https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/en-ieRTÉ 2024-RTÉ Commercial Enterprises Ltd, Registration No: 155076, Donnybrook, Dublin 4, Ireland.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 07:50:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460507-gaza-israel/Israeli forces bombed areas in central Gaza yesterday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according to health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:42:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460507-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460479-israel-weaponizing-gaza-water-supply-causing-disease/Israel has been systematically weaponising the Gaza water supply, showing disregard for human life and international law, according to a new report by Oxfam.Thu, 18 Jul 2024 00:01:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0718/1460479-israel-weaponizing-gaza-water-supply-causing-disease/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460316-gaza-israel/Israel has continued its air strikes on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to ramp up the pressure on the militant group Hamas as hopes faded for a US-announced ceasefire plan.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:21:38 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460316-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0716/1460078-hezbollah-israel-strike/Palestinian health officials have said at least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas of Gaza, as fighting continues in several parts of the enclave.Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:32:25 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0716/1460078-hezbollah-israel-strike/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460474-gaza-pier/The US military's troubled mission to deliver desperately needed aid to Gaza via a temporary pier has ended, according to a senior American officer.Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:40:41 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0717/1460474-gaza-pier/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0715/1459965-lammy-gaza/Israel has struck southern and central Gaza to put more pressure on Hamas, following a weekend strike targeting the militant group's leadership, which killed scores of Palestinians who had sought shelter in a makeshift camp.Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:14:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0715/1459965-lammy-gaza/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0715/1460038-palestinian-swimmer-wants-to-stand-for-those-who-cant/A Palestinian swimmer who will be competing in the Olympic Games in Paris says her goal is "to stand for those people who can't."Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:55:20 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0715/1460038-palestinian-swimmer-wants-to-stand-for-those-who-cant/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0715/1459911-unwra-school-gaza/UNRWA's Director of Planning Sam Rose has called on Hamas and Israeli authorities "not to misuse" the organisation's schools.Mon, 15 Jul 2024 09:09:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0715/1459911-unwra-school-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0715/1460032-israel-eu-sanctions/The European Union has announced sanctions on five Israelis - including those termed "extremist settlers" - and three organisations for abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank and blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza.Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:35:39 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0715/1460032-israel-eu-sanctions/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0714/1459787-israel-gaza/The Civil Defence Agency in Hamas-run Gaza said that 15 people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering war displaced where the Israeli military said it had targeted "terrorists".Sun, 14 Jul 2024 09:12:35 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0714/1459787-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0713/1459702-israel-gaza/An Israeli airstrike has killed at least 90 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza, the enclave's health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 11:06:11 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0713/1459702-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0713/1459752-mohammed-deif-hamas/Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif has become a master at eluding Israeli attempts on his life and he may have made it seven out of seven when artillery and fighter jets attacked a suspected hideout.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 21:31:40 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0713/1459752-mohammed-deif-hamas/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0712/1459482-gaza-israel-war/Heavy combat and bombardment hit Gaza City and other parts of the Palestinian territory, as mediators continue to push on with efforts to halt the war raging into its tenth month.Fri, 12 Jul 2024 07:31:49 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0712/1459482-gaza-israel-war/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0711/1459286-gaza-israel/Residents of Gaza City were trapped in houses and bodies lay uncollected in the streets under an intense new Israeli assault, as Washington pushed for a peace deal at talks in Egypt and Qatar.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 07:47:16 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0711/1459286-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0711/1459438-israel-hamas-attack/The Israeli military has published the findings of a first probe into its own security failings during the 7 October Hamas attack, acknowledging it had not protected the citizens of one of the worst hit communities, Kibbutz Be'eri.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:02:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0711/1459438-israel-hamas-attack/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0710/1459089-israel-gaza/A top Hamas official has said that "intensifying" Israeli military operations in Gaza would harden the Palestinian group's negotiating position in mediation efforts towards a truce.Wed, 10 Jul 2024 02:39:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0710/1459089-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0708/1458764-israel-gaza/Palestinians are fleeing heavy battles in Gaza city as the Israeli military expanded an evacuation order nine months into its war with Hamas militants.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 09:12:44 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0708/1458764-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0707/1458680-israel-hamas-talks/Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as talks over a US plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war were expected to restart.Sun, 07 Jul 2024 15:38:29 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0707/1458680-israel-hamas-talks/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0706/1458580-israel-hamas-talks/At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in central Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry said, in an attack Israel said had targeted militants.Sat, 06 Jul 2024 15:43:08 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0706/1458580-israel-hamas-talks/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0706/1458527-iran-president-vote/Iran's president-elect, a relative moderate who beat a hardline rival to win election but who will likely be constrained in how much change he can effect, urged Iranians to stick with him on "the difficult road ahead".Sat, 06 Jul 2024 05:49:30 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0706/1458527-iran-president-vote/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0705/1458375-israel-gaza/Israel has said that "gaps" remained with Hamas on how to secure a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release but that it will send a delegation for fresh talks with Qatari mediators next week.Fri, 05 Jul 2024 09:46:53 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0705/1458375-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0704/1458120-israel-gaza-middle-east/The United States believes Israel and Hamas have a "pretty significant opening" to reach an agreement on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held there, a senior US official has said.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:07:50 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0704/1458120-israel-gaza-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0704/1458155-protest-american-chamber-gaza/Dozens of people are demonstrating outside the American Chamber of Commerce's annual Independence Day lunch in Dublin.Thu, 04 Jul 2024 12:05:18 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0704/1458155-protest-american-chamber-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0703/1457847-west-bank/Israel has approved its biggest land seizure in the occupied West Bank in more than three decades, a move criticised by activists as detrimental to hopes of a peace agreement with Palestinians.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 02:48:59 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0703/1457847-west-bank/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0703/1457851-israel-gaza/Hamas exchanged "some ideas" with mediators to end Israel's war in Gaza, the Palestinian group said in a statement, citing an official source.Wed, 03 Jul 2024 05:22:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0703/1457851-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0702/1457659-israel-gaza/The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza said that 1.9 million people - 80% of the territory's population - were now displaced in the territory, adding she was "deeply concerned" by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Younis.Tue, 02 Jul 2024 05:33:57 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0702/1457659-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0701/1457502-middle-east-gaza-israel/The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group has fired a barrage of rockets into Israel, in an apparent show of force as Israeli tanks pressed their advance deeper into Gaza amid fierce fighting, residents and officials said.Mon, 01 Jul 2024 10:33:31 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0701/1457502-middle-east-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0630/1457423-israel-gaza-war/Israeli forces have advanced further into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said.Sun, 30 Jun 2024 18:23:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0630/1457423-israel-gaza-war/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0629/1457307-gaza-war/Explosions, air strikes and gunfire has rattled northern Gaza on the third day of an Israeli military operation that has uprooted tens of thousands of Palestinians and compounded what the UN called "unbearable" living conditions in the territory.Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:33:33 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0629/1457307-gaza-war/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0628/1457189-gaza/Gazans are forced to live in bombed-out buildings or camp next to giant piles of rubbish, a United Nations spokeswoman has said, denouncing the "unbearable" conditions in the besieged territory.Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:21:49 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0628/1457189-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0627/1456932-gaza-israel/Palestinians have fled eastern Gaza City under heavy bombardment as the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for the area it had previously declared clear of Hamas militants.Thu, 27 Jun 2024 10:49:05 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0627/1456932-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0626/1456822-lebanon-conflict/The UN humanitarian chief has voiced alarm at the prospect of Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza spreading to Lebanon, warning that it was "potentially apocalyptic".Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:17:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0626/1456822-lebanon-conflict/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0626/1456763-israel-north-south-gaza/Israeli forces have pounded several areas across Gaza while fierce fighting was reported overnight in Rafah in the south of the Palestinian territory.Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:43:28 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0626/1456763-israel-north-south-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0625/1456510-israel-gaza/The leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said that any deal that does not guarantee a ceasefire and an end to Israel's offensive in Gaza is "not an agreement".Tue, 25 Jun 2024 06:44:47 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0625/1456510-israel-gaza/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0625/1456660-gaza-unrwa/Chaos is taking hold in Gaza as smuggling bands form and add to the difficulties in delivering aid, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency has said.Tue, 25 Jun 2024 19:04:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0625/1456660-gaza-unrwa/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0624/1456334-middle-east-conflict/Two Israeli air strikes targeting aid supplies killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into Rafah in the south and fought their way back into areas in the north they had already subdued months ago.Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:08:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0624/1456334-middle-east-conflict/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0623/1456202-gaza-israel-middle-east/Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that "intense" fighting against Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over, more than eight months into the devastating war.Sun, 23 Jun 2024 07:28:55 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0623/1456202-gaza-israel-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0622/1456117-gaza-israel-middle-east/At least 42 were killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza's Al-Tuffah and Al-Shati districts, Ismail Al-Thawabta, the director of the Hamas-run government media office told Reuters.Sat, 22 Jun 2024 07:51:07 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0622/1456117-gaza-israel-middle-east/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0622/1456161-gaza-aid/Days after Israel announced a daily pause in fighting on a key route to allow more aid into Gaza, chaos in the besieged Palestinian territory has left vital supplies piled up and undistributed in the searing summer heat.Sat, 22 Jun 2024 17:15:54 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0622/1456161-gaza-aid/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0621/1455889-israel-lebanon/United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza".Fri, 21 Jun 2024 06:27:24 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0621/1455889-israel-lebanon/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0621/1455930-israel-gaza-middle-east/Israeli forces have pounded Rafah in southern Gaza, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas militants, residents and Israel's military said.Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:09:51 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0621/1455930-israel-gaza-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2024/0621/1456049-call-to-remove-israeli-company-from-research-project/Students and staff at UCC have urged the university to call for an Israeli company to be removed from an EU-funded research project that its own Tyndall Institute is also a partner in.Fri, 21 Jun 2024 17:43:03 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2024/0621/1456049-call-to-remove-israeli-company-from-research-project/Munsterhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0620/1455660-gaza-israel/Several Israeli air strikes in the central and northern Gaza overnight and this morning killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens of others, according to medics, while tanks deepened their invasion into Rafah in the south, residents said.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:31:43 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0620/1455660-gaza-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0620/1455815-middle-east/Fears of a regional war rose after Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict, and Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:41:22 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0620/1455815-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0620/1455663-canada-iran/Canada has listed Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist entity while calling on Canadians in the country to leave.Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:54:23 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0620/1455663-canada-iran/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0619/1455466-gaza-israel-lebanon/The head of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group has said that nowhere in Israel will be safe if an all-out war breaks out between the two enemies.Wed, 19 Jun 2024 07:32:51 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0619/1455466-gaza-israel-lebanon/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455319-children-killed-in-conflict/Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than in the previous year, as overall civilian fatalities swelled 72%, the UN has said.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 11:02:52 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455319-children-killed-in-conflict/Worldhttps://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455259-gaza-middle-east-israel/Israeli strikes killed at least 13 people in central Gaza, the civil defence agency in the territory said, although fighting has largely subsided as Muslims mark Eid al-Adha.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 05:12:51 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/0618/1455259-gaza-middle-east-israel/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0618/1455429-israel-lebanon-middle-east/The Israeli military has said operational plans for an offensive in Lebanon are "approved and validated" as Israeli forces and the Iran-backed Hezbollah movement carry out cross-border exchanges of fire.Tue, 18 Jun 2024 20:23:14 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0618/1455429-israel-lebanon-middle-east/Middle Easthttps://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0617/1455054-israel-ireland-settlements/Ireland's recognition of a Palestinian state, along with Spain and Norway, is being used as justification for possibly increasing illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister's office.Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:05:00 +0100https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2024/0617/1455054-israel-ireland-settlements/Middle East