While the fight within the Gaza conflict might be far from over, silence has finally fallen onto the city as a 12-hour ceasefire has begun this morning at 6 A.M., U.K. time. According to reports, hundreds of residents have returned to see the horrific damage in the Palestinian region, with the Health Ministry reporting that one […]
On Thursday night near the Kalandia checkpoint located in the West Bank, some 10,000 Palestinians protested and threw rocks at Israeli security forces in response to the fatal shelling of a United Nations school. The protestors, demonstrating in support of Hamas and its conflict with Israel, poured into the streets when Israeli security forces opened […]
On Thursday, Gazan authorities announced that Israeli forces shelled a shelter at a U.N.-run school on Thursday, killing at least 15 people. The Palestinian death toll reached 750 this week. According to CNN: The coordinates of the school in Beit Hanoun, which was serving a shelter for families in Gaza, had been given to the Israeli military, […]
Despite the US Federal Aviation Authority ban on flights to Tel Aviv airport, US Secretary of State John Kerry made his way to Israel on Wednesday in hopes of brokering a truce between Israel and Hamas forces. His arrival in Tel Aviv came a day after a Gaza rocket struck close to the airport. The conflict in Gaza, which […]
Gaza Conflict: Israel Rejects Humanitarian Ceasefire, Majority Of Americans Side With Israel (VIDEO)
Despite Secretary of State John Kerry‘s efforts to push a humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli leaders rejected the proposal, citing the disappearance of one of its soldiers after a deadly battle on Sunday. Overnight, Israeli forces hit more than 100 targets in eastern Gaza, including an Al Jazeera office. The Israeli military officially declined […]
The Palestinian death toll continues to rise as the Israeli military escalates its ground offensive attacks. On Monday, the Palestinian death toll reached 508 – according to Gaza Health officials – after a second week of senseless violence. Diplomatic efforts to negotiate a ceasefire have intensified amid the mounting pile of civilian corpses. In New York, the U.N. Security […]
Significant steps towards a cease-fire on Wednesday were thwarted when at least three mortars were fired from Gaza into southern Israel. The short-lived agreement lasted only about two hours, allowing humanitarian efforts bringing supplies into the area to resume. Israel said it would honor the cease-fire, but not sit idle if attacked. From CNN: During the temporary cease-fire, banks […]
Just one day after a cease-fire measure proposed by Egypt fell apart, Israel launched a new round of airstrikes, targeting senior Hamas officials in the ongoing Gaza conflict. As of Wednesday, the death toll for the nine-day conflict has reached 208 for Palestinians, many of them children and civilians. On Tuesday, one Israeli man was […]
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas ended on Tuesday as Israeli airstrikes came down on Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces said 47 rockets were fired into Israel during the cease-fire period. The end of the cease-fire agreement means there is little hope of seeing an end to the constant exchange of fire that has killed more […]
The death toll from Israeli air strikes on Gaza continued to rise as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities Friday, according to Palestinian officials. Sources confirmed that 100 have died as a result of the growing violence. Friday also saw the death of two people in a […]
According to the Palestinian Health ministry, at least 76 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive. Eight Palestinian family members, including five children, were killed in an early morning strike that destroyed homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The fighting shows no signs of slowing down, as militants kept up rocket attacks on […]
In light of the Dream Defenders addressing oppression and taking initiative towards peace in Palestine, a 15-year-old Palestinian-American boy from Tampa, Florida, has been released on bail in Israel after being beaten before his arrest, which occurred during protests in East Jerusalem. Tariq Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian-American boy, was told today that he will be under […]
