(MEE)- The death toll in the Gaza Strip since 7 October topped more than 21,600 people. Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced to Rafah in recent days, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that around 70 percent of Gaza's homes and half of the enclave's buildings have been damaged or...

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pushed back against pressure by the US to release Palestinian tax funds withheld by Israel, saying on social media "not a single shekel" will be transferred while he remains in charge.  His statement came after a "difficult and frustrating"...

Hamas fighters are inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli military and will not submit to their conditions, the group's leader in Gaza, Yahya al-Sinwar, said in a message to the group's members outside of the territory.  In a letter shared by Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday, Sinwar...

JERUSALEM (AA) – A former Israeli opposition leader has demanded an investigation into the Israeli army's attack on a house near the Gaza Strip, which killed all 12 hostages, saying they were killed under the "Hannibal Protocol" that says a dead Israeli is preferable to enemy-held captives....