Category: 1. Palestine

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli airstrikes and naval attacks in Gaza have killed multiple Palestinians, including a child, while the ongoing blockade and waste accumulation are intensifying the region’s humanitarian crisis.

Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis early Sunday morning. Additionally, multiple residential buildings were…

When the newly elected Pope Francis stepped onto the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in 2013 to greet the crowd, he joked that the cardinals had gone “to the end of the world” – his native Argentina – to find a new pontiff.

Indeed, the conclave, stunned by the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, had been actively looking beyond Europe for a powerful communicator bold enough to take on the leadership of an institution plagued by sexual and financial scandals.

But as 135 cardinals,…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israeli forces suffered significant casualties in Friday’s battle with Hamas fighters in Sheja’iyya, Gaza, after a two-hour rescue operation.

The Israeli Army Radio released on Saturday details from the initial investigation into the battle that took place on Friday between fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas,…

Officials suspect chemical materials exploded at Bandar Abbas port – Iran’s biggest container hub – as death toll hits 25.

Fires continue to burn a day after a massive explosion tore through Iran’s largest commercial port in Bandar Abbas, as casualties continue to rise.

The death toll from the massive explosion at Shahid Rajaei Port rose to 25, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported, quoting an official on Sunday, as firefighters continued with their efforts to put out the fire.

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