Palestine
30 Oct
Israeli forces killed "dozens" of militants in overnight clashes in Gaza, the military said Monday as it presses its hardline response to the October 7 Hamas attacks.
23 Oct
Israeli strikes on Gaza overnight and early Monday have killed at least 70 people, Hamas officials said, as the military said it had struck some 320 targets in the Palestinian enclave in 24 hours.
22 Oct 2023
*Biden appeals to Hamas, Palestinians not to 'steal' aids. *Intensifies efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens to safety Following exhausting engagement with Israeli, Palestinian and international community, U.S. Government has delivered the much needed humanitarian assistance to the Israeli-Hamas war victims in Gaza. While urging Palestinians and Hamas not to interfere with the much-needed assistance, it…
13 Oct 2023
Thousands of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Friday in a show of support for Palestinians amid a bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas.
11 Oct 2023
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has expressed concern over the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has resulted in the loss of countless lives, destruction of infrastructure, and deepened the humanitarian crisis in the region. CAN stated that it is also worried about the implications of the conflict on Nigeria and Nigerian pilgrims. While calling for…
10 Oct 2023
From fake accounts impersonating journalists to war-themed video games fueling false narratives, tech platforms are struggling to contain a tsunami of misinformation around Palestinian-Israeli hostilities after rolling back content moderation policies.
10 Oct 2023
Israel kept up its deadly bombardment of Hamas-controlled Gaza Tuesday after the Palestinian militant group threatened to execute some of the around 150 hostages it abducted in a weekend assault if air strikes continue without warning.
9 Oct 2023
If the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine escalates further, setting off a chain reaction, Nigeria, yet to recover from the economic crisis that followed the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, may have to deal with another energy crisis that may force the government...
20 Sep 2023
Israeli troops killed a 19-year-old Palestinian in a pre-dawn raid in the West Bank Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence in the occupied territory showed no sign of any letup. The ministry said Durgham al-Akhras was killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers raiding Aqabat Jaber refugee camp near the city of Jericho…
12 Jul 2023
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is due Wednesday to visit the northern West Bank city of Jenin for the first time in over a decade, a week after the largest Israeli raid there in years.
20 Jun 2023
A shooter killed four people Tuesday near a settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli medics said.
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