#Gaza Strip

Israel’s military on Thursday dropped charges against five soldiers accused of torturing a Palestinian detained during the Gaza war, in a case that exposed divisions within Israel over whether ...

The U.N. expert on the Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, denounced on Thursday what she described as “toxic” attacks impacting her personal life and work, after a number of European ...

Cyprus attends Board of Peace as observer, weighs next steps Not really in the club, but not really out either – that looks like Cyprus’ posture regarding its engagement with the ...

Israel fired airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 Palestinians, Palestinian officials said, in what the military called a response to ceasefire violations by Palestinian militant group ...

President Donald Trump will announce a multi-billion dollar reconstruction plan for Gaza and detail plans for a U.N.-authorized stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave at the first formal ...

Activists behind a flotilla intercepted at sea last year by Israel while trying to bring aid to Gaza will try again this year, expecting more than twice as many boats ...

A statement calling for peace in the Middle East was signed on Monday by over 400 former EU and member state ministers, ambassadors and senior officials, including Cyprus’ former Foreign Minister ...

The European Union “cannot remain mere observers” on the matter of Gaza, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Wednesday. “We must move in full coordination and on the basis of ...

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Israel on Saturday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mainly to discuss Gaza, two people briefed on the ...

As Israel moved the blocks marking its armistice line with Hamas deeper into one Gaza neighbourhood in December, it destroyed dozens of buildings and displaced Palestinians in violation of a ...

President Nikos Christodoulides made the right decision in staying away from the World Economic Forum in Davos and, most importantly, Thursday’s launch event for President Donald Trump’s ‘board ...

By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Catherine Cartier, Edward Carron and Rami Ayyub As Israel moved the blocks marking its armistice line with Hamas deeper into one Gaza neighbourhood in December, it ...

Cyprus’ potential participation in the US-led Peace Council for Gaza does not entail any financial commitments or payments by the Republic, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. In a statement to ...

President Nikos Christodoulides has been invited to join the Gaza Board of Peace, according to reports on Saturday. The Cyprus News Agency reported that Christodoulides has taken receipt of a ...

The White House on Friday announced some members of a so-called “Board of Peace” that is to supervise the temporary governance of Gaza, which has been under a fragile ceasefire ...

Two Israeli airstrikes killed five people, including a 16-year-old, in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, said local health authorities. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for ...

The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase – including a ...

A new shipment of humanitarian aid for Gaza arrived late on Saturday at the port of Ashdod via the “Amalthea” maritime corridor, according to information from the Cyprus News Agency (...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on two more judges from the International Criminal Court over their involvement in the court’s case against Israel, ratcheting up ...

Cyprus has voted in favour of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination after a resolution was put to the United Nations’ general assembly’s third committee in New ...

The civil defense service said most of the tent encampments across the enclave were flooded, and it received more than 2,500 calls for help. Some of the belongings of displaced people ...

Israel was cleared on Thursday to enter the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest by the organiser, prompting Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw over the Gaza war and plunging the ...

Israeli forensic services concluded that remains handed over by Hamas on Tuesday were not those of the last two hostages in Gaza, the office of Israel’s prime minister said. ...

Israeli airstrikes killed four people and wounded 18 others in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, local health authorities said, as Hamas and Israel accused each other of ...