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Comprehensive prisoner swap only solution for Gaza war, says Hamas

Date: 2025-06-08 13:17:37 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:11210959

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - Hamas movement said Sunday that the Israeli military’s continued operation in Gaza will only lead to further losses and complicate the fate of Israeli soldiers held captive by the Palestinian resistance. In a statement ....

Gaza death toll reaches 54,880 since start of Israeli aggression in October 2023 - Medical sources

Date: 2025-06-08 13:04:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:11210957

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - The death toll from the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has reached 54,880, the majority of whom were women and children, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression in October 2023. At least 126,227 others have also been ....

Israel destroys 99% of essential equipment of recovering bodies: Gaza's Civil Defense

Date: 2025-06-08 11:27:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:12 - ID:11210802

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza Mahmoud Basal said that Israel has pursued an intense and systematic bombing campaign since October 7, inflicting widespread devastation on civilians and infrastructure ....

Israel puts women on front line to fix men shortage problem, says US newspaper

Date: 2025-06-08 10:59:59 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:11210761

WASHINGTON, July 8 (MENA) - Israel started putting more women on the front line of fighting to help fix its manpower problem, reported the US newspaper Wall Street Journal. Days ago, an Israeli search-and-rescue team in Gaza spent hours drilling ....

Israel spreads chaos, starvation in Gaza as part of systematic plan to undermine Palestinian society

Date: 2025-06-08 10:44:19 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:11210793

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - Deputy Head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in Gaza Tahseen al Astal said on Sunday that Israel is deliberately spreading chaos in the Gaza Strip to facilitate full control over the territory. He asserted that ....

11 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of Gaza Strip

Date: 2025-06-08 06:53:40 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:3 - ID:11210584

GAZA CITY, June 8 (MENA) - Eleven Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombing of different areas of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to Wafa news agency. Five Palestinians, including two girls, were killed when an Israeli ....

Israeli shelling, gunfire kill Palestinians in Gaza

Date: 2025-06-07 17:07:55 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:11209990

RAMALLAH, June 7 (MENA) - Palestinians were martyred on Saturday in an Israeli occupation shelling and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip, including tents and homes for displaced people and an aid center. WAFA reported that 12 persons ....

The Guardian: Conference to recognize Palestinian state to weaken scope of its ambition

Date: 2025-06-07 16:38:52 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:11210079

LONDON, June 7 (MENA) - A planned conference in New York this month that supporters of Palestine had hoped would push Western governments to recognize a Palestinian state has weakened its ambition and will instead hope to agree on steps towards ....

Israel orders forcible evacuation of tens of thousands in northern Gaza

Date: 2025-06-07 16:26:43 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:11210358

GAZA CITY, June 7 (MENA) - Israeli occupation forces on Saturday ordered the forcible evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in northern Gaza, according to WAFA news agency. Local sources said the evacuation order targeted the Abdul Rahman ....

Starvation of Gaza is manmade catastrophe that shames all – The Independent

Date: 2025-06-07 15:15:00 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:11210359

LONDON, June 7 (MENA) – Whatever else may be concluded about the shooting of Palestinian civilians at, or near, aid centers in Gaza, they do not suggest that sufficient humanitarian aid is being delivered in a timely and efficient manner, The ....