Gaza humanitarian situation 'much worse' than anticipated: UN relief chief

March 12, 2025

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Egypt, Qatar discuss efforts to stabilise Gaza ceasefire

Israel's cut of Gaza electricity, food is 'war crime': Hamas

Death toll from fresh Israeli strikes in Gaza rises

Germany urges Israel to comply with UN court’s rulings

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March 12, 2025

Pro-Palestinian activist's arrest 'not about free speech': RubioThe arrest of a pro-Palestinian activist does not contradict the US administration's stance on defending free speech, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said. "This is not about free speech," Rubio said when asked if the weekend arrest of Mahmoud Khalil clashed with President Donald Trump's championing of the right to express opinions in the United States and in Europe. "This is about people that don't have a right to be in the United States to begin with," Rubio told reporters at Ireland's Shannon Airport during a refuelling stop after a trip to Saudi Arabia.

March 12, 2025

Houthi threat to Israeli shipping shows 'commitment' to Palestinian cause: HamasHamas has praised Yemen's Houthis after they announced they would resume attacks on Israeli shipping, calling it a demonstration of "true commitment" to the Palestinian cause. "It is a true commitment of support for our Palestinian people and their resistance, and it exerts real pressure to break the unjust siege on Gaza," Hamas said in a statement after the Houthis announced they would resume attacks following the expiry of their deadline for Israel to stop blocking aid deliveries into Gaza.

March 12, 2025

UN official slams Israel's aid cuts to GazaUN special rapporteur on the right to food has called what is happening in Gaza the 'fastest starvation campaign in modern history' at the hands of Israel.

March 12, 2025

Gaza death toll from Israel’s brutal war reaches 48,515 as ceasefire talks continueSeven more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army fire in Palestine's Gaza, pushing up the overall death toll from Israel’s destructive war since October 2023 to 48,515, the Health Ministry has said. A ministry statement said that the toll included five people, whose bodies were recovered from the rubble in the last 24 hours. The ministry said 14 more injured Palestinians were transferred to hospitals, taking the number of injuries to 111,941 in the Israeli onslaught.

March 12, 2025

Israeli government legalises settlement outpost in occupied West BankThe Israeli government has agreed to legalise a settlement outpost near Hebron city in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli Channel 14, the Adorayim outpost will be officially recognised by the end of the year, eight years after it was built. The government decided to consider the outpost, where 26 illegal settler families live, as a recognised settlement, the broadcaster said.

March 12, 2025

Israeli drones violate Lebanese airspace despite ceasefire dealIsraeli drones have violated Lebanese airspace, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement. Drones flew at low altitudes over the capital Beirut and its southern suburbs and Hermel town and its surrounding villages in eastern Lebanon, the state news agency NNA reported. Israeli forces also conducted a sweeping attack using machine guns on Hamamis Hill in Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon, NNA said.

March 12, 2025

Doctors Without Borders urges Israel to stop using aid as tool of warDoctors Without Borders (MSF) has urged Israel to stop using aid as a tool of war in Gaza. “Israeli authorities have instrumentalised humanitarian needs by using it as a bargaining chip, such as cutting the electricity supply to the Strip on March 9 and preventing all aid from entering. This policy, which amounts to collective punishment, must be immediately stopped,” MSF said in a statement. It “strongly condemned the Israeli-imposed siege” on Gaza, depriving people of basic services and supplies such as water and electricity.

March 12, 2025

Gaza municipal authorities warn of health, environmental disasters after Israel's electricity cutMunicipal authorities in Gaza have warned of health and environmental disasters due to Israel’s continued cut of electricity and water supplies to the enclave. In a statement, the Union of Gaza Municipalities said the power cut by Israel has caused the main water desalination plant in the territory to stop. “These punitive policies against Palestinians in Gaza are a violation of international law and exacerbate the suffering of the population, who are facing the worst humanitarian crisis in history,” it added.

March 12, 2025

Israeli army establishes 2 military posts atop occupied Syrian Jabal al-SheikhThe Israeli army has established two military posts on the top of Jabal al-Sheikh in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, Israeli media said. According to Israel’s Army Radio, one of the posts was an abandoned Syrian site that Israel had occupied.

March 12, 2025

Israeli army blows up Palestinian home in West Bank as military raids continueThe Israeli army blew up the house of a Palestinian accused of carrying out a shooting attack last year amid military escalation in the occupied West Bank. According to witnesses, Israeli forces raided the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and detonated the three-story house after evacuating nearby buildings.

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