After Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a statement stating that it has verified footage showing Israel use white phosphorus in Gaza this week, Amnesty International has released its own report. The investigation from the rights group Amnesty shows that Israeli forces positioned artillery...

The Russian ambassador to the UN has decried what he said was western double standards and hypocrisy, after Moscow drafted a Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and armed Palestinian groups in Gaza. “Our former western partners are not hestitating to apply...

At least one journalist has been killed and several others wounded in a shelling attack by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, according to witnesses and reporters at the scene. The Reuters news agency confirmed on Friday that Issam Abdallah, a videographer, was killed in the attack. “We...

Russian President Vladimir Putin cautioned Israel on Friday against laying siege to Gaza in the same way that Nazi Germany besieged Leningrad, saying a ground offensive there would lead to an "absolutely unacceptable" number of civilian casualties. Putin said Israel had been subjected to "an...

Middle East Eye’s Editor-in-Chief David Hearst has written about Israel’s wider ambitions beyond its current campaign in Gaza. Hearst writes that the Israeli government might be trying to force an exodus of Palestinians from Gaza into neighbouring Egypt. “On Friday, little doubt remained...

Doctor Mai al Kaila, the minister of health in Gaza, said that there is a “humanitarian and health catastrophe affecting the Gaza Strip” today, as electricity, food and water continue to be cut off in the besieged enclave.  Six hospitals in the Gaza Strip have completely stopped...

Human Rights Watch has warned that Israel is using white phosphorous "unlawfully" in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, citing the risk it poses to civilians. The rights group said it had verified footage taken in both regions over the past week which showed multiple airbursts of artillery-fired...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan’s capital Amman early Friday following talks in Israel. On Thursday, Blinken extended his trip to Israel and Jordan to include the Arab nations of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The top US diplomat “will...

Iran's foreign minister said that the continuation of crimes against Palestinians will receive a response from "the rest of the axis", and could open a new front against Israel. "Some Western officials have questioned if there is an intention to open a new front against the Zionist entity"...

Several Palestinian media outlets have reported that at least 17 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli bombing in the Bureij refugee camp, which is located in central Gaza.

  The White House is rebuking progressives in Congress for calling for a ceasefire and showing sympathy and concern for the loss of innocent Palestinian life. "It's pretty obvious at this point that the White House doesn't care how many Palestinians die, civilians or otherwise," one...

The number of Palestinians killed from a massive Israeli air campaign against the Gaza Strip has risen to 1,537, the Health Ministry said Thursday. It said the fatalities include 500 children and 276 women. At least 6,612 people were wounded in the bombardment since Saturday, including...

Countless western institutions and prominent heads of state have publicly condemned the violent attacks carried out by Palestinian groups and expressed their support for Israel. But the reactions among heads of state from elsewhere across the globe have been more varied. In Latin America,...

Palestine’s Ministry of Health states that the Palestinian death toll, as of this afternoon, has reached 1,354 people.  The Ministry says the health system has started to totally collapse and that the number of those wounded exceeds capacity of their services. Meanwhile, morgues in...

The Israeli army has dropped leaflets on residents in Gaza, telling them to go into non-existent shelters today. The leaflets are addressed to the residents of Beit Lahia, and state that the Israeli army is trying to eliminate Hamas in their neighbourhood. The text tells people to...

Syria’s state television said Israel launched attacks on the main airports in the capital Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo on Thursday. Local media channel Sham FM said Syrian air defenses were launched in response to both attacks. It said there had been damage but no casualties...

In his latest column for Middle East Eye, journalist Peter Oborne looks at how British politicians from both major parties have not only failed to condemn Israel’s bombardment of Gaza but backed it as it commits what could amount to war crimes. Yesterday Keir Starmer, the leader of the...

The Israeli army confirmed on Thursday that 97 Israelis were taken hostage by the Palestinian group Hamas during the Saturday morning attack, saying that their families have been informed of the situation and their release may take a "longer time." “We are aware of the situation of the...

At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed since a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas early Saturday that involved dozens of fighters who infiltrated Israeli towns, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said early Thursday. More than 3,300 Israelis have been injured in...

Nine UN employees have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza since the start of a bombardment Saturday, a UN agency said Wednesday. "Nine UNRWA personnel (six staff and three contractors) were killed, while three teachers were injured," the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)...