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Beijing has removed minarets and domes from some mosques, replacing them with Chinese-style elements
Human Rights Watch accuses China of closing and destroying mosques
BEIJING — China is closing, destroying and repurposing mosques, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has alleged in a new report.The crackdown is part of a "systematic effort" to curb the practice of Islam in China, HRW said.There are about 20 million Muslims in China, which is officially atheist but says it allows religious freedom.Observers, however, say there has been an increased crackdown on organized religion in recent years — with Beijing seeking greater control.The BBC contacted China's foreign ministry and ethnic affairs commission for comment in advance of publication of the HRW report."The Chinese government's closure, destruction and repurposing of mosques is part of a systemic effort to curb the practice of Islam in China," said Maya Wang, acting China...
November 22, 2023

Human Rights Watch accuses China of closing and destroying mosques

Smoke rises after an artillery strike near the Lebanon border village of Yaroun on Tuesday, as seen from northern Israel. —courtesy AFP
Lebanon PM says Israeli strikes killed journalists
BEIRUT — Four people, including two journalists, have been killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon, local media say, as exchanges of fire intensify along the border.Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nabjib Mikati condemned the “attack” in the village of Tayr Harfa that killed an Al Mayadeen TV reporter and cameraman along with another man.An elderly woman was also reportedly killed in Kfarkela, to the east.The Israeli military has not commented. Earlier, it said aircraft had struck “terrorist cells” in the border area.It also said they had hit targets belonging to the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which has repeatedly fired missiles and mortar shells across the border since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip six weeks ago.Al Mayadeen, a Beirut-based Arabic TV...
November 21, 2023

Lebanon PM says Israeli strikes killed journalists

Premature and low-weight babies being moved from Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City to the south of the enclave. — courtesy UNICEF/Eyad El Baba
Gaza crisis: Aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths
GAZA — A “tragic...entirely avoidable surge” in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages.“About 160 children are killed every day; that’s one every 10 minutes,” said UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, echoing concerns from the UN Children’s Fund about the serious additional threat of a mass disease outbreak in the enclave.“If youngsters continue to have restricted access to water and sanitation in Gaza, we will see a tragic yet entirely avoidable surge in the number of children...
November 21, 2023

Gaza crisis: Aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths

Babies at the Al-Shifa hospital are prepared for evacuation. — courtesy UNICEF/Eyad El Baba
War and health crisis in Gaza a ‘recipe for epidemics’ warns WHO
GENEVA — The thousands of injuries sustained by civilians across Gaza combined with a burgeoning public health crisis is a ‘recipe for epidemics’, the World Health Organization’s emergency response director said on Monday.WHO’s Dr. Mike Ryan was briefing journalists at UN Headquarters and added that “so many children” remain in danger, as fighting between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces continues, from hostages to those living under bombardment with no safe place to shelter.Up to 1,500 children in Gaza remain missing – many likely under rubble – he said, as the health system faces “extreme pressure”.He said following the evacuation of many patients at the largest hospital, Al Shifa over the weekend, health staff remaining at Indonesian Hospital in northern...
November 21, 2023

War and health crisis in Gaza a ‘recipe for epidemics’ warns WHO

This photo from last Thursday showed wounded Palestinians being treated on the floor of the Indonesian Hospital
Israeli tanks surround north Gaza's Indonesian Hospital
GAZA CITY — Israeli tanks have reportedly encircled Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, where the Hamas-run health ministry said 12 people were killed on Sunday night.The hospital's director, Dr Marwan Al-Sultan, told the BBC that the post-operative care department was hit and troops were only about 20m (66ft) away.On Monday evening, he said intermittent shooting could still be heard on site.The Israeli military said its forces targeted "terrorists" who had opened fire at them from within the hospital.The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said he was "appalled"."Health workers and civilians should never have to be exposed to such horror, and especially while inside a hospital," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, wrote on X, formerly known as...
November 21, 2023

Israeli tanks surround north Gaza's Indonesian Hospital

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile in direction of the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023
Truce agreement with Israel 'approaching', says Hamas
GAZA CITY — Hamas is “close to reaching a truce agreement” with Israel, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said as talks on a truce in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of hostages taken by the Palestinian movement accelerated on Tuesday."The movement [Hamas] has delivered its response to the brothers of Qatar and mediators. We are approaching the conclusion of a truce agreement," Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday in a brief message sent by his office to AFP.Haniyeh did not provide additional details about the potential agreement.The Hamas statement, which was also posted on Telegram, supports similar assertions from the White House. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Monday that negotiators are “getting close to the end” on the release...
November 21, 2023

Truce agreement with Israel 'approaching', says Hamas

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller
6 Americans serving in Israeli security forces killed in conflict, State Department says
WASHINGTON — Six American citizens who were serving in the Israeli security forces have died in Israel and Gaza since October 7, State Department spokesperson Matt Miller said Monday.“There are a total of six American citizens who have died, not from the terrorist attacks on October 7, but in the month-plus since,” said Miller. Five of them were members of the Israel Defense Forces and the sixth was a border officer, he said.Four of the Americans serving with the IDF died in the Gaza Strip and a fifth was killed in northern Israel, the spokesperson said.According to Miller, 800 American citizens, legal permanent residents and family members have now departed Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.The number of Americans who remain in the enclave — who have registered with the...
November 21, 2023

6 Americans serving in Israeli security forces killed in conflict, State Department says

An image of Mosab Abu Toha from City Lights Publishers, who published his debut book of poems, 'Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.'
Palestinian poet arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza
GAZA CITY — A Palestinian writer and poet who had been contributing to The New Yorker and other publications with reflections on his life inside Gaza during the war has been detained by the Israeli military, according to his brother.Mosab Abu Toha was taken into custody by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) “when he reached the checkpoint while leaving from the north to the south” of Gaza, his brother Hamza Abu Toha said in a Facebook post Monday.“His wife and children entered the south, and the army arrested my brother Mosab,” Hamza Abu Toha wrote on Facebook. “We have no information about him. It is worth mentioning that the American embassy sent him and his family to travel through the Rafah crossing.”The circumstances of Abu Toha’s arrest are unclear. CNN has reached out...
November 21, 2023

Palestinian poet arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza

Family members of Israelis being held in Gaza gather in front of the defense ministry in Tel Aviv on November 20.
Stop talking about killing Arabs, families of hostages tell far-right Israeli minister 
TEL AVIV — There were intense exchanges during a committee meeting in the Israeli parliament Monday as family members of some of the hostages held in Gaza clashed with National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and other far-right members of the government.Ben-Gvir, a divisive figure in Israeli politics who wants Israel to annex the Palestinian territories, is promoting legislation that would see the death penalty handed down to terrorists.Hostage family members, holding pictures of their loved ones, vented their frustrations. One of them, Gil Dickmann, whose cousin is being held in Gaza, repeatedly shouted: “Bring them home!”“Maybe instead of talking about the dead, talk about the living. Stop talking about killing Arabs. Talk about saving Jews. This is your job!” shouted Hen...
November 21, 2023

Stop talking about killing Arabs, families of hostages tell far-right Israeli minister 

A five-year-old boy drinks bottled water delivered by UNICEF in the Khan Younis camp. — courtesy UNICEF/Eyad El Baba
‘Unprecedented and unparalleled’ civilian death toll in Gaza: Guterres
NEW YORK — The UN chief said on Monday that in the current conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza, the world is witnessing an “unparalleled and unprecendented” level of civilian death, compared to any other conflict since he became Secretary-General in 2017.In reply to a question at a press conference dealing with the latest emissions report, Secretary-General António Guterres said that in all the reports issued during his tenure, on children in conflict, it was clear that the current war in Gaza has seen thousands of child deaths — compared with hundreds, in conflicts in Yemen and Syria.Without entering into discussing the accuracy of the figures released by the Health Ministry in Gaza, which are regarded by UN agencies as reliable, he said that “what...
November 20, 2023

‘Unprecedented and unparalleled’ civilian death toll in Gaza: Guterres

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