At least 20 Palestinians were killed at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/crush-gaza-aid-site-ghf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
One in 10 Gaza children screened in UNRWA clinics has been malnourished, the agency said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/palestinian-children-malnourished-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #children #hunger #malnutrition #un #unicef #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #unrwa
An Israeli proposal to move Gazans into what is being called a "humanitarian city" is being slammed by critics as a costly distraction at best, and at worst a potential step toward forcing Palestinians off their land. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/israeli-gazans-closed-zone-backlash/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
At least eight Palestinians, mostly children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/israeli-missile-gaza-children-idf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Progress is stalling at talks aimed at securing a ceasefire in Gaza, with the sides divided over the extent of Israeli forces' withdrawal from the Palestinian enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/gaza-truce-shooting-near-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Ten Palestinians were reported killed Friday while waiting for rations in Gaza, adding to nearly 800 similar deaths in the last six weeks, according to the U.N. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/world/un-hundreds-killed-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #gaza #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #middleeast
Doctors at Gaza's largest hospital say fuel shortages have led them to put several premature babies in single incubators as they struggle to keep the newborns alive while Israel presses on with its military campaign. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/gaza-hospital-fuel-shortage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #palestinians
An Israeli airstrike hit Palestinians near a medical center in the Gaza Strip, killing 10 children and six adults as ceasefire talks dragged on with no immediate deal expected. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/world/israel-gaza-truce-far-off/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #palestinians #gaza #children
Israeli operations are pushing tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians like Lutfi out of their homes, says B'Tselem, the independent Israeli human rights information center. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/world/ghost-camp-israel-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #westbank #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu
A proposal with the name of the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on it describes a plan to build large-scale camps called "Humanitarian Transit Areas” to house the Palestinian population. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/world/politics/humanitarian-transit-areas-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
A sharp increase in barriers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip is seen putting towns and villages in a state of permanent siege. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/west-bank-prison-israel-fences/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank
Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations on Sunday condemned attacks on Gaza and Iran, called for reforms of global institutions and presented the bloc as a haven for multilateral diplomacy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/politics/brics-global-reform/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #brics #us #trade #gaza #israelhamaswar #iran #israel #tariffs #donaldtrump #brazil
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks in Qatar ended inconclusively on Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump could help advance a deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/world/politics/netanyahu-trump-gaza-deal-doha-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #us #qatar #middleeast #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu #gaza #hamas #israelhamaswar #donaldtrump
Israel said it was sending a team to Qatar for talks on a truce and hostage release in Gaza, after Hamas said it was ready to start negotiations "immediately." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/world/politics/israel-hamas-truce-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #israelhamaswar #benjaminnetanyahu #donaldtrump #us #middleeast #hamas #palestinians #gaza
Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to enter into talks on implementing the deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/world/hamas-ceasefire-positive-spirit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #palestinians #gaza
Young children wandered through the charred shell of what had been a school sheltering displaced Palestinians on Thursday, after a pre-dawn Israeli strike killed 15 people there. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/gaza-israel-school-shelter-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #children #palestinians #hamas #israel
Hamas is seeking guarantees that a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza would lead to the war's end, a source close to the militant group said on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/world/hamas-seeks-ceasefire-guarantees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #hamas #palestinians #israelhamaswar #us #israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed to eradicate Hamas, even as the Palestinian militant group said it was discussing new proposals from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/world/politics/netanyahu-hamas-ceasefire-proposals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
More than 170 nongovernmental organizations called for a U.S.- and Israeli-backed food aid distribution plan in the Gaza Strip to be dismantled over fears it is putting civilians at risk of death and injury. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/charities-end-gaza-aid-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #oxfam #doctorswithoutborders #savethechildren #amnestyinternational #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed to the conditions needed for a 60-day ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and urges Hamas to accept the deal because "it will not get better." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/world/politics/trump-israel-60-day-gaza-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #stevewitkoff #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump