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Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday
Baby saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies
JERUSALEM — A baby rescued from her dying mother's womb after an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza has died, the BBC has learned.Baby Sabreen al-Sakani was delivered by Caesarean section in a Rafah hospital shortly after midnight on Sunday.Amid chaotic scenes doctors resuscitated the baby, using a hand pump to push air into her lungs.However she died on Thursday and has been buried next to her mother after whom she was named.Baby Sabreen was among 16 children killed in two air strikes in Rafah last weekend. All were killed in a bombardment targeting the housing complex where they lived.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure.Sabreen's mother was seven-and-a-half months pregnant when the Israeli air strike on the al-Sakani...
April 26, 2024

Baby saved from dead mother's womb in Gaza dies

Hamas has issued a proof-of-life video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Hersh Goldberg-Polin: Gaza hostage's parents urge him to 'stay strong' after new video
GAZA — The parents of an Israeli-American hostage in Gaza have urged him to "stay strong" and "survive" after Hamas released a proof-of-life video.Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is seen without his lower left arm in the short clip. It was blown off during Hamas's 7 October attack on southern Israel.The footage is undated, but he says he has been held for almost 200 days.In response, his mother and father appealed for more to be done to secure a new hostage release deal.They urged Israel, Hamas and mediators the US, Egypt and Qatar to "get a deal done" to reunite "all of us with our loved ones and end the suffering in this region".Speaking in the video posted on Hamas's Telegram account on Wednesday, Goldberg-Polin said he needed medical help and...
April 25, 2024

Hersh Goldberg-Polin: Gaza hostage's parents urge him to 'stay strong' after new video

Palestinian workers are exhuming bodies at Nasser hospital with shovels because they have no heavy machinery
UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals
GAZA — The UN's human rights chief has said he is "horrified" by the destruction of Gaza's Nasser and al-Shifa hospitals and the reports of "mass graves" being found at the sites after Israeli raids.Volker Türk called for independent investigations into the deaths.Palestinian officials said they had exhumed 283 bodies at Nasser, some with their hands tied. It is not clear how they died or when they were buried.Israel's military said claims that it buried bodies there were "baseless".But it did say that during a two-week operation at the hospital in the city of Khan Younis in February, troops "examined" bodies buried by Palestinians "in places where intelligence indicated the possible presence of hostages".Ten hostages who...
April 24, 2024

UN rights chief 'horrified' by mass grave reports at Gaza hospitals

A family inspects their house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza, April 4, 2024
EU foreign policy chief compares Gaza destruction with German cities in WWII
STRASBOURG — The European Union's foreign policy chief has compared the scale of destruction across Gaza to damage to German cities in World War II.Josep Borrell said that an assessment by the World Bank and the United Nations put the cost of rebuilding Gaza’s infrastructure at $90 billion (€84 billion).“We can say that more than 60% of the physical infrastructure has been damaged and 35% fully destroyed,” he said.He was speaking during a plenary session of the EU Parliament on the bloc’s response to the killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces.He opened the session by saying more than 240 aid workers had been killed."We have to repeat once again that Israel must respect international law,” he said, adding that...
April 24, 2024

EU foreign policy chief compares Gaza destruction with German cities in WWII

People gather outside the remains of Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest health facility. (file) — courtesy WHO
Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
GAZA — Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.The development follows the recovery of hundreds of bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste” over the weekend at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, central Gaza, and at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the north.A total of 283 bodies were recovered at Nasser Hospital, of which 42 were identified.“Among the deceased were allegedly older people, women and wounded, while others were found tied with their hands...tied and stripped of their clothes,” said Ravina Shamdasani,...
April 23, 2024

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office

Maj Gen Aharon Haliva (L) is the most senior figure to resign over the 7 October attacks
Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent October 7 attack
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military said Monday that the head of its intelligence corps has resigned over the failures surrounding Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack, which broke through Israel’s vaunted defenses.Aharon Haliva, the head of Israel’s military intelligence, has become the first senior Israeli figure to step down Hamas’ attack, which killed 1,200 people and took roughly 250 more taken captive.In his resignation letter provided by the military Haliva said, "The intelligence directorate under my command did not live up to the task we were entrusted with. I carry that black day with me ever since, day after day, night after night. I will carry the horrible pain of the war with me forever."Haliva said shortly after the attack in October that he shouldered the...
April 22, 2024

Israeli military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent October 7 attack

Formed in 1999, the Netzah Yehuda battalion is a special men-only unit where ultra-Orthodox Jews serve
Netanyahu vows to reject any US sanctions on army units
TEL AVIV — Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject any sanctions on the country's military, after reports that the US plans to cut aid to one unit."I will fight it with all my strength," the prime minister said on Sunday.Earlier, the Axios news site said the US would target Israel's Netzah Yehuda battalion over alleged human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.The BBC understands any move would come under a US ban on aid to foreign units credibly implicated in violations.When asked last week about reports that US military aid to the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) units could be cut over allegations of human rights abuses in the occupied West Bank, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: "I've made determinations; you can expect to see them...
April 22, 2024

Netanyahu vows to reject any US sanctions on army units

According to PRCS, Mohammed Awad Allan served as a volunteer with the Qaryut Ambulance Committee. — courtesy PRCS
West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed
WEST BANK — The Israeli army has launched an investigation after a Palestinian volunteer paramedic was killed in the occupied West Bank.The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while treating people who had been injured by Israeli settlers.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said forces were sent to the village of As-Sawiya to break up clashes.It confirmed an ambulance driver was killed, and that it was investigating. The circumstances of the death are not clear.In a statement on Sunday, the IDF said troops and Israel Border Police forces were sent following reports of a "violent confrontation of mutual rock hurling that occurred between Palestinians and Israeli civilians in the area of As-Sawiya".It added: "During the incident, an ambulance...
April 21, 2024

West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed

People queue at the flight connection desk the day after a storm swept across the UAE, causing flooding. — courtesy Reuters
Dubai airport: Full schedule resumes after flooding chaos
DUBAI — Dubai’s major airlines say they have resumed a full flight schedule after torrential rain hit the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries causing chaos at Dubai airport.Emirates and flydubai said operations were back to normal on Saturday but a passenger backlog remained.The boss of Emirates said the airline’s response was not perfect.The storm battered the UAE on Tuesday, causing flash floods and bringing travel through the airport to a halt.Priority will be given to passengers whose travel plans had been disrupted.A flooded taxiway meant planes were unable to reach the runway to take off and passengers were left stranded in the terminal building, at Dubai International Airport.The president of Emirates, Sir Tim Clark said: “Passengers previously stranded in the...
April 20, 2024

Dubai airport: Full schedule resumes after flooding chaos

A young boy is treated by a mobile emergency clinic team in Northern Gaza. — courtesy WHO
Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after reported strikes on Iran
NEW YORK — Following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a nuclear power station early Friday, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a new appeal to all parties to “stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East”.“The Secretary-General condemns any act of retaliation and appeals to the international community to work together to prevent any further development that could lead to devastating consequences for the entire region and beyond,” he said in a statement issued by his Office.Echoing those concerns, UN atomic energy agency chief Rafael Grossi urged “extreme restraint” from all sides, after more than six and a half months of war in Gaza that have fueled fears of a wider regional conflict.“IAEA can confirm that there is no damage...
April 20, 2024

Retaliatory spiral in Middle East must end, says UN chief after reported strikes on Iran

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