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The Israeli military admits to being behind 2 deadly strikes in central Gaza
The New York Times reported that Israel has routinely used 2,000-pound bombs in densely populated areas in southern Gaza. According to the UN, the area now under threat holds six shelters that house 61,000 people who’ve been displaced from northern Gaza. Israel has said it is addressing the humanitarian concerns, including those voiced by the…
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The first report was that the deaths in Gaza had topped 20,000
The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Antnio Guterres, has said, “The bottleneck of…humanitarian crisis is too big to swallow, so why do so many people still live in Gaza?” He added, “Even though the crossing is open, we don’t have more trucks coming into Gaza.” Guterres said, “Every time it’s…
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The WHO resolution hopes for health to be a bridge to peace
Humanitarian organizations have said that the humanitarian aid entering Gaza since the conflict began in November is “staggeringly insufficient” to meet the need. “This is the largest humanitarian response in UNRWA’s nearly 75-year history and it’s very different than any other conflict or war that we’ve had to manage,” an official of UN Relief and…
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Israel says it is engaged in the most intense fighting in Gaza yet
The Palestinian Health Ministry has said that more than 300 people have been killed in Israel’s air strikes in Gaza Strip since the start of the conflict on October 7. On Tuesday, Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza for the first time since the conflict began. At least 349 Palestinians have died so far,…
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A journalist from Gaza says his family was killed in an airstrike
Alnaouq’s four children were also killed. She and her five children were killed. She and her five children were killed. Then she had three children. Mohammed AbuSafia, whose family was killed in the second airstrike, said he would get a text message each day from his family in Gaza. Abu Realh said he’d get a…
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More Palestinians are trying to flee south because of Israel’s offensive in Gaza
The World Health Organization said that Israel has notified it of the need to “remove our supplies from our medical warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours, as ground operations will put it beyond use”. This comes after the WHO’s Director-General said that Israel’s military had notified it of the need to “remove our supplies…
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A group of Palestinians are freed in the latest exchange
Hamas released a group of 10 hostages, four Thai nationals and two Israeli- Russian dual citizens in Gaza, the sixth such release of hostages since a cease-fire began on Friday. An elderly captive from Israel was flown by helicopter from Gaza to an Israeli hospital in dire need of surgery, reports said. Over 13,000 have…
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The Israel-Hamas deal is important to us
Israeli officials have said that the majority of the Palestinians who were released from Israeli prisons in exchange for 13 hostages will be taken by bus to their home districts. The hostages were seized by Palestinian gunmen during an assault on the border with Israel on October 7. Israeli soldiers were also on the ground…
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The first hostages will be released when the temporary truce in Gaza starts
After Israel announced that it has achieved its operational preparations for a unilateral ceasefire with Hamas, Israeli Defence Force spokesperson Avital Leibovich said that they have destroyed a “tunnel under the hospital in northern Gaza”. The IDF also said that it has completed its operational preparations according to combat lines of the pause.
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There will be Cease-Fire on Friday morning according to the state of Qatar
A four-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza went into effect early Friday, ending the conflict that has killed over 1,500 people. The agreement also included an increase in humanitarian aid for Gaza. Israel’s military said on Thursday that the takeover of the north of the Gaza Strip is only the first stage of…
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Families of Hostages in Gaza want proof of life
Families of the Israelis who were kidnapped in Gaza last month have said they’re desperate for proof of life. They’re also worried that the deal to get them back might collapse. On Wednesday, the Israeli government and Hamas announced that they would uphold a brief cease-fire in Gaza to allow for the release of the…
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The Gaza war’s youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt
A UN humanitarian assessment team, led by WHO, gained the first outside access to Gaza’s largest hospital, Al-Shifa Hospital, on Saturday, the WHO said. The team saw first hand the dire conditions of the facility, the groups added. On Sunday, aid workers successfully evacuated some 30 premature babies from Al-Shifa Hospital, which is currently controlled…
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RememberingRosalyn Carter; Sam Altman heading to Microsoft
The inauguration of Gaza International Airport on November 22, 2001, was led by US President Bill Clinton and former US First Lady Hillary Clinton, who were joined by Palestinians Yasser Arafat and his wife. The airport was closed in 2001 due to the war between Israel and Hamas. The airport was later reopened after the…
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Netanyahu won’t say who the new government is for Gaza
Israel’s Defence Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said the country “will not hesitate” to use military force against the Islamic militant group Hamas in Gaza. He added, “We will not hesitate to defend ourselves against any attack on us, or our citizens.” Israeli jets carried out air strikes in Gaza City on Thursday for the first time…
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Israeli troops find Hamas weapons and enter the largest hospital in Gaza
Israel on Wednesday carried out an airstrike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing at least four Hamas militants and injuring over 60 others, the Israeli army said. It said that the strike was carried out to stop militants from using the hospital as a staging point to launch rockets into Israel. The hospital…
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Evidence points to the fact that Israeli shells were used in the hospital strikes
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza has said that it has buried at least 100 people in a mass grave as bodies decompose in its courtyard. The hospital added that babies are dying due to the lack of power in their incubators. It further said that bodies decompose in its courtyard and babies are dying because their…
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The U.N. agency in Gaza is trying to provide aid
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is the “last remaining lifeline” for the Palestinian people in Gaza, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA’s commissioner said. At least 99 aid workers died during the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Education was the most funded part of UNRWA, running schools for half a million…
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A desperate effort is being made to get young cancer patients out of Gaza
Gaza’s largest hospital reported that it buried more than 100 people in a mass grave as bodies decompose in its courtyard and babies are dying because their incubators have no power. Gaza health officials said the basement was “included in the design of the hospital and includes the administration and hospital stores”. Israeli military said…
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The idea of the Palestinian Authority running Gaza was pushed back by Netanyahu
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel won’t accept any deal to transfer authority to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza. “Abbas has not condemned Hamas for the…attacks,” Netanyahu said. However, Netanyahu added, “Any agreement to installAbbas as new president in Gaza would make Netanyahu look weak in the eyes of many Israelis.”
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A third of Gaza City was damaged after a month of bombardments
Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 100 people in the Gaza Strip since November 3, Gaza’s Health Ministry said. The ministry also said that at least 1,000 people have been injured in the airstrikes and that 117,000 others have been moved to hospitals in Gaza City and northern Gaza. Israel said it targeted an ambulance…
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The possible end to the war in Gaza is being laid out by blinken
The Palestinian Authority told the US administration that it is open to a governance role in post-Hamas Gaza if the US commits to a full-fledged two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) Senior Director for International Affairs, Mahmoud al-Sheikh said. The Palestinian Authority also wants an American proposal that would force…
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The New York Times described the current situation in the Middle East
The Palestinian Authority (PPA) has said that it is open to a governance role in post-Hamas Gaza after Israel completes its military operation to destroy Hamas, an official of its parent, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said. US officials have said the Palestinian Authority must play a central role in Gaza after Israel completes its…
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Israel and Hamas had a deal that would have freed up to 50 hostages
The Gaza hospital in Israel said it has been receiving Israeli soldiers wounded from fighting in Gaza, as well as over 200 north residents who have been injured in rocket attacks from Lebanon. According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, 18 hospitals and most of the primary care centres have stopped functioning due to attacks or lack…
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Hamas created a “Permanent” State of War
The Hamas militant group, which rules the Gaza Strip, has fired over 1,500 rockets at Israel in the past month, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has said. The rocket attacks have killed at least four people, while over 100 others have been wounded, IAF added. Gaza’s Hamas rulers claim that they are fighting to restore…
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The U.S. wants a pause in Gaza, not a cease-fire
The Israeli military said that it has carried out over 200 airstrikes in Gaza since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The military said that it has launched nearly 300 airstrikes against Hamas targets. It further said that it has carried out over 50 airstrikes in the West Bank since the beginning…