Hamas confirms talks continue with mediators to finalise Gaza ceasefire

March 22, 2025

Israel continues to bomb Lebanon and Gaza; Hamas confirms ceasefire talks ongoing

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Israel kills at least 130 Palestinians in Gaza in the past 48 hours

Israeli air strikes target southern Lebanon towns

Israeli army says it intercepted 2 rockets fired from northern Gaza

Only 'six or so' days of flour remain in Gaza: UNRWA

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March 22, 2025

Houthis report third attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport within 48 hoursThe Yemeni Houthi group reported that it had targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport with a hypersonic missile for the third time in 48 hours. In a statement, the Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said: "In support of the oppressed Palestinian people and their brave resistance, our missile forces successfully targeted Ben Gurion Airport in occupied Jaffa with a hypersonic Palestine 2 missile." He noted that this attack was "the third in 48 hours and successfully achieved its target." This marks the fifth time a missile has been launched from Yemen toward Israel since the ceasefire agreement on January 19, which Israel later violated.

March 22, 2025

UK, France, Germany call for Gaza ceasefire, Israel to restore aid accessThe governments of Germany, France and Britain called for an immediate return to a ceasefire in Gaza in a joint statement that also called on Israel to restore humanitarian access. "We call on Israel to restore humanitarian access, including water and electricity, and ensure access to medical care and temporary medical evacuations in accordance with international humanitarian law", the three foreign ministers said in joint statement.

March 22, 2025

Houthi group reports more US raids in northern YemenThe Yemeni Houthi group reported additional American raids in the north of the country. "American aggression targeted the Saqayn district in western Saada province," said Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV, without providing details about casualties or property damage.

March 22, 2025

Israel strikes Syrian military basesThe Israeli army announced that it carried out air strikes on strategic military assets in central Syria. "Shortly ago, the Israeli army conducted strikes targeting strategic military capabilities that were still present in Syrian army bases in Palmyra and the T-4 airbase," the military said in a statement without providing details.

March 22, 2025

Hamas slams US official's support for Israel's resumption of carnageHamas has slammed statements by US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who backed Israel's resumption of its genocidal war on besieged Gaza and accused the Palestinian resistance group of choosing war instead of moving ahead with a ceasefire and prisoner swap deal. Hamas said Waltz's claim that it chose war "is a distortion of the facts" and reflects "full partnership in the aggression against the Palestinian people and complicity in the Israeli crimes in Gaza."

March 21, 2025

Palestinian Health Ministry condemns Israel's destruction of Turkish-Palestinian Friendship HospitalThe Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza strongly condemned the Israeli army's destruction of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza, which was built by Türkiye and operated by local authorities as a cancer treatment centre. In a statement, the ministry described Israel's detonation of the hospital building, located in central Gaza, as a "heinous crime" committed by the Israeli army after using it "as a headquarters for its forces throughout its occupation of the so-called Netzarim Corridor" area to separate Gaza's north from its south.

March 21, 2025

France condemns Israel's attack on UN building in GazaFrance condemned an attack on UN personnel in Gaza that killed a United Nations Office of Project Services (UNOPS) employee and left two French nationals working for the UN seriously wounded. "France expresses its dismay after two French nationals, United Nations employees, were seriously injured following strikes that hit two buildings housing United Nations personnel in Gaza, which also caused the death of a UNOPS employee," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "We extend our support and solidarity to our compatriots and their families; we are fully mobilised to provide them with assistance."

March 21, 2025

US dodges Gaza annexation questions after Israeli minister remarksState Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce says annexation talk is a "distraction" from reaching a deal to implement a ceasefire in Gaza.

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March 21, 2025

Rallies in Jordan, Morocco, Mauritania against Israel's genocide in GazaPro-Palestine rallies were staged in Jordan, Morocco and Mauritania against the resumption of the Israeli genocidal war against besieged Gaza. In Amman, Jordan's capital, hundreds took to the streets in a demonstration to voice solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza who endure deadly attacks. In Morocco, thousands participated in rallies in cities across the Kingdom. According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, the solidarity rallies were organised after Friday prayers in several cities, including the northern cities of Meknes, Al-Hoceima, Tetouan and Fez, in the western cities of Casablanca and El-Jadi da, and the eastern cities of Taza, Oujda and Taourirt. In Mauritania, hundreds rallied in the capital, Nouakchott, in protest of Israeli aggression on Gaza, during which they waved Palestinian flags and chanted in support of the Palestinian resistance.

March 21, 2025

Philippines says 'gravely concerned' over Israel's renewed war on GazaThe Philippine government said that it is "gravely concerned" over Israel's renewed war on Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire. "The Philippines is gravely concerned over Israel's latest offensive in the Gaza Strip," according to a statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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