Fireworks lit the skies as Palestinians flocked to the streets in large numbers on Thursday night, waving flags amid wild scenes of celebration as an Israel-Gaza ceasefire was agreed after 11 days of bloodshed. When the ceasefire came into effect at 2am local...
The tower blocks of Gaza City’s Rimal district, one of its wealthier neighbourhoods, look towards the sea and over the beachside al-Shati refugee camp out of which Hamas, which rules Gaza, first emerged in the late 1980s. On Tuesday Israeli jets...
Israel’s military will investigate allegations its forces shot dead a Palestinian child during a protest last week, a killing that was deplored by the United Nations and the European Union. Ali Ayman Abu Aliya, said by Palestinian officials to be as...
