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This year
2024
Israel kills 'around 100' people in strikes on Rafah while recovering two hostages
About 1.4 million Palestinians have crowded into Rafah, with many living in tents, while food, water and medicine are becoming scarce.
Updated 12 Feb
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US warns Israel of 'disaster' if it sends troops into Gaza's Rafah city
Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered troops to “prepare to operate” in Rafah, the last major urban area ground troops have yet to enter.
Updated 8 Feb
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Qatar says Hamas response to new Gaza truce proposal is 'positive'
6 Feb
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia for another Middle East tour a bid to secure Israel-Hamas truce
5 Feb
President Higgins warns of 'moment of global crisis' as Israel strikes refugee-dense southern Gaza
3 Feb
Blinken arrives in Saudi Arabia for another Middle East tour a bid to secure Israel-Hamas truce
Updated 5 Feb
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Hamas reviewing six-week truce proposal, as UN says half of Gaza's buildings have been damaged
31 Jan
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Israeli troops, some disguised as medical staff, kill three Palestinians in West Bank hospital
The Israeli military said forces entered the hospital to target a “Hamas terrorist cell”.
Updated 30 Jan
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US Secretary of State urges UN agency to address claims of staff involvement in Hamas attack
29 Jan
US vows 'very consequential' response after military members killed in Jordan drone strike
29 Jan
US Secretary of State urges UN agency to address claims of staff involvement in Hamas attack
UNRWA said Israel had provided the agency with information about the alleged involvement of several employees in the 7 October attack.
The European Union is one of UNRWA's top donors.
On Saturday, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin said Ireland was not withdrawing its funding.
He said today he has no issue with the EU reviewing the situation as long as the aid keeps flowing.
Updated 29 Jan
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US vows 'very consequential' response after military members killed in Jordan drone strike
Updated 29 Jan
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Martin: Ireland has 'no plans' to suspend funding to UN Agency after alleged Hamas collusion
The UN Relief and Works Agency said Israel had provided the agency with information about the alleged involvement of several employees in the 7 October attack.
27 Jan
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UN agency for Palestinian refugees sacks employees over claims of involvement in Hamas attack
26 Jan
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EU foreign ministers press Israel on eventual two-state solution
Updated 22 Jan
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Irish Government will 'consider' joining genocide case against Israel after preliminary stage
21 Jan
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Israel continues bombardment of Gaza with at least 165 people killed in 24 hours
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said four of its members were killed by a strike in Syria that it blamed on Israel.
20 Jan
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MSF says healthcare system in Gaza has 'virtually collapsed' as death toll hits more than 23,700
12 Jan
Gunfire and strikes shake Gaza as Biden and Netanyahu have first call in a month
Gaza’s health ministry reported today that at least 24,762 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October.
Updated 19 Jan
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Gaza death toll nears 25,000 as Netanyahu rejects calls for Palestinian state
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Israel and Hamas reach deal for Gaza hostages to receive medicines in exchange for aid to civilians
16 Jan
Gaza death toll nears 25,000 as Netanyahu rejects calls for Palestinian state
Gaza’s health ministry said 93 people had been killed overnight, including 16 in a strike on a house in the southern city of Rafah.
Updated 1 hr ago
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Israel and Hamas reach deal for Gaza hostages to receive medicines in exchange for aid to civilians
16 Jan
'Intensive' phase of conflict in south Gaza 'will end soon', Israeli defence minister says
15 Jan
Israel and Hamas reach deal for Gaza hostages to receive medicines in exchange for aid to civilians
A wave of Israeli strikes killed at least 78 people in the Gaza Strip overnight.
Updated 16 Jan
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'Intensive' phase of conflict in south Gaza 'will end soon', Israeli defence minister says
15 Jan
Hamas releases new video announcing deaths of two Israeli hostages taken on 7 October
15 Jan
'Intensive' phase of conflict in south Gaza 'will end soon', Israeli defence minister says
Gaza’s health ministry said Israel struck two hospitals, a girls’ school and “dozens” of homes overnight.
Updated 15 Jan
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Hamas releases new video announcing deaths of two Israeli hostages taken on 7 October
15 Jan
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Israel argues its defence in South Africa's Gaza genocide case at The Hague
Updated 12 Jan
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Irish lawyer tells Hague that Gaza is 'first genocide in history' being broadcast in 'real-time'
11 Jan
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Israel army claims two journalists killed in Gaza strike were 'terror operatives'
11 Jan
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Israel agrees for UN mission to assess north Gaza situation, says Blinken
The US diplomat says the IDF is entering a “lower intensity phase” in Gaza.
Updated 9 Jan
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Airstrike kills 12, mostly children, in Gaza area declared 'safe zone' by Israel
Updated 4 Jan
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Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
Hamas’s number two Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to "avoid any escalatory attitude".
Updated 3 Jan
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Gaza fighting rages as Israel prepares to defend genocide claim
UN agencies have voiced alarm over Gaza’s spiralling humanitarian crisis.
Updated 2 Jan
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Second Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza
1 Jan
UK willing to take 'direct action' over Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen
1 Jan
Israel warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024, as overnight strikes kill more than 20
1 Jan
Deputy head of Hamas killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
Updated 2 Jan
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Last year
2023
At least 48 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza, health ministry says
Gaza’s health ministry says the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 21,822 people.
A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Friday to discuss an Egyptian plan proposing renewable ceasefires.
Asked about the negotiations yesterday, Netanyahu said Hamas had been "giving all kinds of ultimatums that we didn't accept".
Updated 31 Dec 2023
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'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
30 Dec 2023
Opinion: We are living in difficult times – but we must not give up hope
28 Dec 2023
'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.
Updated 30 Dec 2023
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Israel continues to pound Gaza as Egypt to host high-level Hamas delegation for ceasefire talks
29 Dec 2023
President Higgins criticises Israel for blaming UN agencies for 'slow trickle' of aid into Gaza
28 Dec 2023
South Africa launches genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice
29 Dec 2023
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Israel continues to pound Gaza as Egypt to host high-level Hamas delegation for ceasefire talks
The Israeli military said its forces “are extending operation in Khan Yunis” in the coastal territory’s south.
The Israeli military also said it had "eliminated dozens of terrorists" across Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Israeli shelling near Al-Amal in Khan Yunis killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said yesterday.
Yesterday, a kibbutz announced that a 70-year-old US-Israeli national thought to be the oldest woman held captive had died in the 7 October attacks.
29 Dec 2023
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US-Israeli woman believed to be held hostage in Gaza declared dead
28 Dec 2023
President Higgins criticises Israel for blaming UN agencies for 'slow trickle' of aid into Gaza
28 Dec 2023
Gaza health ministry says at least 210 people killed in last 24 hours as Israel intensifies bombing
28 Dec 2023
Gaza health ministry says at least 210 people killed in last 24 hours as Israel intensifies bombing
The health ministry also raised alarm over the spread of disease among children and the overall lack of water, food and medicine in the besieged Strip.
A United Nations report published today urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” against the Palestinian population.
French President Emmanuel Macron emphasised "the need to work towards a lasting ceasefire" in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
28 Dec 2023
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Gaza population in 'grave peril' due to acute hunger, says World Health Organisation
27 Dec 2023
Death toll from Israeli assault on Gaza passes 21,000 as IDF says war will go on for months
27 Dec 2023
Tom Clonan: Israel is fast losing international credibility and support over its crimes in Gaza
26 Dec 2023
UN 'gravely concerned' by Israeli strikes on central Gaza as Netanyahu doubles down
The WHO reported “harrowing” accounts of Israel’s attacks on Gaza on 24 December.
Netanyahu wrote in the Wall Street Journal that the Israeli state will not stop with its assault.
The UN Human Rights Office said all attacks had to adhere to international humanitarian law.
The WHO detailed how one Gazan child lost her whole family from one airstrike.
Updated 26 Dec 2023
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Israel continues to strike Gaza after UN Security Council demands aid be rushed in 'at scale'
UN Security Council yesterday approved a resolution demanding “immediate, safe and unhindered” deliveries of life-saving aid.
At Washington's insistence, the UN Security Council avoided calling for a ceasefire that would stop the 11-week-old conflict.
It is still unclear what, if any, impact the vote will have on the ground.
WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that "hunger is present, and famine is looming in Gaza".
Updated 23 Dec 2023
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UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations
22 Dec 2023
'They're not living, they're surviving': Disease, thirst and hunger threaten displaced Gazans
22 Dec 2023
Irish banks urged to respond to claims that payments to Gaza have been 'blocked'
22 Dec 2023
UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations
It comes after the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”.
Updated 22 Dec 2023
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Irish banks urged to respond to claims that payments to Gaza have been 'blocked'
22 Dec 2023
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Israeli army bombs scores of targets in Gaza as diplomats press on with efforts to halt fighting
As places for people to go continues to shrink, international outrage has mounted over the rising death toll.
Updated 21 Dec 2023
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Netanyahu & the American Evangelicals: 'They wage war in our country, then celebrate Christmas'
Updated 21 Dec 2023
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More than 20,000 dead in Gaza since 7 October, Hamas says
Some 8,000 children are among the dead.
The UN Security Council is set to vote later today on a resolution calling for a pause in the conflict.
It is estimated that 1.9 million of Gaza's 2.4 million residents have been displaced.
Updated 20 Dec 2023
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Irish Palestinians plead for government help to get loved ones out of Gaza
19 Dec 2023
UN postpones vote on calls for ceasefire in Gaza for second time
19 Dec 2023
Israel continues to bomb Gaza as it faces accusation it is 'starving' Palestinians
The UN Security Council is to vote today on a new resolution calling for an “urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities” in Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza says more than 18,800 people have been killed in Israel's campaign in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday again vowed to "fight until the end".
Updated 18 Dec 2023
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Killed Israeli hostage's brother says army 'abandoned and murdered' him
17 Dec 2023
Israel says it has found large tunnel at Gaza border, raising pre-war intelligence questions
17 Dec 2023
Several European foreign ministers urge ceasefire but Netanyahu is ‘committed as ever’ to war
17 Dec 2023
Norwegian ship hit by 'unidentified object' in Red Sea shortly after BP suspends operations
18 Dec 2023
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Killed Israeli hostage's brother says army 'abandoned and murdered' him
17 Dec 2023
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