Israeli fighter jets have attacked high-rise buildings and other targets in #Gaza as Palestinians in the besieged enclave woke up on Thursday to mark the #EidAlFitr religious holiday under relentless aerial bombardment.
City of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has been hit by a fresh Israeli air raid while rockets were launched from Gaza towards Israeli cities close to the enclave.
Heavy bombardment on the Gaza Strip continued into the early hours of Thursday as Israeli forces launched a series of air attacks on various locations — in pictures aje.io/p3hs7
At least 35 Palestinians were wounded in confrontations with the Israeli army in various locations in the occupied West Bank.
An Egyptian delegation is in Tel Aviv for talks with Israeli officials as part of efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the escalating conflict with Gaza.
"I had to flee right away because we expected a rocket next ... It’s been a nightmare.”
A Gaza resident recounts the Israeli air strike that hit his building. Follow our LIVE blog for the latest: aje.io/n4m73
Israeli forces have killed at least 18 Palestinian children in Gaza this past week.
They join more than 3,000 Palestinian children who were killed by Israeli forces over the past 20 years. Here are some of their names ⤵️ aje.io/dfsrb
BREAKING: Three rockets have launched from southern Lebanon into Israel. LIVE updates: aje.io/n4m73
Israel has begun firing artillery and tank shells into Gaza, and scores of families are fleeing their homes, according to Palestinian witnesses in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have not entered Gaza following a barrage of artillery and air strikes in the north of Gaza, confirms Al Jazeera correspondent Safwat al-Kahlout, who is reporting from Gaza.
Israel continued to bomb the Gaza Strip on Friday, stepping up its troop and tank deployment on the border, while Palestinian factions also fired more rockets into Israel.
BREAKING: A new Israeli strike hits northern Gaza, while several alleged Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes in West Bank. LIVE updates: aje.io/n4m73
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#OnThisDay 24 years ago, Israeli forces shot and killed 12-year-old Palestinian boy Muhammad al-Durrah in Gaza as his father attempted to shield him from bullets.
The moment shook the world and turned Al-Durrah into a symbol of the second Palestinian Intifada ⤵️
The fatal shooting by Israeli forces of Muhammad and his father, Jaber al-Durrah, was captured by Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma, who was filming for TV channel 'France 2' during the Second Intifada in 2000.
Israel's government tried to challenge the authenticity of Talal Abu Rahma's video footage, with Israeli forces denying responsibility for the shooting and killing of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah and his father.
Lebanon declares three days of mourning for Hassan Nasrallah after the Hezbollah leader was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut, as Israel’s warplanes continue their nonstop bombardment.
Nasser Yassin, the minister coordinating Lebanon’s crisis response, says about 1 million people have been displaced by Israeli air attacks, including hundreds of thousands forced to flee their homes since Friday, reports Reuters.
Forcibly displaced families sleep in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square after fleeing Israeli air attacks in Lebanon's south amid further Israeli bombardment in the capital.
An Israel-Hamas Gaza ceasefire deal is not expected before President Joe Biden’s term ends in January, says US media report, as Israel continues its deadly bombardment of the besieged enclave.
12 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli attacks on Gaza City after Israeli bombardment leaves at least 28 people dead across the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
Footage has emerged from the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya showing Israeli soldiers pushing dead bodies off a roof following a raid on Thursday that killed at least five Palestinians.
The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year, as Israel continues its deadly war on the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip.
More communication devices exploded in coordinated attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people, said officials, a day after simultaneous explosions of pagers used by Hezbollah killed 12 people and wounded thousands.
Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declared the start of a “new phase” of war, saying Israeli forces and resources will be diverted from besieged Gaza to the northern border with Lebanon.
Russian forces attacked energy infrastructure in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, cutting power in some districts and forcing the use of backup power systems, say local authorities.
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says it is leaving Russia after 32 years following a Justice Ministry decision to remove it from a list of approved foreign organisations.
Germany will provide an additional 100 million euros ($111m) in aid for Ukraine this winter, German FM Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Moldova.
UNRWA has warned that sanitary conditions in Gaza are quickly deteriorating, with disease-spreading insects and rodents threatening Palestinians’ health.
Two Palestinians were killed and others injured when Israeli aircraft bombed tents housing forcibly displaced people in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, reports Al Jazeera Arabic.
Israel’s security cabinet has expanded its war objectives to include the “safe return of the residents of the north [of Israel] to their homes,” PM Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.