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18 Nov 2023
Hamas450 patients left behind at Al-Shifa Hospital: Gaza health officials
Hundreds of people reportedly fled from Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital on Saturday after Israeli troops ordered evacuation "in the next hour" over loudspeakers, reported AFP.
17 Nov 2023
TikTokTikTok to ban Bin Laden's 'Letter to America' viral trend
Short-form video platform TikTok said on Thursday that it will prohibit content promoting Osama bin Laden's 2002 "Letter to America," wherein the former al-Qaeda leader justified attacking the United States (US).
17 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Mother of 5 Hamas hostage found dead near Gaza hospital
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday claimed to have found the body of a hostage who was abducted by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 attack near Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital.
17 Nov 2023
HamasHamas command center found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, says Israel
Israel claimed to have found an operational command center used by Hamas at Gaza's largest medical facility—Al-Shifa Hospital.
16 Nov 2023
Joe BidenBiden-Jinping summit results in key agreements: Everything to know
United States (US) President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in San Francisco, US, for the first time since their summit in Bali, Indonesia last year.
16 Nov 2023
United Nations Security CouncilUN Security Council adopts resolution for humanitarian pauses in Gaza
After four failed attempts, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday passed its first resolution calling for "urgent and extended humanitarian pauses" in Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.
15 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Israel tanks enter Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, patients stranded
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has entered war-torn Gaza's biggest medical facility, the Al-Shifa Hospital, where hundreds of patients and civilians are stranded, with tanks, The Associated Press reported.
15 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Israel raids Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, approves fuel for UN trucks
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday raided the Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in war-torn Gaza, and called on Hamas fighters to surrender with thousands of Palestinian civilians sheltering there, per Reuters.
14 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Israel claims Hamas held hostages, stored weapons in hospital basement
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a video and photos of Gaza's Al-Rantisi children's hospital, claiming the Palestinian terror group Hamas used its basement for holding captives and storing weapons.
14 Nov 2023
HamasGaza's Al-Shifa Hospital buried 179 in 'mass grave,' says director
War-torn Gaza's largest medical facility, Al-Shifa Hospital, has buried 179 people—including infants and intensive care unit patients—in a "mass grave" after a fuel shortage led to a humanitarian crisis, said Director Mohammad Abu Salmiyah, per AFP.
14 Nov 2023
HamasWill free 70 hostages in exchange for 5-day ceasefire: Hamas
Amid the escalating war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian terror group's military arm, the Al-Qassam Brigades, has proposed a five-day ceasefire with Israel in exchange for the release of up to 70 women and children hostages, Reuters reported.
13 Nov 2023
HamasHamas planned Israel attack for over a year: Report
The Hamas had planned for more than a year to attack Israel in a large proportion and trigger a war in the Middle East, The Washington Post reported.
13 Nov 2023
United Nations (UN)UN half-mast flags for over 100 staffers killed in Gaza
The United Nations (UN) lowered its flags at half-mast in all of its compounds across Asia on Monday in honor of its more than 100 colleagues who have been killed in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war began on October 7.
13 Nov 2023
World Health OrganizationGaza's biggest hospital 'not functioning anymore' amid Israeli bombing: WHO
Gaza's largest medical facility, al-Shifa Hospital, is no longer functional amid "constant gunfire and bombings in the area," World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
12 Nov 2023
United Nations (UN)India backs UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestine
India voted in favor of a United Nations (UN) resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the "Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan," which was approved on Thursday.
12 Nov 2023
HamasWill help evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital: Israel
Israel announced on Sunday that it is ready to assist with the evacuation of babies from Gaza's largest hospital amid the intense battle near the facility between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
11 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Gaza's largest hospital runs out of fuel, operations suspended
The largest hospital in Gaza has run out of fuel, forcing it to suspend operations.
11 Nov 2023
HamasBlinken expresses concern over Palestinian deaths amid Israel-Hamas war
Too many Palestinians have lost their lives in Gaza, United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken said while speaking on the ongoing war between the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and Israel.
10 Nov 2023
HamasIsrael agrees to 4-hour daily pauses for Gazans to flee
Israel will implement four-hour military pauses each day in its ongoing war with Hamas to allow civilians to flee northern Gaza, the United States (US) said.
09 Nov 2023
United States of America9 dead after US airstrikes on Iran-linked site in Syria
For the second time in the past few weeks, the United States (US) warplanes carried out airstrikes on a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing nine people.
09 Nov 2023
HamasIntense clashes between Israel, Hamas forces on Gaza City streets
Around 70% of Gaza's population has been displaced as Israeli forces clash with Hamas fighters at close quarters on the streets of Gaza City.
08 Nov 2023
HamasUS urges Israel to differentiate between Hamas and Palestinian civilians
As Israel intensifies its retaliation against Hamas, the United States (US) has urged the country to distinguish between members of the terror group and civilians in its attacks.
08 Nov 2023
Hamas3 Hamas leaders worth $11 billion, enjoy luxury in Qatar
Hamas, the terror group responsible for the killing of over 1,400 civilians in southern Israel on October 7, has three top leaders with a combined net worth of $11 billion, the New York Post reported.
08 Nov 2023
Gal GadotGal Gadot faces criticism for organizing Hamas massacre footage screening
Israeli actor Gal Gadot has come under fire for arranging a showing of unedited footage from the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel.
08 Nov 2023
US House of RepresentativesUS House censures Palestinian-American lawmaker over Israel comments
The United States House of Representatives has voted 234 to 188 to censure the sole Palestinian American in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, for her alleged remarks concerning the Israel-Hamas war.
08 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Israel operating in Gaza City, US says occupation 'not good'
After splitting the Gaza Strip into two parts, Israel said on Tuesday that its forces were operating in the heart of Gaza City as the war entered its second month.
07 Nov 2023
Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael to take 'security' duty in Gaza indefinitely post-war: Netanyahu
As Israel's war with Hamas completed one month on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said his country will have an indefinite "overall security" role in Gaza once the conflict ends.
07 Nov 2023
HamasConsidering 'tactical pauses,' says Israel, while indicating Gaza's complete takeover
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel might consider "tactical little pauses" in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza to allow aid delivery or hostage release.
07 Nov 2023
Narendra ModiIranian president seeks Modi's intervention for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has urged India to utilize "all its capacities" to put an end to Israel's actions in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict.
06 Nov 2023
South AfricaSouth Africa recalls diplomats from Israel amid Gaza conflict
South Africa on Monday announced it was recalling all its diplomats from Tel Aviv as the Israel-Hamas war completed a month.
06 Nov 2023
United States of AmericaUS to 'intervene militarily' if Hezbollah, Iran attack Israel: Report
The United States (US) government has warned Iran and Hezbollah—the Lebanese terror group backed by it—that it will "intervene militarily" if they attacked Israel, reported The New York Times.
06 Nov 2023
Benjamin Netanyahu'Nuclear bomb on Gaza': Israeli minister suspended over extremist remarks
Israel's Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu was indefinitely suspended from cabinet meetings on Sunday.
06 Nov 2023
United Nations (UN)UN agency heads call for ceasefire in Israeli-Hamas war
In a rare joint statement, the heads of 18 United Nations (UN) agencies called for an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
06 Nov 2023
HamasIndia not planning to ban Hamas, radicalization a concern: Sources
India has no plans to ban the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, News18 reported citing top intelligence sources.
06 Nov 2023
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Gaza Strip cut in 2, ready to attack north: Israel
Israel's military has said it cut the Gaza Strip into two pieces and is ready to attack northern Gaza at any moment.
05 Nov 2023
HamasIsrael-Hamas war: Arab leaders push US for Gaza ceasefire
Arab leaders on Saturday publicly pressed United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken to secure an immediate ceasefire in Gaza amid Israel's military aggression in the region.
04 Nov 2023
United States of America'Will collapse like USSR': Hamas issues warning to US
Palestinian terror group Hamas has reportedly issued a warning to the United States (US) for supporting Israel in Gaza.
04 Nov 2023
HamasIsrael airstrikes ambulance near Gaza hospital, 15 reported dead
At least 15 people lost their lives and nearly 60 others suffered injuries on Friday in an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance being used to evacuate the wounded from blockaded northern Gaza.
03 Nov 2023
HamasIsrael surrounds Gaza City as death toll crosses 9,000
Israel said its forces have completely surrounded Gaza City and are making every effort to bring all of the hostages home, adding that a ceasefire "is not on the table at all."
02 Nov 2023
HamasHamas official vows to repeat October 7 attack, eliminate Israel
Ghazi Hamad, a top-ranking Hamas official, has reportedly lauded the October 7 attack on Israel and pledged to continue such offensives until the Jewish country is completely eradicated.