GAZA: The conflict that began on October 7 following Hamas' unprecedented surprise attack on Israel, finally came to a "temporary halt" after the four-day truce agreed between Israel and Hamas came into effect on Friday. The conflict has led to nearly 15,000 Palestinians — including more
GENEVA: United Nations (UN) agencies voiced hope that a shaky truce that got underway between Israel and Hamas on Friday would allow aid to flow to northern Gaza for the first time in weeks, while the World Health Organization said it is working on further
KHAN YUNIS Palestinian Territories: The bodies of dozens of unidentified people were buried on Wednesday in a mass grave at a cemetery in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Wrapped in blue tarpaulin, the bodies were lowered on stretchers, some of them stained with blood,
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday backed the proposal of international peace conference to restart peace process on Palestine. "Peace in the region can only be achieved with the implementation of relevant UN resolutions," Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said at a news conference in Islamabad. "Pakistan
GAZA: Israel's government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 captives held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave. Officials from Qatar, which
WASHINGTON: Shortly after Hamas took hostages during their deadly assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7, the government of Qatar contacted the White House with a request: Form a small team of advisers to help work to get the captives freed. That work, begun in the
BRUSSELS: The European Union faces growing animosity across the Muslim world and beyond due to accusations of pro-Israel bias and double standards over the war in Gaza, the bloc’s foreign policy chief has warned. Josep Borrell said he feared such acrimony could undermine diplomatic support for
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres decried events in bombed-out Gaza since Oct. 7, calling them a “killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented” since he took office. “What is clear is that we have had in a few weeks thousands of children killed,
PARIS: Holding olive branches and white banners, French performers from different religious and ethnic backgrounds led thousands of people on a silent march through central Paris to call for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and unity in France. The crowd, which included actors Isabelle Adjani and
GAZA: There was a great state of panic and fear among patients, medical staff and families at the Al Shifa hospital following Israeli army’s order to evacuate the medical complex within one hour, Al Jazeera quoted a source at the hospital as saying on Saturday. According