3 days ago - Palestinians fear the crisis in Lebanon is diverting the world's attention from Gaza, where Israeli strikes killed dozens more people this week, and diminishing already dim prospects for a ceasefire a year into a war that has shattered the enclave.

17 hours ago - Israeli forces issued fresh evacuation warnings for southern Beirut, as Hamas say one of its commanders was killed in Israeli strikes on Tripoli.

January 22, 2024 - Yemen’s Houthis are making headlines as they launch missile strikes against civilian ships and crews in the Red Sea, which may amount to war crimes, which they say they will continue to do until Israel lifts its unlawful blockade of Gaza. But less attention is paid to how Houthis block water ...

4 days ago - Israel has conditioned its lifting of the blockade with the return of the hostages abducted by Hamas, which has been criticized as collective punishment and an apparent war crime. Later, Israel eased the complete blockade, but still continued to severely restrict the amount of aid entering ...

2 weeks ago - "We are working with several countries on a proposal for a diplomatic solution for the north."

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future · The pulverising of Gaza now ranks among the worst assaults on a civilian population from our time.

November 13, 2023 - By November 1, 2023, after some three weeks of war, massive Israeli bombings, and the beginning of what appeared to be a major land offensive, Israel had inflicted massive damage but the scale and strategic goals of its offensive were still unclear, as was Hamas’s ability to defend and survive, ...

January 13, 2024 - The US and its allies are resisting ... commercial shipping in the Red Sea – and the movement’s leaders have said they will cease disrupting global trade once Israel stops bombing Gaza....

2 weeks ago - By Brett Murphy | - (ProPublica ) - The U.S. government’s two foremost authorities on humanitarian assistance concluded this spring …

January 19, 2024 - Yemen's Houthis have said they did not intend to expand their attacks on shipping in and around the Red Sea further, beyond their stated aims of blockading Israel and retaliating against the United States and Britain for air strikes.

2 weeks ago - Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had determined that Israel had broken the law.

1 day ago - Until 2013, there were hundreds ... into Gaza to bypass the blockade. On 12 September 2005, the final day of the Israeli withdrawal, international politicians such as France's Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher warned of Gaza being ...

January 12, 2024 - War spreading in the Middle East is not just a risk - it has already happened, writes the BBC's international editor.

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November 1, 2023 - Social media users are claiming Yemen has become the first regional power to officially enter the latest Israel-Hamas war.

3 weeks ago - The Houthis' attacks are about more than what is happening in Gaza: They are now using them to assert their power.

May 25, 2022 - The UN estimates that at least ... from Gaza to West Bank resumes2014Egypt closes Rafah Crossing to entry of commercial goodsEgypt launches military campaign to destroy tunnels2013Escalation in hostilities: Operation “Pillar of Defence”Fishing areas extended to 6 Nautical Miles, larger ...

May 28, 2024 - Since October 7, Houthi hijacking of vessels in the Red Sea and its drone and missile attacks on Israel have raised concerns about regionalization of the war on Gaza. What are the group's aims and how significant are the risks of further escalation?

December 20, 2023 - By targeting Israel and Israeli-owned ships, the Houthis are signaling that their harsh rhetoric against Israel is not just empty words.

September 4, 2024 - With its announcement that militants guarding israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them If Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signalled the opening of a chilling new chapter in an already brutal war.