DUBAI, April 26 — A Palestinian civil defence team on Thursday called on the United Nations to investigate what it said were war crimes at a Gaza hospital, saying nearly 400 bodies were recovered from mass graves after Israeli soldiers departed the complex.

ISTANBUL, April 25 — The grandson of South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela has urged the global community to exert pressure and prevent Israeli vessels from entering their ports.

GAZA, April 22 — The death toll from the Israeli warplanes and artillery targeting of two Palestinian civilian homes in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning rose to 19, including 14 children.

ISTANBUL, April 20 — Tension between Israel and Iran should not distract from the situation in Gaza, and the first priority of the international community should be ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said.

ISTANBUL, April 20 — The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) has confirmed that the three vessels involved in the “Break the Siege: Freedom Flotilla Mission to Gaza 2024” are expected to sail on Wednesday (April 24).

ISTANBUL, April 19 — All 19 participants from Malaysia who joined the Break the Siege of Gaza Freedom Flotilla mission arrived in Istanbul, Turkiye at 2.47 pm, local time, yesterday.

RAMALLAH, April 18 — World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Wednesday, renewed calls to provide protection for all hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has expressed relief that Cinta Gaza Malaysia chief executive officer (CEO) Muhammad Nadir Al-Nuri Kamaruzaman has been reunited with his family after they were brought out of Gaza.

GENEVA, April 12 — Waterborne diseases are spreading in Gaza due to a lack of clean water and rising temperatures, the United Nations humanitarian coordinator in Gaza said on Friday.

GAZA, April 12 — At least 25 civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Gaza Strip Friday.

MOSCOW, April 8 — The United States is increasingly frustrated with Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and expects that the Jewish state will meet its commitments to address the threat to civilians in the enclave and allow more humanitarian aid there, White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said, reported Sputnik.

CAIRO, April 8 — Iraq agreed on Sunday to send 10 million litres of fuel to the Gaza Strip in support of the Palestinian people, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said.

GAZA CITY, April 8 — A delegation from the Palestinian group Hamas held discussions on Sunday with the head of Egyptian intelligence in Cairo on efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a hostage swap deal with Israel.

CAIRO, April 7 — Houthi forces in Yemen said on Sunday they had launched rockets and drones at British, US and Israeli ships, the latest in a campaign of attacks on shipping in support of Palestinians in the Gaza war.

TEHRAN, April 7 — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reported that the number of journalists killed by the Israeli armed forces mounted to 140 in the Gaza Strip since the onset of the ongoing onslaught.

GENEVA, April 7 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday said the massive destruction inflicted on Gaza’s largest hospital, reduced to “an empty shell” with human graves following the latest Israeli siege.

CAIRO, April 7 — A Hamas delegation headed by the group’s deputy chief in Gaza, Khalil Al-Hayya, will go to Cairo on April 7 for Gaza ceasefire talks, in response to an invitation extended by Egyptian mediators, the group said in a statement on Saturday.

WASHINGTON, April 5 — US President Joe Biden effectively gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an ultimatum on Thursday: protect Palestinian civilians and foreign aid workers in Gaza or Washington could rein in support for Israel in its war against Hamas militants.

GAZA CITY, April 4 — At least 33,037 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Thursday, the Anadolu Agency reported.

CAIRO, April 4 — Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said on Wednesday that his Palestinian Islamist movement at war with Israel was sticking to its conditions for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, including an Israeli military withdrawal.