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A screengrab shows people carrying the dead body of a World Central Kitchen worker killed in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday.
International pressure grows over Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen staff
GAZA — Israel faces growing international pressure over an air strike which killed seven aid workers for charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza.The UK, Poland, Australia, Canada and the US, whose nationals died in the attack, demanded Israel investigate.Humanitarian aid to Gaza is now in doubt, with WCK — one of the main providers of aid to the Strip — suspending its operations.Israeli President Isaac Herzog apologized for the deaths.Three of the killed aid workers were British nationals. A Polish national, an Australian, a Palestinian and a dual US-Canadian citizen were also killed.The IDF has promised an independent investigation into the incident.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. On the call he described the situation...
April 02, 2024

International pressure grows over Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen staff

Emergency services work at a destroyed building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 1, 2024
Iran vows revenge after Israeli strike on Syria consulate in deepening Middle East crisis
TEHRAN — Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza that once again appeared to raise the risk of a wider Middle Eastern conflict.The airstrike destroyed the consulate building in the capital Damascus, killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry.Zahedi, a former commander of the IRGC’s ground forces, air force, and the deputy commander of its operations, is the most high-profile Iranian target killed since then-US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani in...
April 02, 2024

Iran vows revenge after Israeli strike on Syria consulate in deepening Middle East crisis

Lalzawmi 'Zomi' Frankcom appeared in a World Food Kitchen (WFK) video last week
Aid group suspends operations in Gaza after worker deaths
GAZA — International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.The charity said those killed were part of an aid convoy that was leaving a warehouse in central Gaza.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was conducting a "thorough review" into the incident.Gaza's Hamas-run media office also blamed Israel.WCK is one of the main suppliers of desperately needed aid to Gaza.According to the charity, the aid convoy was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, "where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route."The charity said it had coordinated the convoy's movements with the IDF when it was...
April 02, 2024

Aid group suspends operations in Gaza after worker deaths

Australian national Lalzawmi 'Zomi' Frankcom (left) was among those confirmed killed
Foreigners among World Central Kitchen staff killed in Israeli strike
GAZA — At least five aid workers, including foreigners, from a team delivering food to starving civilians in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli military strike, according to non-profit group World Central Kitchen and authorities in the besieged enclave.Australia confirmed one of its nationals was among those killed.Videos obtained by CNN show the bodies of multiple people wearing World Central Kitchen vests following an airstrike in the central city of Deir Al-Balah. Passports from Britain, Poland and Australia are seen in the footage.World Central Kitchen provides meals to disaster-struck regions and communities. It is one of the few aid organizations delivering desperately needed food in Gaza where 2.2 million people do not have enough to eat, and where aid agencies warn half of the...
April 02, 2024

Foreigners among World Central Kitchen staff killed in Israeli strike

The son of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh (pictured) was killed in an Israeli strike in January. — courtesy Getty Images
Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting
TEL AVIV — The Israeli parliament has approved a law giving the government the power to ban broadcasts of TV channels including Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned network.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would "act immediately" to close the network's local office. The US expressed concern over the move.With foreign journalists banned from entering Gaza, Al Jazeera staff based in the Strip have been some of the only reporters able to cover the war on the ground.The Knesset, Israel's parliament, approved the bill allowing foreign networks considered a threat to national security to be "temporarily" banned.The ban would be in place for a period of 45 days at a time, which could be renewed. The law would stay in force until July or until the end of significant...
April 02, 2024

Israeli government says it will block Al Jazeera from broadcasting

Rescuers sift through the rubble of the destroyed Iranian consulate in Syria following a deadly air strike.
Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria
DAMASCUS — At least five people have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria's capital, Damascus, Iran's ambassador says.Senior Revolutionary Guards commander Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi was among the dead, according Iranian state TV.Iran and Syria's foreign ministers condemned the attack, which destroyed the multi-story building next to the Iranian embassy in the Mezzeh district.The Israeli military said it did not comment on foreign media reports. But this can only be seen as a serious escalation.The Israelis appear to be testing the resolve of the Iranians, and also their allies, Hezbollah, who have already been fighting a war in northern Israel and in Lebanon.This is a signal from the Israelis that they are serious about increasing...
April 01, 2024

Israel accused of deadly strike on Iranian consulate in Syria

Hostages' families believe time is running out.
Israel sees largest anti-government protest since Hamas war began
JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of Israelis staged the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war with Hamas in October on Sunday.Protesters in central Jerusalem urged the government to reach a ceasefire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Palestinian militants and to hold early elections.Israeli society was broadly united immediately after 7 October, when Hamas killed some 1,200 people during a cross-border attack and took 250 others hostage.Nearly six months of conflict have renewed divisions over the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however.Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas and bring all the hostages home, yet those goals have been elusive. While Hamas has suffered heavy losses, it remains intact.Roughly half the hostages in Gaza were...
April 01, 2024

Israel sees largest anti-government protest since Hamas war began

Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather outside the City Hall in Ankara, Sunday, March 31, 2024
Turkey's opposition make huge gains in local elections
ANKARA — Turkey's main opposition party retained its control over key cities and made huge gains elsewhere in local elections on Sunday.The results are a major upset for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had set his sights on retaking control of those urban areas.With more than 90% of ballot boxes counted, incumbent Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, of the Republican People's Party (CHP) led by a wide margin in Turkey's largest city and economic hub, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency.Mansur Yavas, mayor of the capital, Ankara, retained his seat with a stunning 25-point difference over his challenger, the results indicated.In all, the CHP won the municipalities of 36 of Turkey's 81 provinces, according to Anadolu, making inroads into many strongholds of...
April 01, 2024

Turkey's opposition make huge gains in local elections

Much of the area surrounding the hospital has also been destroyed
Gaza hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid
GAZA — Israel's military says it has pulled out of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City after a two-week military operation that has destroyed much of the hospital complex.According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), troops "killed terrorists" and found "numerous weapons and intelligence documents" in the area.The raid happened after Israel said it had intelligence indicating Hamas was using the hospital as a base to launch attacks.Hamas denies using medical sites to carry out military operations.Heavy fighting has been reported around the hospital, the largest in Gaza, in recent weeks.In a statement following Monday's withdrawal, the IDF said troops had "completed precise operational activity in the area of the Shifa Hospital and exited the...
April 01, 2024

Gaza hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raid

Three soldiers of the Irish Battalion attached to UNIFIL on look-out duty at Hill 88 overlooking At Tiri. — courtesy UN Photo/John Isaac
UN launches investigation into Lebanon explosion that injured peacekeepers
BEIRUT — The UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon (UNIFIL) has announced that it is investigating an explosion in the Rmeish area that injured four unarmed peacekeepers on a foot patrol along the Blue Line that divides Israel from Lebanon and the disputed Golan Heights.In a statement released on Saturday, UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti, said that the casualties — three military observers from the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) and a Lebanese language assistant — have been evacuated for medical treatment.The Lebanese state-run National News Agency reported that the UN peacekeepers were “subjected to an Israeli strike” carried out by drones.However, in a Tweet, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) did not target...
March 31, 2024

UN launches investigation into Lebanon explosion that injured peacekeepers

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