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Three hospitals and a UN compound have been bombed by Israel as troops continue to advance into the densely-populated Gaza City.
Around 500 people were sheltering in the Al-Quds hospital in the city’s southwestern Tal Al-Hawa district when it was bombed by Israeli jets and set ablaze on Thursday morning.
Hospital officials said the fire was sparked […]

Qatar and Mauritania have severed economic and political ties with Israel in protest against the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera has learned.
The move announced on Friday followed calls by Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, and Khaled Meshaal, the exiled leader of Hamas, for all Arab nations to cut ties with Israel.
Addressing leaders at an emergency […]

A resolution condemning Israel’s military offensive in Gaza has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council.
The non-binding resolution, approved in Geneva on Monday, said Israel’s operation had “resulted in massive violations of human rights of the Palestinian people”.
More than 935 Palestinians have died during the fighting, many of them women and children, and a […]

The head of the UN has urged Israel and Hamas to end the fighting in Gaza, telling them to “just stop, now”. 
Speaking ahead of a visit to the Middle East to push for a ceasefire, Ban Ki-moon said “too many people have died” and there has been too much civilian suffering.
It comes amid reports Israeli […]

Doctors in Gaza City have told Al Jazeera that people have been admitted suffering burns consistent with the use of the controversial chemical white phosphorus.
Human rights campaigners say that Israeli forces have used the munition, which can burn away human flesh to the bone, over Gaza City and Jabaliya in recent days.
Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin, […]

Israel has begun sending reserve units into the Gaza Strip as the military continues to pound the territory for the 16th consecutive day.
The move came amid some of the most intense fighting since the ground offensive began on January 3, with Palestinian fighters putting up stiff resistance to the Israeli advance around Gaza City.
Israel has […]

The only time Chelsea got the better of Manchester United on Sunday was when the visiting fans serenaded Patrice Evra, the champions’ full-back returning from suspension after scrapping with a Bridge groundsman, with “10 men went to mow’’, an old favourite. Otherwise, this was a soul-destroying, possibly season-destroying afternoon for the Blues.
United were so superior, […]

France’s President Sarkozy also said he would visit the region in a bid to end the crisis, which has seen five days of Israeli raids and Hamas rocket fire.
Earlier, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejected calls for a 48-hour truce to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to pull […]

Israel has defied a formidable international consensus in favour of a ceasefire in Gaza by opting to continue its unprecedentedly fierce air attacks on Hamas targets and stepping up preparations for a possible ground offensive.
As the security cabinet rejected an EU-backed French proposal for a 48-hour humanitarian halt to the bombing, […]