Tag: Israel-Palestine
Biden to visit Israel on Wednesday; Iran issues warning
U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and make clear Israel has the right to defend itself, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday. Blinken said after lengthy talks with Netanyahu that Biden will reaffirm solidarity with Israel, which has widely been expected to launch a ground assault in Gaza. Israel has vowed to annihilate the Hamas movement that rules Gaza after fighters burst into Israel on Oct 7,…
Palestinians in Gaza struggle to follow Israeli evacuation order and face dire water shortage
Palestinians struggled Saturday to flee from areas of Gaza targeted by the Israeli military while grappling with a growing water and medical supply shortage ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel. Israel renewed calls on social media and in leaflets dropped from the air for Gaza residents to move south, while Hamas urged people to stay in their homes. The U.N. and aid groups have said such a rapid exodus along with…
Doctors Without Borders: MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity
Gaza – As the ultimatum given to the population expires, MSF calls on the Israeli authorities to show humanity. Despite Israeli announcements suggesting that there are safe areas for the population trapped in the Gaza Strip, they are in fact exposed to bombardment throughout all the territory, including in the south, where tens of thousands of people have fled following the ultimatum. As the Israeli army has been bombarding the Gaza Strip without restraint for a week, we are calling…
Doctors Without Borders: Hospitals are overwhelmed in ‘catastrophic situation’ in Gaza
Now the Israeli government has decided to completely cut off water and electricity supplies, and the phone network has been badly damaged. This morning, we were unable to reach our teams in Gaza by phone. Inevitably, this all makes it extremely difficult to coordinate rescue operations and access the injured. In Gaza today, people are terrified. I speak very regularly with our colleagues there. They are very tough people because, unfortunately, they have lived through a lot of wars, but…
Jewish Communities Ramp Up Security
Jewish communities in North America are ramping up security in the face of rising emotions over the massacre of Jews in Israel and the imminent invasion of Gaza, with pro- and anti-Israel rallies being held daily in cities across the United States. Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, told VOA that the communities are prepared and have built “comprehensive security programs.” But, he said, last Saturday’s Hamas attack against Israel and its aftermath has brought the…
French police use teargas on banned pro-Palestinian rally as Macron calls for calm
French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French to remain united and refrain from bringing the Israel-Hamas conflict home. Macron’s interior minister had earlier banned pro-Palestinian protests, saying they were “likely to generate disturbances to public order”. France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim and Jewish communities. The Middle East conflict has often stoked domestic tensions in the…
EU is formally investigating X over content about the Israel-Hamas war
As a ‘very large platform’ under the EU’s new Digital Services Act, X is required to respond by next week and could face massive penalties. The European Union (EU) has formally opened an investigation into X, the platform previously known as Twitter, to ensure it’s complying with the Digital Services Act (DSA) following Hamas’ attack on Israel in early October and subsequent Israeli air assault on Gaza. According to the request, this comes after “indications received by the Commission services…
Doctors Without Borders: Indiscriminate violence and the collective punishment of Gaza must cease
“In Ministry of Health hospitals, medical staff report that they are running out of anaesthetics and painkillers,” says Darwin Diaz, MSF Medical Coordinator in Gaza. “On the MSF side, we moved medical supplies from our two-month emergency reserves to Al-Awda hospital and now we have used three weeks’ worth of stock in three days.” MSF staff, including medical personnel, have been extremely restricted in their movements since Saturday. They are unable to obtain safe passage to support Palestinian medical colleagues…
Israeli death toll rises to 1,300 since beginning of al-Aqsa Flood Operation
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA-More than 1,300 Israeli soldiers and settlers have been killed since the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The enemy media admitted that the number of deaths among Israeli soldiers and settlers has risen to more than 1,300, and more than 3,000 injuries, in addition to evacuating tens of thousands of settlers from 24 settlements in Gaza vicinity. The Palestinian Resistance continues targeting the occupation’s settlements with missiles in Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Ashkelon, Haifa, and Ashdod and on the…
18 Palestinians martyred in two massacres committed by Israeli aircraft in Khan Yunis
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- The Israeli occupation forces committed two new massacres in Gaza Strip, killing 18 Palestinians as the occupation aircraft targeted residential buildings in Khan Yunis city, south of the besieged Gaza Strip. The occupation aircraft shelled a house in Ma’an area, causing the death of a family of seven persons, as it also targeted another house in the camp area, killing nine persons, including a woman and her infant, in addition to several serious injuries and huge damage…
Three Palestinians injured as Israeli occupation forces storm Jenin
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Three Palestinians were injured, on Thursday at dawn, as the Israeli occupation forces stormed Jenin city of the West Bank. Wafa News Agency stated the occupation forces raided Jenin city and opened fire on the Palestinians, wounding three young men while dozens suffered suffocation, in addition to arresting five others. The occupation forces also broke into Jericho city, Ain Sultan and Aqaba Jabr camps and arrested four young men, including two released prisoners. Since last Saturday, 28…
15 Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrike on a house in northern Gaza Strip
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA – 15 Palestinians were martyred and dozens were injured at dawn on Thursday in a new massacre committed by Israeli occupation aircraft which targeted a house in the besieged northern Gaza Strip Palestinian media reported that the occupation aircraft bombed a house for Al-Mutawaq family on al-Nuzha Street in Jabalia Al-Balad area, northern Gaza Strip. 15 people were martyred in the attack and dozens were injured, most of them children and women, in addition to causing severe…
US stocks rise ahead of key inflation data
NEW YORK – Wall Street stocks closed higher on Wednesday as traders await key US consumer inflation data, while shrugging off hotter-than-expected wholesale price increases. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 0.2 per cent up at 33,804.87. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 0.4 per cent to 4,376.95, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 0.7 per cent to 13,659.68. Recent Federal Reserve officials’ comments “had two hawks dial down the immediate need for further tightening,” noted Mr Edward Moya,…
US Rushes ‘Smart’ Bombs to Israel as Hamas Holds Dozens Hostage
Boeing has begun delivering smart munitions to Israel as the country intensifies retaliation in the wake of Hamas’ large-scale surprise attack. An Israeli Air Force transport aircraft recently flew with the 250-pound (113 kilogram) Small Diameter Bombs from the US to Israel, Bloomberg revealed citing a US official. Israel bought 1,000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB) in 2021 for $735 million. Precision Munition The air-launched guided SDB can strike a target 40 miles (64 kilometers) away, providing “the means to…
Massive demonstrations in the West Bank in condemnation of Israeli aggression on Gaza
Occupied Jerusalem, SANA- Massive demonstrations have been organized in the cities of Ramallah, Jenin, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, Hebron, Tubas, Nablus, Jericho, Qalandia, and Shuafat in the West Bank at dawn on Wednesday. The demonstrations denounced the ongoing aggression launched by the Israeli occupation against Gaza Strip for the fifth day in a row. Wafa News Agency reported that participant in the demonstrations raised Palestinian flags and banners denouncing the crimes of the occupation in the Gaza Strip. They called on the…
Israel’s Intelligence Failure
Hamas’s devastating terrorist attack against Israel has unleashed the most violent and serious conflict the country has seen in half a century. Already, at least 1,000 Israelis (and 14 U.S. citizens) have been killed. It is an astronomical number for such a small country—equivalent to 30,000 Americans. About 2,900 more Israelis have been injured and an estimated 150 others, including toddlers, grandmothers, and foreign nationals, have been taken hostage. Meanwhile, at least 900 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza…