Netanyahu acknowledged the urgency of avoiding a famine, which the military warns could jeopardise its broader campaign against Hamas. Food security experts have cautioned that without an end to the blockade and military action, famine in Gaza is imminent. Details about the timing and method of delivering humanitarian aid remain unclear.
19 May,2025 09:09 AM IST | Tel Aviv | ANINorthern Gaza’s main hospital shuts down due to increase in Israeli attacks; More than 48 people were killed in airstrikes in and around the southern city of Khan Younis. Among the dead were 18 children and 13 women
19 May,2025 07:07 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah (Gaza) | AgenciesIsrael hopes to push Gaza’s population farther south and hold more territory
18 May,2025 10:19 AM IST | Jerusalem | AgenciesThe Israeli military has since launched strikes on Yemen’s Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Salif, targeting Houthi military assets in a sharp escalation of hostilities. A Yemenia flight from Amman carrying 136 passengers landed in Sanaa, with three more flights scheduled the same day — marking a cautious return to operations.
18 May,2025 10:11 AM IST | Cairo | AgenciesEarlier, the IDF carried out targeted airstrikes on Houthi-controlled infrastructure in Yemen's Hudaydah and Salif ports, claiming the facilities were being used to transfer weapons
17 May,2025 09:08 AM IST | Tel Aviv | ANIThe Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes, which lasted hours into Friday morning and sent people fleeing from the Jabaliya refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya
17 May,2025 08:56 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) | AgenciesIt was the second night of heavy bombing, after airstrikes Wednesday on northern and southern Gaza killed at least 70 people, including almost two dozen children
16 May,2025 07:27 AM IST | Khan Younis (Gaza Strip) | AgenciesSixty people believed killed as Israel hints at escalation; the strikes came a day after Hamas released an Israeli-American hostage in a deal brokered by the US, and as President Donald Trump was visiting Saudi Arabia
15 May,2025 07:44 AM IST | Deir al-Balah | AgenciesWith the entire population of 2.1 million facing hunger, and nearly half a million already in catastrophic conditions, the crisis has become the world's worst hunger crisis, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)
13 May,2025 08:46 AM IST | Geneva | ANIHamas: There was no immediate comment from Israeli authorities on the timing of the release
13 May,2025 08:01 AM IST | Deir al-Balah | AgenciesADVERTISEMENT