Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can "stand alone", after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza.
Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began (...)
Israeli singer Eden Golan has qualified for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest after a public vote.
Her victory came hours after thousands of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered in the streets of Malmö, Sweden, where the contest is being held, (...)
The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced Palestine's rights within the organization and called for it to be accepted as a member.
Palestine has had non-member observer state status since 2012, which allows some rights short of a full (...)
At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel's Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.
Rows of men in gray tracksuits are seen sitting on (...)
Swedish police have assured that fans need not be concerned about safety at this year's Eurovision Song Contest, despite heightened tensions due to the conflict in Gaza.
However, the competition continues to be overshadowed by protests against (...)
Israel's attack in the southern Gaza city of Rafah has expanded from airstrikes to ground operations, new satellite images obtained by CNN from Planet Labs show.
The images, which bear a striking resemblance to the early stages of Israel's ground (...)
President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the (...)
Hundreds of Gaza's water and sanitation facilities have been damaged or destroyed since Israel began military action against Hamas, satellite analysis by BBC Verify has found.
Damage to a major supplies depot has also severely disrupted repairs.
The (...)
After months of stalemate, the search for peace in Gaza has reached a critical stage. UN chief Antonio Guterres says it is a "decisive moment for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for the fate of the entire region".
There seems to be common (...)
Palestinian civilians told to evacuate eastern Rafah by the Israeli military have described their fear and despair at being uprooted from their homes and shelters, as Israel airstrikes hit Gaza's southernmost city.
There were hopes that the Rafah (...)
The US last week paused a bomb shipment for Israel over concerns it was going ahead with a major ground operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, a senior administration official says.
The shipment consisted of 1,800 2,000lb (907kg) bombs and 1,700 500lb (...)
Israel says it is reopening the Kerem Shalom crossing with southern Gaza for aid deliveries, four days after it was closed because of Hamas rocket fire.
Lorries from Egypt with food, water and medicine have arrived at the crossing, according to the (...)
Police have made several arrests at George Washington University (GW) after officers moved to clear a pro-Palestinian encampment from the campus.
A spokesperson for Washington DC Metro Police told the BBC that "a number of arrests" were made for (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned Israeli settlers' attack on a Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy that was on its way to the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The attack on the aid convoy, run by the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, was (...)
As Israel appears to begin its long-feared assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that the consequences for the hundreds of thousands sheltering there could be dire.
Speaking to the press, Borrell (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia warned of the dangerous repercussions of the Israeli occupation forces' targeting of the city of Rafah as part of its ongoing bloody and brutal campaign on the Gaza Strip.
The Kingdom also renewed its call on the international (...)
Three Israeli soldiers have been killed in a Hamas rocket attack near one of the main crossings used to deliver aid into Gaza, Israel has said.
The Kerem Shalom crossing was closed overnight by Israel following the strike.
Subsequent Israeli strikes (...)
Gazans began leaving eastern Rafah on Monday after Israel's military issued a call for residents there to "evacuate immediately," raising questions over whether Israel will soon carry out its long-threatened assault on the city.
During nearly seven (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Al Jazeera is to be shut down in Israel.
Netanyahu accused the Qatari-owned network of "incitement" and said the Cabinet decision had been unanimous.
Al Jazeera condemned the move as (...)
Israel has closed the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza after Hamas fired rockets from within the strip, the military has said.
At least 10 people were injured, some seriously, Israeli media report. The crossing is one of the few routes to get (...)
An Israeli military operation in Rafah "could lead to a slaughter" and cripple lifesaving humanitarian work throughout Gaza, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday.
"Any ground operation would mean more suffering and death" for the 1.2 (...)
The next chapter of campus protests may soon begin, with universities across the US preparing for possible disruptions at graduation ceremonies.
Four universities rocked by pro-Palestinian protests will hold graduations this weekend.
Many others, (...)
Efforts have intensified to secure a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, with talks resuming in Cairo on Saturday.
Hamas said its delegation was travelling in a "positive spirit" after studying the latest truce proposal.
"We (...)
US President Joe Biden has urged pro-Palestinian protesters on university campuses to uphold the rule of law.
"We are a civil society, and order must prevail," Biden said from the White House, in his first direct remarks about a wave of student (...)
Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning to seek arrest warrants for their military and political leaders on suspicion of war crimes.
Reports suggest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could (...)