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Al Shifa hospital is being used as shelter for displaced families in Gaza. — courtesy WHO
Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief
GENEVA — Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hospital has come under attack by Israeli forces as they battle Palestinian militants.In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting is happening “around” the facility.UN relief and humanitarian affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, tweeted that in light of “horrific reports of attacks”, there could be “no justification for acts of war in healthcare facilities leaving them with no power, food or water and shooting at patients and civilians trying to flee.“This is...
November 12, 2023

Attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’: Relief chief

A woman recovers in Al Hilo Hospital in Gaza City after being buried in rubble and having an emergency cesarean section. — courtesy UNFPA/Bisan Ouda
‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief says
RIYADH — A political solution to end the cycle of conflict in Israel and Palestine has become a stark “matter of life and death” for millions in Gaza and beyond, said the head of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) on Saturday.Philippe Lazzarini was addressing an emergency summit convened by the League of Arab States and League of Arabrganization of Islamic Cooperation where he called for urgent support for civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on three fronts.He called on leaders at the Arab-Islamic summit to “act now to change the trajectory” of the crisis that began with the Hamas terror attacks of Oct. 7.Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman, in his opening remarks, called for an immediate end to Israel’s military operations in...
November 11, 2023

‘Genuine prospect of Palestinian statehood is critical’, UNRWA chief says

Palestinian youths take cover behind a wall during confrontations with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on November 9, 2023
14 killed in West Bank city of Jenin after Israeli incursion
RAMALLAH — At least 14 Palestinians were killed in the refugee camp Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, following an Israeli military raid, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.The incursion resulted in clashes with Palestinians early Thursday morning, the ministry said. It is not yet clear whether the deceased were civilians or militants.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it conducted the Jenin raid to “thwart terrorist infrastructure” and to demolish the home of a man who allegedly killed an off-duty Israeli soldier in an August 31 ramming attack.“Engineering forces uncovered explosive devices intended to harm our forces in the Jenin refugee camp,” the IDF said in a statement. “The commander of the Central Command signed a demolition order for the home of the...
November 10, 2023

14 killed in West Bank city of Jenin after Israeli incursion

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference following a solidarity visit to Israel, on October 18, 2023, in Tel Aviv, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip
Biden administration privately warned by American diplomats of growing fury against US in Arab world
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has received stark warnings from American diplomats in the Arab world that its strong support for Israel’s destructive and deadly military campaign in Gaza “is losing us Arab publics for a generation,” according to a diplomatic cable obtained by CNN.The cable underscores profound concern among American officials about the growing anger against the United States that erupted soon after Israel launched its operations against Hamas, following the militant group’s attacks in Israel on October 7 that left over 1,400 Israelis dead.“We are losing badly on the messaging battlespace,” reads a Wednesday cable from the US Embassy in Oman, citing conversations with “a wide range of trusted and sober-minded contacts.”The robust US support for...
November 10, 2023

Biden administration privately warned by American diplomats of growing fury against US in Arab world

John Kirby
US says Israel to begin daily four-hour military pauses in Gaza
WASHINGTON — Israel will begin to implement daily four-hour military pauses in areas of northern Gaza, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.However Israel's defence minister stressed they were only "localised and pinpoint measures" that would "not detract from the war fighting".President Biden said there would be two "humanitarian passages" allowing people to leave areas of fighting.On Thursday heavy fighting was reported around two big hospitals in Gaza City.Meanwhile, pictures once again showed thousands of Palestinians fleeing south from the city and other northern areas.Biden also said the US was trying to increase humanitarian supplies and assistance to Gaza. He said he was aiming for 150 trucks of aid per day to enter the...
November 10, 2023

US says Israel to begin daily four-hour military pauses in Gaza

Social media footage also showed Hamas launching its attack
Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack
TEL AVIV — Israel's communications minister has accused four freelance Gaza-based journalists who have worked with Western outlets of knowing that Hamas was going to attack Israel.Shlomo Karhi told Reuters, AP, CNN and the New York Times that "individuals within your organization... had prior knowledge of these horrific actions".Reuters, AP, CNN and the New York Times denied any prior knowledge.Such "unsupported accusations" endangered freelancers, the NYT added.Hamas launched devastating and unprecedented attacks on southern Israel on 7 October, killing more than 1,400 Israeli civilians and soldiers, and kidnapping more than 240.Images filed by the photographers included a burning Israeli tank, Palestinians breaching a fence at the Kfar Aza kibbutz and scenes...
November 10, 2023

Israel officials accuse Gaza reporters of knowing about Hamas attack

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, has criticized the support Israel has received from western allies
Erdogan accuses West of 'weakness' over Gaza
TASHKENT — Turkey’s president has denounced Western states' “weakness” in the face of civilian deaths in Gaza and called on Muslim nations to unify against Israel.Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a vocal critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza, made the comments on Thursday at a meeting of the 10-member Economic Cooperation Organization in Uzbekistan.Erdogan said governments and organisations in the West are observing these “massacres by Israel” from afar but are “too weak to even call for a ceasefire, let alone criticise child murderers.”“If we, the Economic Cooperation Organization, as Muslims, are not going to raise our voices today...when will we raise our voices," he added.Erdogan also said Turkey would continue with its diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire and...
November 09, 2023

Erdogan accuses West of 'weakness' over Gaza

Palestinians crowded together as they wait for food distribution in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023
France hosts Gaza humanitarian summit for Gaza
PARIS — France is hosting a "humanitarian conference" on Thursday aimed at securing aid for Gaza, made almost impossible by Israel's incessant bombings.Israel will not attend the summit initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, who spoke with Netanyahu on Tuesday and will speak to him again afterwards.Macron also had telephone conversations on Tuesday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, whose countries play a key role in delivering aid to Gaza.But Arab countries will also not be represented at the highest level.The Palestinian Authority will be represented by its Prime Minister. Egypt, which controls the only border crossing with Gaza not held by Israel, will send a ministerial delegation.The conference...
November 09, 2023

France hosts Gaza humanitarian summit for Gaza

Groups of people walk along Salah a-Din road as they evacuate south from Gaza City.
Thousands of Palestinians flee south on foot as Israel steps up Gaza offensive 
GAZA — Thousands of Palestinians fled northern Gaza on Wednesday, traveling miles on foot through the battered enclave in a growing exodus as Israel intensifies its ground and air campaign.Streams of people – women, children, the elderly and disabled – made their way down Salah Eddin Street, one of the two north-south highways in Gaza, along an evacuation corridor announced by the Israel Defense Forces.One teenage girl compared the mass movement to the “Nakba,” or catastrophe, the Arabic term for the expulsion of Palestinians from their towns during the founding of Israel.It was the fifth day in a row that the IDF opened an evacuation window, and numbers of people fleeing south have increased each day.The UN said 2,000 had fled south on Sunday, rising to 15,000 on Tuesday. The...
November 09, 2023

Thousands of Palestinians flee south on foot as Israel steps up Gaza offensive 

The Pentagon is seen from the air in Washington on March 3, 2022
US carries out airstrikes in eastern Syria
WASHINGTON — Two US F-15 fighter jets conducted an airstrike on a weapons storage facility in eastern Syria used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, the Pentagon announced Wednesday.“This precision self-defense strike is a response to a series of attacks against US personnel in Iraq and Syria by IRGC-Quds Force affiliates,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement. “The President has no higher priority than the safety of US personnel, and he directed today’s action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests.”“The United States is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities,” he added. “We urge against any escalation.”A senior...
November 09, 2023

US carries out airstrikes in eastern Syria

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