All EU countries except Hungary joined a call Monday for an “immediate humanitarian pause” in the Gaza war, foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. The European Union has struggled for a united response to Israel’s military operation following the October 7 attack by Hamas. But Borrell said foreign ministers from 26 states had agreed […]
Ghazi Hamad, a senior member of Hamas’ political bureau, has said that many people have starved to death since the start of the war in Gaza. Ghazi Hamad stated this during an Interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. He said that apart from thousands of innocent Palestinians killed since the beginning of the war, […]
China urged Israel on Tuesday to stop its military operation in the Gazan city of Rafah “as soon as possible”, warning of a “serious humanitarian disaster” there if fighting did not stop. “China follows closely the developments in the Rafah area, opposes and condemns actions that harm civilians and violate international law,” a foreign […]
Israel says it has rescued two hostages during a raid in Rafah, amid reports of heavy air strikes on the southern Gazan city. Tweeting on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the rescue of the hostages was an overnight mission. “During a joint operation between the IDF, ISA, and Israel Police, two Israeli […]
Hamas has laid out a series of demands, including exchanging hostages for Palestinian prisoners and rebuilding Gaza, in response to an Israel-backed ceasefire proposal. The armed group wants a full withdrawal of Israeli forces and an end to the war after three 45-day truce periods. The offer is likely to be unacceptable to Israel’s […]
The World Health Organization’s emergencies director Michael Ryan has said that Gaza is suffering under constraints on humanitarian aid, according to Qatar broadcaster Al Jazeera. Israel has consistently stymied aid delivery efforts in Gaza, where severe hunger is widespread and the risk of famine continues to grow. “This is a population that is starving […]
A British-Nigerian minister, MP Kate Osamor, has been suspended by the United Kingdom. Osamor was suspended after accusing Israel of genocide on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day. The minister sparked outrage after claiming in her weekly newsletter that Gaza should be added to the list of ‘recent genocides’. Posting a photo of herself […]
Several key donor countries to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Saturday they would halt their funding, following accusations by Israel that several UNRWA staff were involved in Hamas’s October 7 attack. UNRWA responded saying it had fired several staff over Israel’s accusations, promising a thorough investigation into the claims, which were not […]
Intense fighting raged Saturday in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, the main theatre of conflict where the Israeli army is targeting the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas. The unabated hostilities came a day after the UN’s International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled Israel must prevent possible acts of genocide in the […]
The UN top court on Friday said Israel must prevent genocidal acts in Gaza and facilitate “urgently needed” humanitarian aid into the besieged territory, handing down rulings in a case that has drawn global attention. The court urged Israel to refrain from any possible genocidal acts as it presses its military operation in the […]
