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Israel marks especially sombre Memorial Day after Oct 7

Israelis stood still and flags flew at half-mast on Sunday as the country marked an especially painful Memorial Day following the carnage of the October 7 attack. At 8:00 pm local time (1700 GMT), sirens sounded across Israel, prompting a minute's silence in honour of its

Donors pledge over $2 bn for Gaza at Kuwait conference

A conference of international donors in Kuwait pledged over $2 billion in aid to Gaza Sunday as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an "immediate" ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. The conference, organised by the International Islamic Charitable Organization

Rafah residents flee 'hell' of Israeli onslaught

War-weary Gazans flooded towards coastal areas of the Gaza Strip's southern city of Rafah on Sunday, fleeing heavy bombardment in eastern zones after Israel ordered them to evacuate. "We endured three days that can be considered hell," said Mohammed Hamad, a 24-year-old

Fighting rages across Gaza as death toll tops 35,000

Israel struck Gaza on Sunday and troops battled militants in several areas of the Hamas-run territory, where the health ministry said the death toll in the war had exceeded 35,000 people. More than seven months into the Israel-Hamas war, UN chief Antonio Guterres urged "an