Palestinian Territories - The health ministry in Gaza said Monday that at least 32,845 people have been killed in the territory in the Israeli aerial and ground assault since Oct 7. The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 75,392...

Al-Shifa is the Gaza Strip's largest hospital. The Israeli army had in November last year carried out an operation in the complex, sparking an international outcry. Witnesses in Gaza City told AFP the Al-Rimal neighborhood, where Al-Shifa is located, had been hit by air strikes.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military's "plans for action in Rafah", according to a statement Friday, which gave no details or a timeline. The United Nations and the United States have also repeatedly warned against such a military operation in the Gaza Strip.

With the flow of food and other assistance slowed to a trickle, a UN report citing the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said 25 people have now died from malnutrition and dehydration, most of them children.

The latest overall toll for Palestinians killed in the war came after at least 79 people died overnight across the war-torn Gaza Strip, the health ministry said Thursday. Meanwhile, negotiators are hoping a truce can begin by the start of Ramadan, the holy Muslim month that kicks off March 10...

Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza's biggest cities as the bloodiest-ever war between Israel and Hamas entered its third month since the Palestinian group's attack on October 7. The death toll in Gaza has soared to 17,177 as per the Hamas-run health ministry, and vast areas have been...

RAMALLAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES - Israeli forces killed three Palestinians across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surges across the territory during the ongoing war in Gaza. More than 110 Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in the West Bank since the war between...

The health ministry of the besieged enclave said between 200 and 300 people displaced by 10 days of heavy bombardment were killed in "occupation (Israeli) strikes" at the Ahli Arab hospital in cental Gaza. "Hundreds of victims are still under the rubble," a statement said, calling it a "war crime".

The city of Jenin and its adjacent refugee camp are a regular site of confrontations between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants. "One citizen was killed and another seriously injured in the occupation (Israeli) bombing of Jenin," the Palestinian health ministry said.

In the latest rail tragedy to hit Egypt, two people were killed and many more injured at Qalyub north of Cairo. According to the country's health ministry, the injured are in a stable condition. An earlier toll provided by the ministry said that one person died and 16 were wounded,...

Two separate road accidents in southeast Turkey have left at least 32 people dead, including firefighters, emergency workers and journalists. One of the accidents, according to the governor of the region, involved a bus, an emergency team and an ambulance.

Saudi Arabia has cancelled the maximum age limit of 50 years for all foreign pilgrims, as per local sources.

The country's Health Ministry says it has conducted a total of 296,686 additional COVID-19 tests using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment since Monday.

The country reports highest number of Covid cases this month at 9,635 Nearly 1.5 million Covid-19 cases have been reported in Iraq so far Iraq's health ministry reported 9,635 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, the highest figure this month, days after a medical facility fire killed dozens and re-ignited anger over...