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Israel passed a law on Monday banning UNRWA from operating in the country, legislation that could impact the the UN Palestinian refugee agency’s work in war-torn Gaza. CBC | World News
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 22, Palestinian officials say
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials said Sunday, as the Israeli offensive in the hard-hit and isolated north entered a third week and aid groups described a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel said it targeted militants. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinian emergency workers pull out of northern Gaza, saying IDF targets its volunteers
Palestinian Civil Defence announced Wednesday it will pull out of northern Gaza, saying its crews, which carry out first responder and search and rescue services, have been targeted by Israeli attacks as they tried to pull survivors — or bodies — from the rubble or offer first-aid to the injured. CBC | World News
Read More »Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, Palestinian officials say
A total of 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday on northern Gaza’s town of Beit Lahiya, with more than 40 wounded, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli military kills at least 40 in Gaza, Palestinian officials say, as tanks deepen raid in the north
Israeli military strikes were reported to have killed at least 40 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened their squeeze around Jabalia in the north of the enclave on Tuesday, amid fierce battles with Hamas-led fighters. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinian from Gaza buried as only known victim of Iranian barrage against Israel
A 38-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, the only known fatality in Iran’s missile attack against Israel, was buried on Wednesday after Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 65 Palestinians overnight. CBC | World News
Read More »6 staffers in Gaza killed after airstrikes hit school, UN Palestinian refugee agency says
The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident. CBC | World News
Read More »‘I was terrified’: Palestinian says he was forced to act as human shield for Israeli troops
A Palestinian civilian says he was unjustly detained by the IDF and made to take part in house-clearing operations in Gaza, forced to search buildings for explosives and Hamas militants before Israeli troops were cleared to enter. Rights advocates say it’s something the IDF has done before in this and past conflicts. CBC | World News
Read More »9 killed by Israeli forces in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
Nine Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in two raids in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday morning, according to Palestinian health officials. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli court weighs closure of prison after soldiers accused of sexually abusing Palestinian detainees
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