Israel's Gaza invasion is 'new and dangerous violation' of ceasefire: Hamas

March 19, 2025

Israel occupies Netzarim Corridor to bisect Gaza again

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Hamas says Israel aiming to 'terrorise’ Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli strikes kill hundreds of Gaza Palestinians within a few hours

Talks with Hamas will be held 'under fire': Netanyahu

Israel continues with occupied West Bank offensive

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March 19, 2025

UK PM Starmer 'deeply concerned' by Israeli strikes on GazaUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he was "deeply concerned" about new Israeli strikes on Gaza, calling images of the aftermath "truly shocking". "I'm deeply concerned about the resumption of Israeli military action in Gaza. The images of parents carrying their children, young children to hospitals... are truly shocking," Starmer told parliament.

March 19, 2025

Israel, not Hamas, derailing Gaza ceasefire: HaaretzIsraeli newspaper Haaretz accused the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of derailing the Gaza ceasefire agreement, not Hamas. “Israel – not Hamas – is the one preventing the deal's implementation and the hostages' return,” Haaretz said in an editorial.

March 19, 2025

New Israeli strikes on Gaza 'dramatic step backwards': MacronIsrael's resumption of strikes on Gaza is a major step in the wrong direction after its ceasefire with Hamas earlier this year, President Emmanuel Macron said alongside Jordan's King Abdullah II. "The resumption of Israeli strikes yesterday, despite the efforts of mediators, represents a dramatic step backwards," Macron said ahead of talks in Paris with Abdullah. "It's dramatic for the Palestinians of Gaza, who are again plunged into the terror of bombardment, and dramatic for the (Israeli) hostages and their families who live in the nightmare of uncertainty."

March 19, 2025

Israeli actions in Gaza reflect its 'inherent weakness to face truth': Indian opposition lawmakerIsraeli actions in Gaza reflect an "inherent weakness and inability to face their own truth," a top Indian opposition politician said as Israel launched a renewed assault on the besieged coastal enclave of Palestine. “The cold blooded murder of over 400 innocent civilians including 130 children by the Israeli government, shows that humanity means nothing to them,” Indian parliamentarian and senior leader of the main opposition Congress party, Priyanka Gandhi, said on X, as the Israeli army pounded Gaza early Tuesday, killing more than 400 people. "Whether western powers choose to recognise this or to acknowledge their collusion in the genocide of the Palestinian people or not,” Gandhi said, adding: “all citizens of the world who have a conscience (including many Israelis), see it.” Gandhi said the more “criminally the Israeli government acts,” the more they “reveal themselves for the cowards they truly are.”

March 19, 2025

Israeli army intensifies deadly attacks across Gaza, killing 19 in overnight strikesThe Israeli army killed at least 19 more Palestinians in fresh overnight and dawn air strikes across various areas of Gaza. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted medical and field sources in Gaza reporting deadly air strikes across Gaza as Israel on Tuesday broke a ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas that took hold in January. Two Palestinians were killed and five others wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a tent for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area in western Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Wafa reported. The Israeli army also struck another tent for displaced people in northern Khan Younis, resulting in the death of a woman and a child, along with three others injured.

March 19, 2025

Israel demolishes Palestinian Bedouin village for 238th time in 15 yearsIsraeli authorities demolished the Palestinian al-Araqib Bedouin village in the southern Negev region for the 238th time in the past 15 years, according to a local activist. "The Israeli authorities raided the village of al-Araqib and demolished its housing structures for the 238th time," Aziz al-Touri told Anadolu Agency. "There is no respect for (the holy month of) Ramadan, for beliefs, nor even a shred of humanity in this extremist right-wing Israeli government," he added.

March 19, 2025

EU told Israel fresh Gaza strikes 'unacceptable': top diplomatThe EU's top diplomat said she told her Israeli counterpart that the fresh wave of strikes on Gaza was "unacceptable", after Israel launched its most intense bombardment since a January 19 ceasefire. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she asked Israel's foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar on Tuesday "Why are you doing this?" and conveyed "the message that this is unacceptable", referring specifically to "the loss of civilian lives".

March 19, 2025

89 women, 174 children killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza, authorities sayAt least 89 women and 174 children were killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza, local authorities said. “The victims included 89 women, 174 children, and 32 elderly people,” Ismail Al-Thawabta, who heads Gaza’s government media office, said in a statement. He said women, children, and elderly people made up the majority of people killed in the Israeli attacks on Tuesday. “These figures confirm the (Israeli) occupation's premeditated intention to complete the crime of genocide against our people in Gaza," he added.

March 19, 2025

Thousands of Israelis protest in West Jerusalem against NetanyahuThousands of Israelis demonstrated in Jerusalem to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to fire the head of the country’s Shin Bet domestic security service and resume the war on Gaza. “It’s time to end this madness before we don’t have anyone to save, before we don’t have a country left,” protest leader Shikma Bressler tells the crowd. According to Israeli news portal The Times of Israel, protesters blocked Route 1, the main entrance of West Jerusalem, as they marched towards Netanyahu's residence.

March 19, 2025

Israel's Gaza strikes 'shatter hopes' of peace: BerlinGermany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Israel's raids on Gaza "are shattering the tangible hopes of so many Israelis and Palestinians of an end to suffering on all sides". Speaking before starting a trip to Lebanon, she called on "all sides" in the conflict to "show restraint, respect humanitarian law and return to talks" after hundreds were killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza.

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