United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has renewed his demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and said that international law was being violated in the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Israel has bombarded the besieged Gaza Strip relentlessly since October 7, when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel, killling at least 1,400 people according to Israeli authorities. Speaking before the 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday, Guterres pleaded for civilians to be protected and warned that the fighting risked a wider conflagration in the region. Guterres also criticised Israel without naming it, saying, “protecting civilians does not mean ordering more than one million people to […]
One of the Israeli captives released by the armed wing of Hamas on Monday evening has been telling her story. Yocheved Lifshitz is one of two elderly women released for what Hamas says were humanitarian reasons. Their husbands remain behind, detained in Gaza. The release followed mediation efforts from Qatar and Egypt. Al Jazeera’s Alan Fisher joins us live from Occupied East Jerusalem for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #Hamas #HamasAttack #AbductedIsraelis #IsraeliCaptives #AlQassamBrigades
China is worried that this war is going to spill into a wider conflict. On Monday, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi made two separate calls to the foreign ministers of Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Speaking to Riyad al-Maliki, Wang said Beijing deeply sympathises with the difficulties of the Palestinian people. Wang condemned attacks on civilians. He said China is going to continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people. During his phone call with Israel’s Eli Cohen, Wang urged Israel to do what it can to protect civilians. Wang said Israel has a choice between war and peace, and it is imperative that it must do everything it […]
The United States has finalised its United Nations Security Council resolution. It calls for all measures necessary such as ‘humanitarian pauses’ and allows for ‘humanitarian access to Gaza’. A key sticking point has been the call for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas – which does not appear in the US resolution. It is not yet clear when the Security Council will vote on the resolution although it is understood that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the UN meeting on Wednesday. This is the third draft resolution issued since the conflict began. Previous ones by Russia and Brazil were vetoed. Al Jazeera’s Gabriel Elizondo joins us live […]
Al Jazeera’s Correspondent, Youmna El Sayed, has been documenting life in Gaza city, after seventeen days of Israeli air strikes. The noise you hear throughout her video diary is from Israeli drones overhead, a sound that now follows Gaza residents everywhere they go. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #GazaAirRaids #GazaAirStrikes #GazaUnderAttack #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaQudsHospital #GazaShifaHospital #Hamas #KhanYounis #GazaBombardment #prayforgaza
Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades has released two captives from Gaza after Qatari and Egyptian mediation, spokesman Abu Obaida says. The two captives are Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Levschitz, al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement on Telegram. These are the same two captives that the group tried to release on Friday, but Israel had refused to take them, Abu Obaida said. “We decided to release them for humanitarian and medical reasons.” Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum is in Khan Younis, Gaza for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE […]
Israel has intensified bombings of the Gaza Strip overnight, with reports of air attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp and close to Gaza’s Al-Shifa and Al-Quds Hospitals. Earlier, the media director of the Palestinian Red Crescent told Al Jazeera the Al-Quds Hospital faced the threat of bombardment “at any moment”. Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum joins us from Khan Younis in southern Gaza for the latest updates. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #GazaAirRaids #GazaAirStrikes #GazaUnderAttack #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelHamasWar #IsraelGazaWar […]
There has been a recent surge in settler attacks on Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank. Since the Hamas attacks on October 7, more than 540 Palestinian Bedouins have been forced out of their homes in the occupied West Bank. Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim reports from Taybeh village in the occupied West Bank. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #WestBankSettlerAttacks #OccupiedWestBank #PalestinianBedouins #Gaza #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaBombing #GazaUnderAttack #Hamas #Huwarah #IsraelSettlerAttacks #WestBankTensions #WestBankViolence
On Friday, the Israeli government ordered tens of thousands of people to leave their homes near the Lebanese border. That brings the number of displaced to 100-thousand. Hotels and guesthouses say they’re running out of space. Al Jazeera’s Willem Marx reports from Tel Aviv. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Palestine #Gaza #GazaCity #GazaAttack #GazaHospitalBombing #GazaHospitalAttack #GazaHospitalMassacre #AhliHospital #AhliBaptistHospital #GazaGenocide ##GazaHospitals #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #Israel #IsraelHamasWar #GazaWar #IsraelWar #IsraelPalestineWar #IsraelGazaWar #GazaUnderAttack #Hamas #GazaDoctors #GazaBombardment #prayforgaza
A violent Israeli crackdown is expanding in the Occupied West Bank. All while international attention is focused on the bloodshed in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from the Nur al Shams Refugee camp. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Israel #Gaza #MiddleEast #Palestine #solidarity #protests #MuslimWorld #collectivepunishment #US #WesternAllies #Qatar #diplomacy #violence #conflict
