it meant for the continuation of hostilities between it and the Houthis.

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