Israel sets north Gaza hospital on fire, orders patients to leave

Israeli forces on Friday raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, torching large sections and ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of others to leave, officials said.Elsewhere in Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people, including 15 people in a single house in […]

31, including five journalists, killed in Gaza

Gaza authorities said an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinian journalists in a vehicle outside a hospital on Thursday. Medics said the five were among at least 31 people killed in Israeli air assaults across the Palestinian enclave before dawn. The Palestinian Journalists Union said one strike killed five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel who […]

Syrian authorities slam efforts to stir up strife

Thousands protested on Wednesday in several areas of Syria after a video circulated showing an attack on an Alawite shrine in the country's north, a war monitor and witnesses said.Syria's new Islamist-led authorities said the footage was ‘old’ and that ‘unknown groups’ were behind the attack, saying ‘republishing’ the video served to ‘stir up strife’.The […]

New Israeli terms delaying ceasefire deal, says Hamas

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel traded accusations on Wednesday over delays in finalising a ceasefire and hostage release deal, after both had reported progress in the latest round of Gaza truce talks.Indirect negotiations mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the US have taken place in Doha in recent days, rekindling hope for an agreement between […]