CAIRO, Dec 13 — An Israeli strike killed at least 30 Palestinians and wounded 50 others who were sheltering in a post office in central Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll yesterday in the enclave to 66.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Dec 3 — Israeli leaders hailed today a pledge by US president-elect Donald Trump that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East unless hostages held in the Gaza Strip were released ahead of his January 20 inauguration.

THE HAGUE, Nov 21 — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, the court said today.

GENEVA/CAIRO, Nov 18 — A convoy of 109 trucks was violently looted on Saturday after entering Gaza, resulting in the loss of 98 trucks in what aid workers said was one of the worst such incidents in the more than 13-month-old war, a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid official told Reuters today.

NEW YORK, Nov 12 — The United States will decide this week whether Israel has made progress toward improving the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and how Washington will respond, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday as Israel began to make its case.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called on the world community to build a consensus on suspending or even expelling Israel from the United Nations.

DOHA, Nov 10 — Qatar has denied media reports that it has withdrawn as mediator in the Gaza ceasefire negotiation.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 7 — The United Nations said replacing its Palestinian relief agency in Gaza and the West Bank is not the world body’s responsibility, signalling it was Israel’s problem, showed a letter excerpt seen by Reuters.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — All 41 Palestinians brought into Malaysia for medical purposes have received the necessary treatment, said the Defence Ministry.

TEL AVIV, Oct 22 — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel today, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed at reviving Gaza ceasefire talks and discussing the enclave’s future following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but any breakthrough ahead of the looming United States election looks elusive.

CAIRO, Oct 19 — Israeli planes dropped leaflets over southern Gaza today showing a picture of the dead Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, with the message that “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza”, echoing language used by Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has condemned the Israeli Zionist regime for killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who fought for and defended Palestinians.

BEIT LAHIA, Sept 12 — With Israel blocking the entry of almost all fuel into Gaza to prevent its use by Hamas, some Palestinians in the north of the shattered territory have turned to using plastic waste to make their own.

ISTANBUL, Aug 7 — Turkiye will submit a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel today at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, the Netherlands, said a diplomatic source.

LONDON, July 4 — The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled yesterday that declarations of intervention filed by seven states in a genocide case brought by Gambia against Myanmar are admissible.

CAIRO, June 20 — Israeli tanks backed by warplanes and drones advanced deeper into the western part of the Gazan city of Rafah yesterday, killing eight, said residents and Palestinian medics.

REMBAU, June 14 — Any party, especially non-governmental organisations, including Mercy Malaysia workers, have been asked to discuss their plans with Wisma Putra before sending volunteers on humanitarian missions to Gaza.

AMMAN, June 13 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that more than 8,000 children aged under five in the Gaza Strip have been treated for acute malnutrition, including 1,600 suffering from severe acute malnutrition, resulting in 28 deaths, Jordan News Agency reported.

UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres yesterday named and shamed Israel’s armed and security forces, Palestinian militants Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Sudan’s warring parties for killing and maiming children last year, adding them to an annual global list of offenders for violations against children.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, who is currently on a working visit to Jordan, presented a symbolic check worth US$1 million (RM4.7 million) on behalf of Malaysians to two organisations in Jordan to help Gazans get cancer treatment.