The Israeli military has expressed "sincere sorrow" over the deaths of aid workers and pledged an independent probe into the incident. The World Central Kitchen, which has supplied 42 million meals in Gaza over 175 days, has suspended operations after the attack.
The Israeli military has expressed "sincere sorrow" and pledged an independent probe into the matter. Israel has been accused of hindering humanitarian assistance towards a starving Gaza, particularly after Israeli forces allegedly opened fire on a crowd waiting for deliveries, killing 100.
Israeli officials have long complained about Al Jazeera's coverage and sought to shut it down under a legislation allowing temporary ban on foreign news networks citing threats to national security. Israel has accused the channel of inciting anti-Israel sentiments, which Al Jazeera has denied.
Iranian and Syrian media reported that several people, including diplomats and Iranian commander, were killed in the strike. Israel has repeatedly attacked Iranian targets in Syria in the course of its nearly six-month-long war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The World Health Organisation said 21 patients perished during Israel's two-week-long raid in Al-Shifa hospital and hundreds of others were put at risk. The Israeli military claimed to have killed and detained several Hamas militants along with seizing weaponry and valuable intelligence.
Netanyahu's cabinet has faced widespread criticism over the security failure of the Hamas attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage in Gaza.
According to the Israeli PMO, doctors discovered the hernia on Saturday during a routine checkup. After consultations, it said the decision was made for the premier to undergo surgery after completing his daily schedule.
The decades-old controversy has become especially sensitive as Israel's armed forces, made up mostly of teenage conscripts and older civilians mobilised for reserve duty, wage a nearly six-month-old war in Gaza to try to eliminate the Islamist Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.
Netanyahu abruptly scrapped a visit to Washington this week by a senior delegation to discuss Israel’s threatened offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah after the US abstained in a Security Council vote that demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
The United States has traditionally shielded Israel at the UN, vetoing three resolutions in the Security Council that called for an immediate ceasefire. However, US-Israel relations have soured due to the worsening death toll and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, along with a planned Rafah invasion.
British broadcaster captured the immediate aftermath of the airstrike, which struck not far from the Shifa hospital where a woman could be seen crying seeking help from the desperate people looking for a safe place to hide.
"I was not able to provide my children with any of life's basics, to the point that my daughter asked me and said that she wanted to eat boiled eggs, I told her how can I bring you boiled eggs?" said a mother of two daughters staying on Gaza rubles.
Trump accused Democrats of hating Israel and said Jews voting for Democrats "should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed". This comes as Biden faces increasing criticism for supporting Israel in the war against Hamas in Gaza, where over 31,000 Palestinians have been killed.
US President Biden and Israeli PM Netanyahu held talks in over a month and the latter agreed to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss an alternative approach in Rafah. Israeli forces conducted another raid at al-Shifa hospital and killed 20 gunmen, as the UN warned of mass death in Gaza.
Palestinians observe Ramadan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled.
The UN-backed Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification, or IPC, which formally declares famines, said two of its three criteria - the overall shortage of food and prevalence of malnutrition - had probably already been met.
The ship delivered 200 tonnes of humanitarian supplies, food and water to the war-torn Gaza as international pressure rises on Israel. Meanwhile, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu approved a potential assault plan on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Abbas appointed Mohammed Mustafa, a US-educated economist and politically independent, to lead the government in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The US wants the Palestinian Authority to administer a postwar Gaza, but faces staunch opposition from Israel.
The US' resolution "unequivocally supports international diplomatic efforts to establish an immediate and sustained ceasefire as part of a hostage release deal. The US has previously voted three resolutions at the UN draft resolutions, two of which have called for an immediate ceasefire.
Gaza Civil Defense Spokesman Mahmoud Basal accused Israel of being responsible for the attack. According to eyewitnesses, the area was struck by what sounded like artillery fire or a tank.
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