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A residential building in Beit Lahia destroyed by an airstrike
US calls deadly Israeli air strike 'horrifying'
WASHINGTON — At least 93 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike on the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says, in an attack that the United States called "horrifying". Rescuers said a five-story residential building was hit, and videos on social media showed bodies covered in blankets on the floor.The Israeli military said it was "aware of reports that civilians were harmed today [Tuesday] in the Beit Lahia area". It added that the details of the incident were being looked into.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been operating in northern Gaza during the past two weeks, particularly in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun.The director of the nearby Kamal Adwan hospital in Jabalia, Hussam Abu Safia, told...
October 30, 2024

US calls deadly Israeli air strike 'horrifying'

Palestinian women walk past a UN vehicle at an Unrwa centre in Khan Younis
'UNRWA means everything to us': Gazans fear aid collapse
GAZA — People in war-torn Gaza are already struggling with a deep humanitarian crisis — but now they fear it will get much more difficult because of Israel’s ban on the biggest UN agency that operates there.“UNRWA means everything to us: it is our life, our food, our drink and our medical care. When it closes, there will be no flour. If my son gets sick, where will I go?” asks Yasmine el-Ashry in Khan Younis.“Banning UNRWA is another war for the Palestinian people,” said registered refugee Saeed Awida.“They want to exterminate the Palestinian people and not provide us with humanitarian services.”Despite international opposition, in Israel’s parliament there was wide support for the new legislation, which will prevent Israeli officials being in contact with UNRWA — the...
October 30, 2024

'UNRWA means everything to us': Gazans fear aid collapse

Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UNRWA of employing Hamas militants
Brussels asks Israel to repeal 'extremely worrying' ban on UNRWA
BRUSSELS — The European Commission has urged Israel to repeal its recently adopted legislation that bans the UN's Palestine aid agency from operating in the country and forbids Israeli officials from engaging with it.The ban, the Commission said, is "extremely worrying" because it would make it "virtually impossible" for UNRWA to carry out its activities in Gaza — where a severe humanitarian crisis is unravelling — and the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as in nearby Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.The agency, formally known as the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, is a major provider of emergency relief, education services and healthcare to millions of Palestinian refugees who live in camps across...
October 30, 2024

Brussels asks Israel to repeal 'extremely worrying' ban on UNRWA

Naim Qassem attends a memorial service in Lebanon on June 19
Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader
BEIRUT — Hezbollah has named Naim Qassem as its new secretary-general, the group’s media office said in a statement on Tuesday.Hezbollah’s Senior Council said the decision was made in accordance with its process for selecting leadership.Qassem replaces long-term leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Beirut last month.He is one of the few senior Hezbollah leaders who remains alive, after Israel killed most of the group’s leadership in a series of attacks.The appointment comes as the conflict in Lebanon intensified in recent weeks.For more than 30 years, Naim Qassem was Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general and one of the group's most recognized faces.Hezbollah said he was elected by the Shura Council, in accordance with the group’s rules. His...
October 29, 2024

Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new leader

The Bekaa Valley, seen here last week, is a Hezbollah stronghold
Lebanon says 60 killed in Israel strikes on eastern valley
BEIRUT — At least 60 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon's eastern Bekaa Valley, the Lebanese health ministry said.Two children were among those killed in strikes which targeted 16 areas in the Baalbek region, officials said.The ministry said 58 people were wounded, adding rescue efforts were still under way in the valley, which is a Hezbollah stronghold.The Israeli military has not yet commented.Israel has carried out thousands of air strikes across Lebanon over the past five weeks, targeting what it says are Hezbollah's operatives, infrastructure and weapons.Baalbek governor Bachie Khodr called the attacks the "most violent" in the area since Israel escalated the conflict against Hezbollah last month.Unverified video posted on social media showed...
October 29, 2024

Lebanon says 60 killed in Israel strikes on eastern valley

A Palestinian woman walks past a damaged wall bearing the Unrwa logo at a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip
Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency
GAZA — Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) from operating within Israel and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, within three months.Contact between UNRWA employees and Israeli officials will also be banned, severely limiting the agency's ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.Cooperation with the Israeli military — which controls all crossings into Gaza — is essential for UNRWA to transfer aid into the war-torn territory. It is the main UN organisation working on the ground there.UNRWA staff will no longer have legal immunity within Israel, and the agency's headquarters in East Jerusalem will be closed.A number of countries, including the US, the UK and Germany, have expressed...
October 29, 2024

Gaza aid fears as Israel bans UN Palestinian refugee agency

Sharmahd had told relatives he had been denied adequate healthcare while in custody
Iran executes German-Iranian dissident
TEHRAN — Iran has executed German-Iranian dissident Jamshid Sharmahd, following his conviction for "leading terror operations", state media is reporting.Sharmahd was sentenced to death last year for "corruption on Earth", having been accused of leading a US-based pro-monarchist group.He had denied the charges, with his family maintaining he was only a spokesman.Germany's foreign minister said Berlin had repeatedly warned Tehran the execution of a German citizen would "have serious consequences"."The killing of Jamshid Sharmahd shows what kind of inhumane regime rules (in Iran)," Annalena Baerbock posted on X.Human rights organizations have condemned the execution of Sharmahd, who lived in the US."The entire process, including his arrest,...
October 29, 2024

Iran executes German-Iranian dissident

EU High Representative Josep Borrell
EU's Josep Borrell condemns Israeli army's attack on UNIFIL, calls for sanctions
BARCELONA — Speaking at the forum of the 43 member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in Barcelona, European Union's foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell condemned the Israeli army for its attack on UNIFIL in Lebanon.“To say that there are attacks against UNIFIL without saying who is doing them is to hide part of the truth, and who is doing them is the Israeli army, and therefore the Israeli army must be condemned," Borrell said on Monday.Israel has defended its military presence in south Lebanon and its strikes on Hezbollah's positions in the neighboring country as necessary for defending itself from the threat of Iran-backed militants.Additionally, Borrell also reiterated he would ask the European Union to establish sanctions against those responsible for...
October 29, 2024

EU's Josep Borrell condemns Israeli army's attack on UNIFIL, calls for sanctions

A boy carries a humanitarian aid package provided by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in central Gaza City on August 27
Israel passes law to ban UN agency for Palestinian refugees
TEL AVIV — Israel’s parliament has voted to ban a nearly eight-decade-old United Nations agency that provides essential services for Palestinian refugees, a move that could have devastating consequences for millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.On Monday, the Knesset passed two bills; one barring UNRWA from activity within Israel, and another banning Israeli authorities from any contact with UNRWA – revoking the 1967 treaty that allows UNRWA to provide services to Palestinian refugees in areas under Israel’s control.The move is expected to severely restrict the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) from operating in territories Israel occupies.Following the passing of the first law, Boaz Bismuth, a member of Likud, the architect of the bill,...
October 29, 2024

Israel passes law to ban UN agency for Palestinian refugees

People observe a mosque destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in the city of Khan Younis, sothern Gaza Strip, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024
Egypt has proposed a 2-day Gaza cease-fire and release of 4 hostages, says El-Sissi
CAIRO — Egypt’s president says his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaking in Cairo, said the proposal also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.Egypt has been a key mediator along with Qatar and the United States. This is the first time Egypt’s president has publicly proposed such a plan.There was no immediate response from Israel or Hamas.Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Shati refugee camp of northern Gaza killed at least eleven, according to local authorities.Distressed people tried to identify their loved ones from among the bodies...
October 28, 2024

Egypt has proposed a 2-day Gaza cease-fire and release of 4 hostages, says El-Sissi

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