Lyndal Rowlands

Journalist at Freelance

Senior Producer at Al Jazeera English

Journalist. AJE, Drilled, ABC RN, IPS and more

Articles

Contact with US-Israeli captive in Gaza lost after Israeli strike: Hamas

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

UN chief Antonio Guterres says 70 percent of Gaza now under Israeli forced evacuation orders or within military 'no-go' zones. The military wing of Hamas said contact has been lost with the group guarding US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander after Israel launched a "direct bombardment" on the area where the captive was being held.
Israel's demand that Hamas disarm 'unacceptable'; Gaza deaths near 51,000

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands |Royce Kurmelovs

Hamas is 'studying' a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from Israel presented by truce talks mediator Egypt. Hamas is reviewing a new ceasefire proposal from Israel and will respond "as soon as possible" as the movement's spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri tells Al Jazeera that "the request to disarm Hamas is not acceptable to even hear".
Israel kills 37 in Gaza; Sick child dies after attack on al-Ahli Hospital

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

Israeli forces kill 37 in Gaza as global condemnation grows over attack on al-Ahli Hospital. Israel's relentlessness bombardment of Gaza continues, with at least 37 people killed in attacks across the Strip on Sunday, including six brothers who were volunteers providing food to starving Palestinians. WHO says a Palestinian child died due to disruption of medical care after Israeli forces bombed the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City as global condemnation grows over the missile assault.
Israel orders Palestinians in Gaza's Nuseirat, Khan Younis to flee

1 week ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

Israel says it is planning to attack with 'great force' as it orders people to leave parts of Nuseirat and Khan Younis. Israel's military issues new displacement orders for Palestinians in the central Nuseirat refugee camp as well as southern Khan Younis, after intercepting three rockets from the Strip. Israeli forces killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Saturday and completed the so-called Morag corridor, which cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of the Strip.
Fears of famine in Gaza as Israel's 31-day blockade shuts all bakeries

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

By Lyndal Rowlands Israel stopped all food and other goods from entering Gaza one month ago on March 2, days before it resumed daily bombings. Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza, killing at least 21 people on the third day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. All bakeries in Gaza, including 25 run by the World Food Programme (WFP), have shut down as Israel's blockade on the Strip continues for a 31st day, marking the longest siege since the war began.
Israel kills 34 in Gaza on second day of Eid as thousands flee Rafah

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands |Royce Kurmelovs

Thousands of Palestinians flee Rafah as UNICEF says Israel has killed 322 children in Gaza since March 18. Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing Rafah in southern Gaza after Israeli forces ordered the evacuation of nearly the entire city and launched deadly attacks on the area. Israeli forces have killed at least 34 people on the second day of Eid al-Fitr as Palestinians in Gaza mourn the 15 emergency workers killed by Israel while trying to rescue the wounded on March 23.
Israel kills 64 in Gaza on Eid; bodies of 14 missing medics recovered

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

By Lyndal Rowlands The bodies of 14 first responders were found buried a week after Israeli forces fired on them. Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed at least 64 people, including children, in Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Fitr. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has recovered the bodies of eight medics, five civil defence workers and a UN employee, a week after their vehicles came under Israeli fire near Rafah in southern Gaza.
Rescuers in Myanmar race to find survivors as quake death toll tops 1,600

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

By Lyndal Rowlands Search for survivors continues as death toll in Myanmar climbs to 1,644 and at least 11 are killed in neighbouring Thailand. The search for survivors continues in Myanmar, where at least 1,644 people have been confirmed dead after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck on Friday. In the city of Mandalay, close to the epicentre of the quake, rescue crews pulled one woman alive from the rubble of her apartment block after she was trapped for more than 24 hours.
Israel kills 24 in Gaza; Hamas accepts new truce proposal from Egypt, Qatar

3 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

By Lyndal Rowlands Israel puts forward counter-proposal' in mediated truce talks as Palestinians in Gaza observe Eid under Israeli blockade Israeli forces launch a new ground assault on Rafah in southern Gaza as the death toll from Israel's attacks on Saturday rises to 24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says Israel has submitted a 'counter-proposal' after Hamas said it had accepted a new ceasefire plan put forward by Egypt and Qatar.
Israel kills 13 in attacks on Gaza tents, aid kitchen; displaces 142,000

4 weeks ago | aljazeera.com | Lyndal Rowlands

By Lyndal Rowlands Israel's relentless and deadly bombardment of Gaza continues as Israeli forces kill another Palestinian in the occupied West Bank. Israeli forces bomb central Gaza, striking tents and a charity kitchen, killing at least 13 people. UN says Israel's renewed offensive on Gaza has displaced more than 142,000 people in the past week alone.