Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Hamas

Israeli airstrikes on Christmas Day kill at least 100 people as Netanyahu vows to expand campaign

Gaza health ministry spokesperson calls Israeli airstrike at refugee camp ‘massacre being committed on crowded residential square’

The Independent UK

Holy Land Cancels Christmas Amidst Intense Gaza Violence

Amidst the heavy fighting between Israel and Hamas, Bethlehem cancels Christmas celebrations in a poignant show of solidarity with Palestine.

Top News

Gaza War Makes For Sombre Christmas In The Holy Land

Sadness over the war in Gaza subdued the holiday cheer in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, when the biblical town would usually be decked out in festive finery.

International Business Times

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Palestinians Feel 'No Joy' As Israel Bombs Gaza On Christmas

Palestinians said they felt "no joy" this Christmas as Israel bombed the besieged Palestinian territory on Monday, with no end in sight to the war that Hamas says has claimed more than 20,000 lives.

International Business Times

Pope Kicks Off Christmas Celebrations In Shadow Of War

Pope Francis has kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favourite holidays.

International Business Times

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Houthis Attack India-Bound Ship; Israeli Airstrike Kills Hamas Khan Yunis Commander

It's Day 80 of the war in Gaza. The Israeli army said it has eliminated a Hamas commander in the Khan Yunis area. Yemen's Houthi rebel army made good on its promise to continue targeting commercial shipping in the Red Sea with two attacks against vessels over the weekend.

International Business Times

'Tonight Our Hearts Are In Bethlehem,' Pope Says In Christmas Mass

Pope Francis on Sunday appealed for peace as he kicked off Christmas celebrations with a mass at Saint Peter's Basilica as the Israel-Hamas war raged in the Gaza Strip.

Latin Times

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Israeli forces make significant progress in crushing Hamas strongholds

Get the inside scoop on the Israeli-Hamas war from Israeli government spokesperson Avi Hyman. In a creative and candid interview, Avi sheds light on the la...

Top News

On Christmas eve, Pope Francis laments 'futile' war in Holy Land

Pope Francis spoke hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fight deeper into the Palestinian enclave of Gaza after his troops endured one of the worst days of losses of their ground war.

The Hindu

Watch: Midnight mass at the Nativity Church in Bethlehem

Watch as midnight mass was held in Bethlehem on 24 December, to mark the start of Christmas, despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The Independent UK

Israel paying "heavy cost" in Gaza war

Palestinian deaths in Gaza reportedly reach 20,000; Egypt seeks new truce but Netanyahu vows continued war

Salon

Bethlehem resembles ghost town on Christmas Eve

The biblical birthplace of Jesus was unusually lacking in tourists and jubilance

Evening Standard

Gaza hospital director admits Hamas ties in shocking confession!

Revelations of a Gaza hospital director admitting to being a senior Hamas commander reaffirms Israel's claims of terrorist activity in hospitals. Investiga...

Top News

Pope Kicks Off Christmas Celebrations In Shadow Of Wars

Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world's favourite holidays.

International Business Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Pope says 'our hearts are in Bethlehem' as he presides over the Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's

Pope Francis in a Christmas Eve homily said that “the clash of arms even today” prevents Jesus “from finding room in the world."

The Independent UK

Fourteen Israeli soldiers killed amid close quarter combat in southern Gaza, military says

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the offensive despite admitting heavy losses

The Guardian - US

‘No Xmas as usual’: pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in US cities

Organizers focus on second-most popular shopping day in cities including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles

The Guardian - UK

Deadly 24 hours of fighting across Gaza Strip kills scores of Palestinians

Worries mount for desperate civilians as Israel expands its operations in the southern half of territory

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Top News

Heroic Israeli man rescues over 100 hostages during Gaza attacks

A survivor of a horrific attack at a music festival in Israel returns to the scene and meets the man who risked his life to save her and many others. A sto...

Top News

Ground operations in Gaza escalate as IDF targets Hamas infrastructure

In the midst of an expanded ground operation in Gaza, the IDF targets Hamas infrastructure while civilians face evacuation orders and Christmas celebration...

The Guardian - US

‘It’s impossible to celebrate’: Gaza war opens fissures among US Christians

With Christmas canceled in the Holy Land, how are US Christians viewing the war?

Radio France Internationale

Macron talks with Jerusalem patriarch and expresses 'great concern' about Gaza Catholic parish

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed "great concern" about a Catholic parish in war-torn Gaza with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, his office said on Sunday

Top News

Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza as Battle with Hamas Continues

Israeli soldiers face tough resistance in Gaza as the death toll rises. Despite international pressure, the war rages on with devastating consequences.

Evening Standard

Drone that struck tanker off India was launched from Iran, says US

Pentagon says Chem Pluto 'hit by drone fired from Iran'

WEKU

A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers, in sign of Hamas' entrenchment

Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday, a sign that Hamas is still putting up a fight despite weeks of brutal war.

1 … 659 660 661 662

People

Pierbattista Pizzaballa

42 stories

Hatem Ali

11 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.