Army returned fire, it adds, saying civilians in school were asked to vacate area, but refused; John Kerry's spokesperson urges all parties to redouble efforts to protect civilians
World powers (US, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany, the so-called P5+1) and Iran have agreed to extend negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear programme by a further four months.
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has urged Italy to refuse the accreditation of the new Hungarian ambassador to Rome, Peter Szentmihalyi Szabo, a far-right publicist known for his anti-Semitic writings.
Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced he will be flying to Israel on El Al to demonstrate it’s safe to do so and in solidarity with the people of Israel.
US Secretary of State Kerry due to return to Cairo for further talks on truce after meeting with PM; Hamas leader Mashaal says willing for ''humanitarian cease-fire,'' still has conditions.
In the wake of the spate of flight cancellations decided by major foreign airlines, Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz announced Wednesday that Israel would be opening the Ovda Airport in the Negev as an alternative to Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion Airport.
Names released of Paratroopers Paz Eliyahu, aged 22, 19-year-old Li Mat and Shahar Duaber, 20, as military death toll rises to 32 since start of ground operation against Hamas.
The leader of a European Jewish group asked new European Parliament Vice-President Dimitrios Papadimoulis, from Greece, his support in the fight against rising anti-Semitism in Europe, during a meeting Tuesday in Brussels.
Speaking in Qatar, Hamas leader stipulates terms for agreeing to halt in fighting as ending Israeli ''occupation'' and for the Jewish state to ''disarm''; claims no outside party can disarm terror group in Gaza Strip.
