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Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in north Gaza on Tuesday
WORLD
Aug 14, 2025
Israel pounds Gaza City, 123 dead in last 24 hours
The 24-hour death toll was the worst in a week and added to the massive fatalities from the nearly two-year war.
Palestinians wait to collect food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Palestinian mother 'destroyed' after image used to deny Gaza starvation
For Faiza Najjar, the fact that her family's reunion got caught up in a misinformation campaign was devastating.
Palestinians scramble to collect aid supplies from trucks that entered through Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2025
Israel's overnight bombardment of Gaza City kills at least 11
Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya is in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan.
Demonstrators hold a banner during a protest outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on Aug. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Hamas hostage videos silenced Israeli media's talk of Gaza aid crisis
The mood in Israel hardened dramatically when Hamas released a video of a skeletal Israeli hostage followed by a video of another who said he was being forced to dig his own grave.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a news conference in Canberra on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2025
Australia's Albanese says Netanyahu 'in denial' over suffering in Gaza
The Netanyahu government's reluctance to listen to its allies contributed to Australia's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, Albanese says.
Doaa al-Obeid, the widow of soccer player Suleiman Al-Obeid holds his shorts while sitting next to her son in Gaza City on Sunday.
SOCCER
Aug 11, 2025
Family and fans remember 'Palestinian Pele' killed in Gaza
The Palestinian Football Association said Obeid was killed in an attack by the Israeli military in southern Gaza while waiting to collect aid at a distribution point.
Palestinians carry aid supplies they collected from trucks that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
Australia to recognize Palestinian state at United Nations next month
Australia’s move follows similar stances from France, Britain and Canada.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
Netanyahu defends Gaza plan condemned at home and abroad
Foreign powers are already upset about the hunger crisis besetting Palestinians in Gaza, while relatives of hostages are calling for a general strike to protest the latest plans.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike where Al Jazeera says its journalists Anas Al Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh and three photojournalists were killed, in Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 11, 2025
Israel kills Al Jazeera journalist it says was Hamas leader
Calling Al Sharif "one of Gaza's bravest journalists," Al Jazeera said the attack "is a desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza."
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah prior to a friendly on Aug. 4.
SOCCER
Aug 10, 2025
'Tell us how he died': Salah criticizes UEFA tribute to 'Palestinian Pele'
The Palestine Football Association said that al-Obeid, 41, was killed by an Israeli strike targeting civilians waiting for humanitarian aid in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
Einav Zangauker, mother of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, sits on the shoulders of Michel Illouz, father of deceased hostage Guy Illouz, as they attend a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling for the release of hostages.
WORLD
Aug 10, 2025
Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu’s new Gaza plan
A day earlier, Israeli officials had decided to seize Gaza City, expanding military operations in the devastated Palestinian territory.
A protest in solidarity with children in Gaza in Berlin
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2025
As Gaza faces starvation, reluctant Germany starts to curb support for Israel
The shift reflects how Germany's support for Israel, rooted in its historical guilt over the Nazi Holocaust, is being tested like never before.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 29.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2025
Germany suspends arms exports to Israel for use in Gaza
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said It was "increasingly unclear" how Israel's latest military plan would help disarm Hamas and save the remaining hostages.
Palestinians sit on a hill looking out over the Mediterranean Sea and a camp for displaced people in Gaza City on June 2.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2025
'How much worse could it get?' Gazans fear full Israeli occupation
Fear and despair have spread in the enclave amid rumors that Israel might decide on a full occupation of Gaza.
Smoke rises from Gaza after an Israeli airstrike on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 8, 2025
Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City
The plan reportedly involves evacuating Palestinian civilians from Gaza City and launching a ground offensive there.
A Palestinian girl carries buckets of water in Gaza City on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Aug 7, 2025
Israeli military chief opposes Gaza war expansion, raising pressure on Netanyahu
Taking the rest of Gaza could trap the military in the territory and could lead to harm to the hostages being held there, the military chief warned.
Israeli tanks near the border fence with the Gaza Strip earlier this month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering whether to deploy the Israel Defense Forces into the 25% of the Palestinian territory not already under its control.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 6, 2025
Israel weighs full Gaza takeover despite concerns of armed forces
The plan would likely face considerable opposition by international governments fearful of the worsening humanitarian situation in the strip.
Pallets are prepared on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130J Hercules transport aircraft before airdropping aid over the Gaza Strip, at Queen Alia International Airport in Amman, Jordan, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2025
Canada airdrops aid into Gaza and again accuses Israel of violating international law
Canada said last week it plans to recognize the a Palestinian state at a meeting of the United Nations in September, ratcheting up pressure on Israel as starvation spreads in Gaza.
Palestinians hold out pots and pans to collect free food from a charity kitchen in Gaza, the Gaza Strip, on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2025
More Gazans die seeking aid and from hunger, with burial shrouds in short supply
The United Nations says more than 1,000 people have been killed trying to receive aid in the enclave since the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating in May 2025.
Palestinians leave a food distribution point run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) group with bags and wooden pallets, near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday. Aid agencies have warned that Gaza's population is facing a catastrophic famine, triggered by Israeli restrictions on aid.
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 4, 2025
Chaos, gangs, gunfire: Gaza aid fails to reach most in need
After images of malnourished children drew international outcry, aid has started to be delivered to the territory again, but international organizations say it's not enough.

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