Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream company Ben & Jerry's, was arrested at a Senate hearing on Wednesday for confronting Congress about its support for Israel's slaughter of children in Gaza. "Congress kills poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs and pays for it by...
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 84 Amid Starvation Blockade
Israeli attacks on Gaza killed at least 84 Palestinians since dawn on Wednesday, medical sources told Al Jazeera, amid Israel's starvation blockade that has been imposed on the territory since March 2. Heavy Israeli strikes targeted Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing...
Israeli Strikes Kill 29 in Gaza Over 24 Hours Amid Starvation Blockade
Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli attacks killed 29 Palestinians and wounded 94 as Israel has continued its strikes amid a total blockade that's been imposed for more than 70 days. The Health Ministry said that another four bodies of Palestinians killed...
Netanyahu Says the Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Is ‘Inevitable’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the forced removal of Palestinians from Gaza was "inevitable." "We are destroying more and more homes, and Gazans have nowhere to return to. The only inevitable outcome will be the wish of Gazans to...
UN Agencies Condemn US-Israeli Plan To Use Aid as ‘Bait’ To Force Palestinians in Gaza To Head South
UN aid agencies have condemned a US-Israeli plan to use aid as "bait" to forcibly displace Palestinian civilians into a small area of southern Gaza. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee unveiled the plan on Friday, although there's no clear timeline, and Gaza remains...
Hamas Says It Will Release US-Israeli Citizen Edan Alexander
Updated on May 11, 2025, at 7:05 pm EST Hamas said on Sunday that it would release Edan Alexander, a dual US-Israeli citizen and IDF soldier who was captured during the October 7 attack, and confirmed that it had been in direct talks with the US on a potential Gaza...
Pope Leo XIV Calls for Peace in Gaza, End to Israeli Blockade on Aid
Pope Leo XIV called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the Israeli blockade of aid on Sunday in his first Sunday blessing since being elected pontiff last week. "I am deeply pained by what is happening [in Gaza," Leo said from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica....
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 68 Palestinians Over Three Days
Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 68 Palestinians and wounded 290 over the past three days, according to daily death toll updates released by Gaza's Health Ministry. In that same time period, at least two bodies of Palestinians killed by previous attacks...
Dozens of Community Kitchens in Gaza Shut Down Due To Israeli Blockade
Dozens of community kitchens in Gaza shut down on Thursday after running out of supplies due to the total Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory, which is starving millions of civilians. Amjad al-Shawa, director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations...
Israeli Military Lists Returning Hostages as Least Important Goal for Gaza
The Israeli military has listed the return of the remaining Israeli captives in Gaza as its least important goal in its plans for an escalated assault on the Strip, Haaretz reported on Wednesday. According to the report, retrieving the hostages was placed last in a...