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A destroyed Palestinian house on a rainy day in Al-Shejaeiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City, 19 October 2014. Picture: EPA.

Israel gaza ground offensive

'Israel tried to limit civilian casualties in Gaza'

By Reuters

More than 2,100 Palestinians were killed during the fighting, most of them civilians and children.

  • Israeli soldiers work on their Merkava tanks at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border on 20 August,2014. Picture:AFP.

    UN: Lack of stability in Gaza risks return to war

    The UN in Gaza said the extent of damage after the July-August war was worse than first thought.

    2834 days ago
  • A Palestinian man pushes a bicycle past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Shejaiya on 27 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Gift of the Givers arrive in Gaza

    The group of 10 were held back by Egypt, but have vowed to make up for lost time.

    2898 days ago
  • FILE: Cyril Ramaphosa explained why govt won’t cut ties with Israel despite local pressure to do so. Picture: AFP.

    Ramaphosa: SA won't cut ties with Israel

    Cyril Ramaphosa explained why govt won’t cut ties with Israel despite local pressure to do so.

    2902 days ago
  • A Palestinian man pushes a bicycle past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Shejaiya on 27 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Gaza truce holding but Netanyahu under fire

    Media commentators have voiced deep disappointment over Netanyahu's leadership during the Gaza war.

    2903 days ago
  • Palestinians flash the sign of victory wave a national flag as they celebrate in the streets in East Jerusalem the long-term truce agreed between Israel and the Palestinians on August 26, 2014.

    Gaza celebrates as long-term ceasefire commences

    Crowds and traffic filled the streets of Gaza as residents celebrate what they're calling a victory.

    2903 days ago
  • Palestinian children demonstrate near an Israeli check point in the centre of the West Bank city of Hebron after they couldn’t pass the checkpoint to get to school as it was closed off by Israeli security forces on 26 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Gaza ceasefire deal reached, Palestinian groups say

    Palestinian officials said the ceasefire has been reached under Egyptian mediation.

    2904 days ago
  • FILE: The pre-dawn airstrikes set off huge explosions, killed 2 and wounded 20 people. Picture: AFP.

    Israeli air strikes kill two Palestinians

    The pre-dawn airstrikes set off huge explosions, killed 2 and wounded 20 people.

    2904 days ago
  • Palestinian men look on as a bomb from an Israeli air strike hits a house in Gaza City on 23 August, 2014. Israel kept up the pressure on Hamas in Gaza, carrying out multiple air strikes that killed six Palestinians, five of them from the same family, as Egypt prepared to convene new truce talks. Picture: AFP

    Palestinian president calls for Gaza talks to resume as fighting rages

    Violence continued in the Gaza Strip with Israel carrying out air strikes and militants firing rockets.

    2907 days ago
  • A picture taken from the southern Israeli border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke rising from the remains of a mortar fired by Palestinian militants into Israel on 22 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Gaza: No end in sight as more deaths reported

    Israeli aircraft bombed the Gaza Strip while Palestinian militants fired rockets at the Jewish state.

    2907 days ago
  • Palestinians gather on the rubble and shell of a building destroyed following an Israeli military strike, as they watch rescuers working in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, on 21 August 2014. Picture: AFP

    Hamas kills 18 suspected collaborators

    The victims were shot dead by masked gunmen dressed in black in front of a crowd.

    2908 days ago
  • FILE: Israeli soldiers work on their Merkava tanks at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border on 20 August,2014. Picture:AFP.

    Pro-Palestinian groups to meet Zuma again

    A follow up meeting is scheduled to take place between Jacob Zuma and pro-Palestinian organisations.

    2908 days ago
  • Israeli soldiers work on their Merkava tanks at an army deployment point near the Israeli-Gaza border on 20 August,2014. Picture: AFP.

    Hamas accuses Israel of 'opening gateway to hell'

    Israeli air strikes killed 11 Palestinians including the wife and infant son of Hamas’s military leader.

    2910 days ago
  • Israeli police on Sunday blocked more than 200 far-right Israeli protesters from rushing guests at a wedding of a Jewish woman and Muslim man. Picture: EWN.

    Israeli wedding of Jew, Muslim draws protesters

    Several dozen police formed human chains to keep the protesters from the wedding hall’s gates.

    2912 days ago
  • A Palestinian woman and a child walk past the destroyed Omari mosque on 12 August 2014 in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. Picture: AFP.

    Renewed Gaza truce holds after rocky start

    Both sides have agreed to give Egyptian-brokered talks more time to try end the Gaza war.

    2916 days ago
  • Gaza is regarded by South Africa as a conflict zone. Picture: AFP.

    SA citizens in conflict zones can be prosecuted

    Citizens who in a place which SA declares as a conflict zone, could find themselves breaking the law.

    2916 days ago
  • Palestinian home owners meet to discuss steps they will follow to rebuild their homes in the northern Gaza strip on 13 August, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Gaza: Ceasefire clock ticking

    The threat of renewed war loomed with no sign of a breakthrough in indirect talks in Cairo.

    2917 days ago
  • FILE:Analysts expect the war to have dented growth and cost several billion dollars. Picture: AFP.

    War leaves Israel with difficult economic outlook

    Analysts expect Israel's month-long war with Hamas to have dented growth and cost several billion dollars.

    2917 days ago
  • FILE: Head of the Palestinian delegation Azzam al-Ahmed (2L) and others members of the delegation arrive to the hotel after a meeting with Egyptians seniors intelligence in Cairo 11 August , 2014. Picture: AFP

    Gaza talks stall

    As a 72-hour ceasefire holds for a second day, negotiatiors are holding held fresh in Egypt.

    2917 days ago
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