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

March 12, 2025

Trump claims no Palestinians will be expelled from Gaza

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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

Israel’s Netanyahu unwilling to pay 'political price' to end Gaza war: Opposition leaderIsraeli opposition leader Yair Lapid accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of seeking to avoid paying a “political price” to end the war on Gaza. "There is a political price to end the war, and Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to pay it," Lapid told local radio 103 FM. "The Israeli government does not want to do anything, nor is it working with all its strength or capabilities" to recover the captives held in Gaza, he added.

March 12, 2025

Israeli forces arrest civilians in Nablus and Balata campIsraeli forces arrested citizens from Nablus and Balata camp early Wednesday, raiding several neighbourhoods and homes, detaining Yaseen Kamal Adli Omeira after storming his family's home in Rafidia.

March 12, 2025

Israeli army destroys infrastructure in Qabatiya, deploys military reinforcementsIsraeli bulldozers destroyed infrastructure in Qabatiya, south of Jenin damaging streets, water lines, and vendors' stalls while firing tear gas and raiding homes amid ongoing military reinforcements.

March 12, 2025

Stanford protesters demand release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.Stanford students and activists gathered outside of the White Memorial Plaza and marched around campus to demand release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia University who is arrested by ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and facing deportation, and to protest Israel's aggression over Palestine.

March 12, 2025

Illegal settlers vandalise internet and electricity networks in Northern Jordan ValleyIllegal settlers, under Israeli forces' protection, raided citizens' tents in Ein Al-Hilweh, vandalising internet and electricity networks belonging to citizen Qadri Alian Daraghmeh on Tuesday evening.

March 12, 2025

Houthis vow to resume ban on passage of Israeli ships after Gaza aid deadline expiresYemen's Houthi group said that they are resuming a ban on the passage of all Israeli ships in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait after a four-day deadline they gave Israel to allow humanitarian aid into besieged Gaza expired. The statement came via a televised address by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree posted on his X account.

March 11, 2025

US envoy Witkoff starts talks in Qatar as Israel proposes truce extensionUS presidential envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, has begun talks in Qatar to push for progress on releasing Israeli captives amid a proposal by Tel Aviv to extend a ceasefire deal in besieged Gaza for 60 days, Israel's public broadcaster KAN reported. The first 42-day phase of a three-phase ceasefire and prisoner swap deal, each of equal length, between Hamas and Israel, brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US, ended March 1 after they started on January 19. Israel has reneged on the truce deal announced by Biden administration last year and wants to impose its own new deal on Palestine.

March 11, 2025

Kuwait condemns Israel cutting off electricity in GazaKuwait has condemned Israel's decision to cut off electricity supplies to besieged Gaza, WAFA news agency said. It said in a statement that the move is a violation of the basic rights of international law.

March 11, 2025

Israel threatens Syria's Alsharaa from occupied Golan HeightsIsraeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has visited Jabal al-Shaykh, a mountain in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, issuing a warning to Syrian President Ahmed Alsharaa that Israel "is watching you from the heights." He also stated that Israel had carried out airstrikes on 40 sites in southern Syria.

March 11, 2025

Israel kills 8 in Gaza, 3 in occupied West BankIsrael has killed at least eight Palestinians in its attacks in besieged Gaza, while killing three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, local media and officials said.

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