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Palestinian conflict: how despair can drive people to violence, even if it puts their lives in danger
14 Oct 2023 4:00 PM IST During the 20 years I have been involved in research with Palestinians in the occupied territories, accounts of despair and frustration, and at...
Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation with ground attack looming
14 Oct 2023 1:00 PM ISTPalestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza after Israel's military urged about 1 million people to leave for the territory's south ahead of an...
Israel-Gaza conflict: when social media fakes are rampant, news verification is vital
14 Oct 2023 11:21 AM IST As news of Palestinian militant group Hamas launching a deadly attack on Israel and Israel's threat of retaliation began to filter across news...
Gaza depends on UN and other global aid groups for food, medicine and basic services Israel-Hamas war means nothing is getting in
13 Oct 2023 6:00 PM ISTInternational aid groups are warning that they cannot deliver food and other basic services to people in the Gaza Strip and that a "dire" humanitarian...
India pull out from World Cadet Chess Championship in Egypt due in wake of Israel-Hamas conflict
13 Oct 2023 5:00 PM IST The Indian team has pulled out of the World Cadet Chess Championship scheduled to start at Sharm el Sheikh from Saturday in the wake of the...
Hamas says Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed 13 hostages held by the group, including foreigners
13 Oct 2023 4:00 PM ISTHamas says Israel's heavy bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed 13 hostages, including foreigners, held by the group. Hamas' military wing said...
Israel-Palestine war: Indian evacuees recount horror
13 Oct 2023 2:00 PM ISTGlad to be home and traumatised by what they had seen in the last few days, the first batch of around 200 Indians returned from Israel on Friday with...
Israel orders the evacuation of 1.1 million people from northern part of Gaza, the UN says
13 Oct 2023 11:37 AM ISTIsrael's military on Friday directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people about half of the territory's...
Operation Ajay: First batch of Indians return home from war- hit Israel
13 Oct 2023 10:55 AM ISTThe first batch of around 200 Indians, including students, returned to the country from Israel onboard a chartered flight in the early hours of...
Israel- Palestine war: Pune synagogue holds special prayers for safety of people, return of hostages
12 Oct 2023 5:00 PM ISTA Pune synagogue priest, whose parents are based in war-hit Israel for last 10 years, is worried about their well-being and has been holding special...
Israeli military says it is preparing ground assault, but no decision has been made
12 Oct 2023 11:43 AM ISTThe Israeli military says it is preparing for a possible ground operation in Gaza but that the nation's political leaders have not yet decided on one....
Gaza power authority warns that electricity will run out within hours after Israeli cutoff
11 Oct 2023 4:00 PM ISTGaza's power authority says its sole power plant will fun out of fuel within hours, leaving the territory without electricity after Israel cut off...