[ad_1] Mediation efforts to secure a new Gaza ceasefire and release more hostages held by Hamas are continuing despite continued Israeli bombardment which is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are continuing. We are not going to give up,”…
[ad_1] World leaders, international rights groups and United Nations officials have criticised the United States for vetoing a UN resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and failing to halt the war that has killed more than 17,400 Palestinians and about 1,100 people in Israel since October 7. A UN resolution on the…
[ad_1] Last Updated: December 09, 2023, 14:54 IST Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi ( File Image/News18) Meenakshi Lekhi’s response came after a document about a reply to a Parliament question available on the Lok Sabha website surfaced on the internet Union Minister of State for External Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi on Friday…
[ad_1] The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. Thirteen Security Council members voted in favour of a brief draft resolution, put forward by the United Arab Emirates on Friday, while the United Kingdom abstained. The…
[ad_1] Israel’s attacks have increased throughout the Gaza Strip, especially in the vicinity of hospitals and in the southern part of the besieged territory, where ground operations are stepping up. According to the latest casualty figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 16,510 Palestinians have been martyred in Gaza and the West Bank, including…
[ad_1] Senior political leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh Wednesday sought Pakistan’s intervention in halting ongoing Israeli atrocities, saying that it is a “brave” nation. In his address to the national dialogue on ‘The Sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Responsibility of the Muslim Ummah’ held in Islamabad, he said: “If Israel faced resistance from Pakistan, the…
[ad_1] Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza’s main city of Khan Yunis on Wednesday, battling Hamas through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war. The latest toll from Gaza’s health ministry said 16,248 people in Gaza, most of them women and children, had been killed by brutal Israeli…
[ad_1] More than 700 people have been martyred in the last 24 hours, according to Gaza’s health ministry, despite US assurances that it had urged Israel to show “restraint” as it resumed its war on the Palestinian enclave. Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to…
[ad_1] The Israeli military says it has attacked more than 400 targets in the Gaza Strip since a pause in the fighting with Hamas ended the day before. Air, naval and ground forces were involved, it said, adding that fighter jets hit “more than 50 targets in an extensive attack in the Khan Yunis area”…
[ad_1] Israel and Hamas agreed on Thursday to extend the ceasefire in their war by at least one more day, minutes before the six-day truce was due to expire. In a separate statement, Hamas said an agreement has been reached to extend the truce for a seventh day. Israel’s military said in a statement the…
