Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel-Palestine conflict

A picture taken from southern Israel on the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke billowing over northern Gaza on December 16, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (Photo by GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

Hostages killed by Israel forces waved white flag, cried for help

An army official said the hostages were all "without shirts" and had "a stick with a white cloth on it", but a soldier felt threatened and opened fire.

Israeli troops stand guard after settlers' attack in Deir Sharaf, near Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 2, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta/File Photo

Western nations urge Israel to halt settler violence: Joint statement

Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip December 15, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud

Top US official says not 'right' for Israel to occupy Gaza long-term

People, including Palestinian children, who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, gather at Al Shifa hospital where they shelter, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Gaza faces public health disaster, UN humanitarian office says

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (2L) speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

Hamas brutality can't justify 'collective punishment' of Palestinians: UN chief

A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

US tells UN meeting it opposes immediate Gaza ceasefire

A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting on Gaza, at UN headquarters in New York City on December 8, 2023. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP)

Israel rejects calls for ceasefire at UN Security Council meeting

Adi Shoham, 38, her children Yahel Shoham, 3, and Nave Shoham, 8, and Shoshan Haran, released Israeli hostages, walk following their arrival in Israel on November 25 after being held hostage by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at an unknown location in Israel, in this still image obtained from a handout video released by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office on November 26, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister's Office/Handout via REUTERS

More prisoners freed as Israel-Hamas truce holds into third day

Residential buildings, destroyed in Israeli strikes during the conflict, lie in ruin, amid a temporary truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in southern Gaza City November 26, 2023. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud

Israel says it is open to truce extension if more captives released

Thai workers taken hostage by Hamas and later released as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, pose with a member of Thai mission after a medical checkup, in Tel Aviv, Israel, in this handout image released on November 25, 2023. Ministry Of Foreign Affairs Thailand/Handout via REUTERS

Thailand says 20 of its nationals still held by Hamas after 10 freed

This handout satellite picture released by Maxar Technologies on November 12, 2023, shows the damage around the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. AFP PHOTO / Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies

Bodies of those killed by Israel still lying outside Indonesian Hospital

A dove flies over the debris of houses destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on 11 October. PHOTO: REUTERS

The rules-based international order is collapsing in Gaza

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media after participating in the so-called "2+2 Dialogue" in New Delhi, India, November 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

Blinken says 'far too many' Palestinians killed as Israel battles Hamas in Gaza