# Palestine
January
January 2024
Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza
Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.
Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.
Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.
Blinken arrives in Israel as UN calls for investigation into number of journalists killed in Gaza
Two Al Jazeera reporters were killed on Sunday when their car was struck in southern Gaza’s city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
The US Secretary of State met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today after talks in the UAE ahead of his visit to Israel.
The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that it had recorded 249 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Hezbollah announced the killing of a "commander" for the first time since October.
Israel's bombing of Gaza continues, as Israel says over 100 targets struck in 24 hours
Martin Griffiths said people in the territory are witnessing “daily threats to their very existence”.
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant outlined proposals for how Gaza would be run if Hamas is defeated.
The proposals were unveiled on the eve of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's fourth trip to the region since the conflict started.
The health ministry in Gaza said it had recorded 162 deaths also over the past 24 hours.
Last year
2023
At least 48 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza, health ministry says
Gaza’s health ministry says the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 21,822 people.
A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Friday to discuss an Egyptian plan proposing renewable ceasefires.
Asked about the negotiations yesterday, Netanyahu said Hamas had been "giving all kinds of ultimatums that we didn't accept".
'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.
Israel continues to pound Gaza as Egypt to host high-level Hamas delegation for ceasefire talks
The Israeli military said its forces “are extending operation in Khan Yunis” in the coastal territory’s south.
The Israeli military also said it had "eliminated dozens of terrorists" across Gaza over the past 24 hours.
Israeli shelling near Al-Amal in Khan Yunis killed 41 people over the past two days, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said yesterday.
Yesterday, a kibbutz announced that a 70-year-old US-Israeli national thought to be the oldest woman held captive had died in the 7 October attacks.
Israel continues to strike Gaza after UN Security Council demands aid be rushed in 'at scale'
UN Security Council yesterday approved a resolution demanding “immediate, safe and unhindered” deliveries of life-saving aid.
At Washington's insistence, the UN Security Council avoided calling for a ceasefire that would stop the 11-week-old conflict.
It is still unclear what, if any, impact the vote will have on the ground.
WHO boss Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that "hunger is present, and famine is looming in Gaza".
UN Security Council passes resolution for acceleration of aid into Gaza after days of negotiations
It comes after the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”.
More than 20,000 dead in Gaza since 7 October, Hamas says
Some 8,000 children are among the dead.
The UN Security Council is set to vote later today on a resolution calling for a pause in the conflict.
It is estimated that 1.9 million of Gaza's 2.4 million residents have been displaced.
Freight expert on Red Sea attacks: Hope it's not an 'Ever Given' scenario but potentially a big issue
Israel continues to bomb Gaza as it faces accusation it is 'starving' Palestinians
The UN Security Council is to vote today on a new resolution calling for an “urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities” in Gaza.
The health ministry in Gaza says more than 18,800 people have been killed in Israel's campaign in Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday again vowed to "fight until the end".
'There is no safe haven': Over 60 journalists killed since start of Israel-Hamas conflict
The conflict is one of the deadliest for journalists in history.
EU Council ends without call for Gaza ceasefire as Taoiseach says bloc must 'insist on two-state solution'
RTÉ receives close to 500 emails calling on it to boycott Eurovision due to Israel’s involvement
The organisers of the Eurovision have described it as a ‘competition for broadcasters – not governments’.
