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UN declares famine in Gaza City, the first in Middle East history

Gaza City is officially gripped by famine, and it is likely to spread across the Palestinian enclave, the UN-backed global hunger monitor said on Friday in the first such declaration in Middle East history. Israel rejected the report, calling it an "outr

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What is Palestine Action, the protest movement banned under UK terror act?

Founded in 2020, the British pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action was branded a “terrorist organisation” and banned by the UK government on July 5. Since then, more than 700 people have been arrested for showing their support for the group. Critics say

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‘I will be displaced once again’: Gaza City residents forced to flee as military operation begins

As Israel announced its intention to seize Gaza City on August 20, amateur and satellite images from the previous days show intensified air strikes by the Israeli military, significant destruction, and the emptying of several displaced camps. Our Observe

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Iran, European powers to resume nuclear talks as 'snapback' sanctions loom

Ahead of an August 31 deadline imposed by France, Britain and Germany, to trigger a "snapback" sanctions mechanism, Iran on Friday agreed to resume nuclear talks with the "E3" European countries next week. The Israel-Iran war in June has added pressure o

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Israel rejects famine accusations in Gaza, a war crime under international law

The UN declared this morning that famine in Gaza is now official. FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Jerusalem analyses Israel’s outright rejection of the report, noting that the government provides no alternative statistics and simply insists Hamas figures ar

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'Bombs or starvation: People in Gaza waiting to see what will kill them first' (NRC's Shaina Low)

The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming "systematic obstruction of aid" by Israel, hours after Defence Minister Israel Katz threatened to destroy the territory's largest city. While Israel denied there was a famine, the

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UN declares famine in Gaza, Israel slams ‘outright lie’

The UN on Friday officially declared a famine in Gaza, the first time it has done so in the Middle East, with experts warning 500,000 people face "catastrophic" hunger. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed the report as an "outright lie" and said it

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Yesterday

Facing troop shortage, Israeli army looks to deserters and the diaspora

Israel is looking for new ways to recruit soldiers to fill up to 12,000 vacant positions, Israeli Army Radio announced this week. Struggling after 23 months of war, the longest in Israeli history, the army is looking to the Jewish diaspora abroad, the Or

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Palestinian groups in Lebanon begin handing over weapons under state deal

Some Palestinian armed groups in Lebanese refugee camps started handing over their weapons Thursday as part of a state-backed deal aimed at establishing government control and enabling a state monopoly on arms.

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Israel begins bombing Gaza City after expanded offensive gets green light

Israel on Thursday told medical personnel in northern Gaza to prepare evacuation plans ahead of a major offensive on Gaza City, as it stepped up bombardments and left mediators waiting on its response to a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas.

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Y Mekelberg: With Gaza escalation, Israel risks 'sacrificing hostages and its standing in the world'

The Israeli military stepped up its bombardment of Gaza City overnight, ahead of a key meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers on a potential ground operation to seize the enclave’s largest city. The army has already called up

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Wednesday, august 20, 2025

Senior IS group member killed in US military raid in northern Syria, US official says

A US official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said US forces carried out a pre-dawn raid in northern Syria that killed a senior IS group member who was seen as a candidate to be the leader of the IS group in Syria. A Syrian source said the targe

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Israel says it has taken first steps of military operation to seize Gaza City

Israeli troops clashed with Hamas fighters in Gaza on Wednesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he was accelerating the military operation to seize Gaza City, the enclave's biggest urban centre, despite international criticism of an as

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IDF says it has begun first stages of planned assault on Gaza City

Israel has entered the first stages of its planned assault on Gaza City after a clash with Hamas and already has a hold on the outskirts of the city, Israeli military spokesman Effie Defrin told reporters on Wednesday. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports

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Israel defence minister approves plan to conquer Gaza City

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has approved a plan to seize Gaza City and authorised the mobilisation of 60,000 reservists, his ministry confirmed Wednesday. Fighting is already underway on the ground as mediators await Israel’s reply to the lates

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Israel approves major settlement project that would divide West Bank

Israel on Wednesday approved a major settlement project in the West Bank, despite warnings from the international community that doing so threatens the viability of a future Palestinian state.

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Israel approves plan to conquer Gaza City, call up around 60,000 reservists

Israel's defence minister on Wednesday approved plans to conquer Gaza city and call up around 60,000 reservists. The new plans come as international mediators are piling pressure on Israel to respond to a ceasefire deal that has been accepted by Hamas.

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‘We've given up on Israel’: Disillusioned with Netanyahu and the war in Gaza, Israelis are fleeing

Israel has seen emigration double since the attacks of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza. While some are choosing to leave for security reasons, among those choosing exile are peace activists weary of war and feeling increasingly isolated a

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Miss Palestine to compete in Miss Universe pageant for the first time

The Miss Universe organisation has announced that Palestine will be represented for the first time in the 2025 edition of the competition, which will be held on 21 November in Thailand.

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Tuesday, august 19, 2025

Syria, Israel hold US-mediated talks in Paris on regional de-escalation

Syria’s foreign minister met with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday to discuss de-escalation and non-interference in Syrian affairs, state news agency SANA reported. The US-mediated talks yielded agreements aimed at regional stability. Washington

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French presidency says Netanyahu's anti-semitism claim is 'abhorrent'

France on Tuesday slammed as "abhorrent" and "erroneous" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation of antisemitism against President Emmanuel Macron's move to recognise a Palestinian state. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports from Jerusalem

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Countries that 'don't prevent the Gaza genocide are complicit with Israel', activist says

Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen about the destruction of the Gaza strip, Israeli columnist and activist Gershon Baskin says that 'the countries of the world that have relations with Israel and that don't use their leverage to stop the Gaza genocide [

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Gaza: The world waits on Israel's response to a ceasefire deal proposal the Hamas has accepted

Qatar stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal, but Israel has yet to weigh in as its military prepares an offensive on some of the territory's most populated areas. Details by FRANCE 24

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What does the Gaza hostage deal accepted by Hamas include?

Mediators were awaiting an Israeli response Tuesday to a fresh Gaza ceasefire plan, a day after Hamas accepted the proposal and signalled its readiness for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war. What exactly is included in this pla

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Israel demands release of all hostages as it reviews Hamas ceasefire response

A senior Israeli official told AFP on Tuesday that the government had not changed its stance on a potential ceasefire deal and that it demanded the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip. On Monday, Hamas agreed to a deal that would see only a pa

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From graffiti to murder: How Iran lures Israeli citizens into spy missions

Dozens of Israeli citizens face trial for allegedly working for Iranian agents online, carrying out acts from vandalism to assassination plots. Experts say Tehran targeted societal weak points, exploiting frustrations and divisions to manipulate recruits

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Hamas accepts proposed deal for ceasefire with Israel and hostage release

Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel that includes the return of half the hostages held in Gaza and Israel's release of some Palestinian prisoners. There was no Israeli response to the Hamas proposal itself but an Israeli official

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Gaza: Heat and thirst drive families to drink water that makes them sick

In Gaza, it's not just famine that Palestinians are facing, it is also an acute water crisis. Most of the enclave's water facilities have been destroyed in the two years of war, and residents are forced to drink water that is brackish and often polluted

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Monday, august 18, 2025

Hamas agrees to latest Gaza ceasefire proposal

Palestinian group Hamas on Monday agreed to a new proposal from mediators to end the nearly two-year-long war in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas source told AFP. The plan reportedly involves a 60-day ceasefire "during which 10 Israeli hostages would be released

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Iraq begins excavating mass grave thought to hold thousands of Islamic State group victims

Iraqi authorities have started to unearth the remains of what could be thousands of victims of the Islamic State group left in a mass grave near the city of Mosul, including soldiers, city residents and members of the Yazidi religious minority.

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Iraq starts excavation of large mass grave left by Islamic State group

Iraqi officials have begun the excavation of what is believed to be a mass grave left behind by the Islamic State extremist group during its rampage across the country a decade ago. The operation is initially limited to gathering visible human remains an

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Amnesty International says Israel deliberately starving Gaza's Palestinians

Rights group Amnesty International on Monday accused Israel of enacting a "deliberate policy" of starvation in Gaza, as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian territory. Story by Morgan Ayre.

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Tens of thousands of Israelis protest for end to Gaza war

Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war. Organizers, representing the families of hostages, asserted that hundreds of thousands

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Amnesty says Israel has 'deliberate policy' of starving Gaza's population

Israel is carrying out "a deliberate campaign of starvation" in the besieged Gaza Strip, human rights group Amnesty International said Monday. Seven more people, two of them children, died from malnutrition-related causes in the Palestinian territory on

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Sunday, august 17, 2025

Mass rallies erupt across Israel as protesters demand end to Gaza war, hostage deal

Mass protests erupted across Israel Sunday as tens of thousands called for an end to the war in Gaza and the release of hostages, one of the largest demonstrations in Israel since the start of the fighting in October 2023.

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Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire

Protestors in Israel demanding their government make a deal to secure the release of hostages held by militants in Gaza escalated their campaign on Sunday, (August 16) staging a strike. Meanwhile, Israel said it is preparing to move Palestinians from com

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Syria’s al-Sharaa calls for unity, accuses Israel of fuelling unrest in south

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa vowed Sunday that the fight to reunify his war-torn country must be achieved through dialogue, not bloodshed, while accusing Israel of fueling unrest in the south. His remarks came as hundreds protested in Sweida over rec

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Israeli military prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza

International condemnation and pressure from allies have done nothing to stop Israel's plan to displace the people of northern Gaza. Israel on Saturday (August 16) said it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move

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Nationwide protests over Gaza war, hostage deal sweep Israel

Demonstrators rallied across Israel on Sunday (August 17), demanding an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to free the remaining hostages, as the military readies a new offensive. The protests come amid rising domestic pressure and international concern o

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Israel says it carried out strike on Houthi energy facility in Yemen

Israel said Sunday it struck a Houthi "energy site" in Yemen, after repeated attacks by the Iran-backed group during the Gaza war.

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Mass rallies sweep Israel as protesters demand end to Gaza war, hostage deal

Demonstrators rallied across Israel on Sunday, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to free the remaining hostages as the military readies a new offensive. The protests come amid rising domestic pressure and international concern over the human

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Saturday, august 16, 2025

Israeli army prepares to relocate Palestinians to southern Gaza

Israel on Saturday said it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory's most populated areas. Meanwhile the families of Israeli hostages called for a “nationw

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France urges Israel to abandon controversial West Bank E1 settlement plan

France on Saturday condemned Israel's decision to build thousands of new homes in the West Bank and called on Israel to drop the controversial E1 project to link Jerusalem and the Maale Adumim settlement, calling it "a serious violation of international

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Friday, august 15, 2025

Far-right Israeli minister taunts jailed Palestinian leader in prison visit

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir released a video on Friday showing him taunting Israel’s most prominent Palestinian detainee, Marwan Barghouti, a senior Fatah figure, in his jail cell. The Palestinian Authority's foreign min

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Far-right Israeli minister taunts jailed Palestinian leader in prison visit

Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir released a video on Friday showing him taunting Israel’s most prominent Palestinian detainee, Marwan Barghouti, a senior Fatah figure, in his jail cell. The Palestinian Authority's foreign min

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Israeli minister announces settlement plan to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'

Israel’s far-right finance minister on Thursday announced plans to revive a contentious settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups fear will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state. The so-called E1 scheme linkin

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Hezbollah leader accuses govt of ‘handing’ Lebanon to Israel with disarmament plan

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem on Friday accused Lebanon’s government of “handing” the country to Israel by seeking the group’s disarmament, vowing to fight the move.

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Israel: Minister says plan will “bury” the idea of a Palestinian state

Israel’s far-right finance minister on Thursday announced plans to revive a contentious settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups fear will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state. The so-called E1 scheme linkin

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MSF: Children in Gaza facing displacement, starvation and death require 'much wider nexus of needs'

"A sense of purpose": MSF has struggled to care for children in war-torn Gaza, facing a "resource-constrained" setting, They are on the front lines each day, treating Gaza's youth suffering from immense physical and psychological trauma. These children r

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Palestinians condemn Israel’s Ben-Gvir over Marwan Barghouti threat

Palestinian officials have condemned far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s taunting visit to the jail cell of long-imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti. Footage of the visit shared on social media on Thursday showed the minis

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Thursday, august 14, 2025

International aid groups say new Israeli rules stop them delivering supplies to Gaza

More than 100 international non-government organisations released a joint statement Thursday saying that the Israeli government was increasingly using new regulations to prevent them bringing much-needed humanitarian aid into the devastated Gaza Strip.

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Israeli minister announces settlement plan to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'

Israel’s far-right finance minister on Thursday announced plans to revive a contentious settlement plan in the occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups fear will scuttle plans for a future Palestinian state. The so-called E1 scheme linkin

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Does Netanyahu envision annexing Palestinian territories and parts of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt?

Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has approved plans for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would bury the idea of a Palestinian state. It was not immediately clear if Prime

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Wednesday, august 13, 2025

Israel military says approved plan for new Gaza offensive

The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had approved the framework for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip. The approval for the expanded offensive comes days after Israel's security cabinet called for the seizure of Gaza's largest city, following 22 mon

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'Israel's domestic political struggle: Not a call to end war, not a call against ethnic cleansing'

Israelis are again protesting Netanyahu, with a general strike planned—yet the country’s largest trade union remains uninvolved. Political analyst Dr. Ori Goldberg notes these protests echo past years, lacking institutional support and avoiding criticism

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Israel army approves new framework for offensive

Israeli armed forces chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has “approved the main framework” for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, a statement released by the army said. Prime Benjamin Minister Netanyahu has not provided a timetable for when Israeli troop

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Israel military says it has approved plan for expanded Gaza offensive

Israeli armed forces chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has “approved the main framework” for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, a statement released by the army said. Prime Benjamin Minister Netanyahu has not provided a timetable for when Israeli troop

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Israeli military approves plan for expanded offensive in Gaza

Israeli armed forces chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir has “approved the main framework” for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, a statement released by the army said. Prime Benjamin Minister Netanyahu has not provided a timetable for when Israeli troop

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IDF Reservists protest demanding truce to Israel

Some 200 retired and reserve Israeli Air Force pilots rallied outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv Tuesday evening to urge an immediate hostage deal and protest the cabinet’s recent decision last week to capture Gaza City, which came amid

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At least 89 Palestinians killed as Israeli tanks continue to pound Gaza

Israel has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day. Yuka Royer has this story.

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