Israel-Palestine Relations

A senior Israeli official has told CNN there will be “no ceasefire” in Gaza amid US and Qatari efforts to free more than 200 hostages held there by Hamas.

At least 10 hospitals in the Gaza Strip have stopped working due to Israeli shelling and fuel shortages, the Gaza Health Ministry has announced.

The Israeli military has confirmed one of its soldiers was killed by an anti-tank missile reportedly shot by the Palestinian armed group Hamas during a raid into the Gaza Strip by the army.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has lashed out at the United Nations Security Council working under the influence of the United States, saying he sees no grounds for hope that the world body will maintain international peace.

The US government has pressed Israel to delay its imminent land invasion of the Gaza Strip to allow for the release of more Hamas hostages and aid into the besieged enclave, according to two sources briefed on the discussions.

Israel’s ground incursion of Gaza could take up to three months, but will result in the final destruction of Hamas, Israeli minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant has told members of the Air Force.

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 4,700 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Israel's relentless bombing of Gaza has damaged half of the besieged enclave's residential units and displaced 70 percent of its population, Palestinian officials announced on Sunday.

In a meeting in Tehran on Sunday noon, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amirabdollahian, and the Foreign Minister of South Africa convened to discuss not only bilateral relations but also their partnership within the BRICS group as well as the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza.

An aide to Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Iran does not conceal its support for Palestine amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, but added the latest developments were a natural reaction by resistance movements to the Israel’s tightening noose around the blockaded enclave and the occupied West Bank.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is "catastrophic", five United Nations agencies have warned, calling for more international help.

Gaza-based Palestinian group Hamas says that it planned to release two more hostages on humanitarian grounds, but the Israeli side declined the offer.

Palestinian fighters will turn Gaza into a graveyard for Israeli troops if the Zionist regime launches a ground invasion of the besieged territory, a high-ranking official with Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah has warned.

The so-called Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, Herzi Halevi, told IDF commanders that the Israeli military will initiate an operation to take out Hamas, based in Gaza.

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 4,700 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has reportedly warned that supplies of Middle East oil to international markets could be disrupted if the war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas escalates to the point of involving other states in the region.

The United States and Israel are mulling the creation of an interim administration in the Gaza Strip that would be backed by the United Nations and Arab governments, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing sources.

Over 6,900 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip against Israel during a fortnight of Palestinian-Israeli conflict aggravation, the press service of the so-called Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Saturday.

The US government and some European allies are pushing Israel to postpone its ground attack on the Gaza Strip in order to negotiate the release of more hostages held by Hamas, Bloomberg has reported.

Hospitals in Gaza are "on the brink of collapse", the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned. The office stressed that the number of patients treated or waiting to be treated is at 150% of the hospitals' capacity, and people are lying on the floors and corridors.

The number of internally displaced persons in the Gaza Strip increased to 1.4 mln people, the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has announced.

Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 4,300 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has refused to hold a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden during the latter’s visit to Israel on Wednesday, Israeli state media reported.

Hamas has released two American captives, a spokesman for the Palestinian group said on Friday. The group added that it freed the hostages to prove US President Joe Biden’s “fascist” administration is wrong.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has strongly condemned Israel’s attack on an ancient church in the Gaza City.