Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 13 Palestinians on Saturday, six of them in a shooting incident near a US-backed aid distribution centre in the territory’s south. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that at around 7:00 am (0400 GMT), ‘six people were killed and several others wounded by the forces of the Israeli occupation …

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 44 people across the war-ravaged Palestinian territory on Tuesday. ‘Civil defence teams have transferred (to hospitals) at least 44 dead, mostly children and women, as well as dozens of wounded, following new massacres committed by the occupation’ across Gaza since 1:00 am (2200 GMT Monday), agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told …

Iraq’s Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has announced a $40 million pledge for the reconstruction of Lebanon and Gaza, following Israel’s latest assault that has reportedly left no fewer than 140 people dead in the Palestinian territory. Sudani made the announcement during the Arab League summit held in Baghdad on Saturday in response to the crisis gripping the region. The …

Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from 06:00 am (0300 GMT) Sunday, after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon. “The declaration on the state of emergency enables the IDF (Israeli military) to issue instructions to the citizens of Israel, including limiting gatherings and closing sites where it may be relevant”, …

Surgeons at Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem, have reattached a 12-year-old boy’s head to his neck after a serious accident in which he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. Palestinian from the West Bank, Suleiman Hassan was airlifted to Hadassah Hospital’s trauma unit in Ein Kerem, where it was determined that the ligaments holding the posterior base of …

Two Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli military operation near the Palestinian town of Jenin on Saturday. According to unanimous reports from both sides, the Palestinian men fired shots from a moving car at Israeli soldiers, who returned fire. The men, aged 23 and 24, were fatally wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army said the …