Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Xinhua that seven people were killed in Israeli shelling near the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City, and at least one person was killed in an Israeli shelling ...

JERUSALEM, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that the army will "soon" begin a new offensive to take over Gaza City, the Gaza Strip's largest urban center, despite ...

GAZA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- One million women and girls are facing mass starvation, violence, and abuse in Gaza, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA ...

以色列抗议者反对政府占领加萨的计画，要求政府应儘速达成协议，以确保释遭加萨武装分子劫持的人质能够释放。周日，抗议者升级了抗议活动，在全国范围内发动罢工，导致交通阻塞、企业关闭。

尽管如此，以色列国防部长卡兹（Israel Katz）16日仍表示，新的进攻计划仍在制定中。过去一周，以色列的军事行动已悄然展开，加萨市近郊的泽图恩（Zeitoun）及谢贾亚（Shejaia）遭到猛烈空袭与坦克炮火，以军也于15日证实在泽图恩发动新作战，目标是清除爆裂物、摧毁地道、歼灭武装分子。