All news on the topic: Gaza War

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Sir Keir Starmer to confront Israeli president Isaac Herzog over Gaza strikes during Downing Street meeting
Sir Keir Starmer is scheduled to meet Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Downing Street following strikes on Qatar targeting Hamas leaders.
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Gaza family massacre: Israeli snipers targeting unarmed civilians
A five-month investigation uncovers how four members of a single family were shot and killed in one day, drawing attention to a pattern where Israeli troops target unarmed civilians.
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Starmer meets abbas at downing street, signals UK recognition of Palestinian state
Sir Keir Starmer has met with Mahmoud Abbas at Number 10 as the Government takes steps towards recognising a Palestinian state.
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Spain escalates measures against Israel, announces arms and port bans amid Gaza war
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday intensified his criticism of Israel’s actions in the 23-month Israel-Hamas war, which led Israel to respond by banning two left-wing Spanish ministers from the country.
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EU does not support Gaza aid flotillas, warns they could escalate conflict
The European Union stated on Monday that it doesn’t "encourage" aid flotillas heading to Gaza, as ships carrying humanitarian aid and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, set sail for the war-torn area.
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Greta Thunberg urges Keir Starmer to act on Gaza, citing ‘legal duty to prevent genocide’
Keir Starmer must fulfill his "legal duty to act to prevent a genocide", Greta Thunberg told the Guardian while travelling onboard an aid flotilla heading for Gaza.
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Israel destroys second Gaza City tower in two days as offensive intensifies, residents given minutes to evacuate
The Israeli military has destroyed a second major high-rise tower in Gaza City in as many days, after Benjamin Netanyahu’s forces warned people to flee south ahead of a planned offensive to capture the area.
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Independent Gaza tribunal accuses UK of complicity in Israeli war crimes
Britain is not just complicit in Israel’s breaches of humanitarian law in Gaza but a participant that has repeatedly ignored its legal obligation to prevent a genocide, witnesses have told the independent Gaza tribunal.
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Elderly, children, and the sick among thousands jailed without trial in Israel
Only one in four detainees from Gaza are identified as fighters by Israel’s military intelligence, classified data indicates, with civilians making up the vast majority of Palestinians held without charge or trial in abusive prisons.
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UAE warns Israel annexation of West Bank would wreck Abraham Accords
The United Arab Emirates, the main signatory of the landmark agreement in which Israel normalized relations with three Arab nations, warned that Israel’s annexation of any part of the occupied West Bank would be a "red line" that would "end the pursuit of regional integration."
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Scottish Government suspends support for firms supplying weapons to states accused of genocide
Public funding to Scottish arms companies with links to the Israeli military is to be paused.
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Five сhildren among 30 killed in Gaza strikes
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire killed at least 30 people in and around Gaza City, local health authorities said, as a 20-boat humanitarian aid flotilla carrying activists including Greta Thunberg set sail from Barcelona for the affected territory.
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Israel claims ISIS leader ‘eliminated’ in deadly airstrike in Gaza
Israel claims the leader of ISIS has been ’eliminated’ during a deadly airstrike in Gaza.
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Body of Israeli hostage found in Gaza amid preparations for major assault
Israel’s military recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday, as it declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault.
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IDF expands ground offensive into Gaza City
The Israeli military made the announcement on Friday - a week after IDF forces began a ground offensive in the city.
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Tony Blair meets Donald Trump at White House to discuss postwar Gaza plans
The former British prime minister Tony Blair has attended a White House meeting with Donald Trump to discuss plans for postwar Gaza.
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Dozens of Israeli soldiers, armoured vehicles descend on Nablus
The Israeli military on Wednesday launched an operation involving dozens of soldiers and armoured vehicles in the old city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian officials told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
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UN urged to act as 233 journalists killed in ongoing Gaza conflict
Leading press freedom organizations have condemned the killing of journalists in Gaza after Israeli forces struck the Nasser Hospital compound on Monday, leaving at least five reporters dead.
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UK to evacuate 40 Palestinian students from Gaza for university scholarships
The government has approved plans to permit approximately 40 students from Gaza to travel to the UK in the upcoming weeks to begin funded university scholarships.
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Four journalists killed in Gaza hospital strike
Four journalists have been killed in an Israeli ’double-tap’ attack on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza.
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Israel strikes Yemen’s capital as Houthis back Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s warplanes have once again targeted Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, in retaliation to the Houthis’ military support for Palestinians in Gaza.
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Israel launches first phase of offensive on Gaza City, army says
Israel has entered the first stage of a planned assault on Gaza City, a spokesperson for the IDF has said.
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Israel mobilizes 60,000 reservists for offensive on Gaza City
The Israeli military has confirmed plans to call up 60,000 reservists ahead of its upcoming offensive to take full control of Gaza City.
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Israel preparing forced eviction of one million people from Gaza as population faces humanitarian catastrophe
Population devastated by repeated displacement, hunger, and lack of medical supplies braces for further humanitarian disaster
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Israeli airstrikes kill 89 Palestinians in 24 hours as bombing of Gaza intensifies
At least 15 people waiting in line for food are among the dead, and five people are reported to have died from starvation.