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I know the horror of being besieged and bombed, but I will not leave. I reject the slow death of forced displacement.For a few weeks now, the Israeli military has been issuing forced displacement orders to residents of Gaza City, destroying towers and carpet-bombing neighbourhoods. Hundreds of thousands have fled south already, where they have found no safety.Just yesterday, we mourned with heavy hearts and deep sorrow the killing of three members of the family of my father’s cousin, Yousef. The building where they had found shelter in the south was bombed just days after they fled Gaza City. Nedaa,…
Nuseirat, Gaza – As all of Gaza suffered under Israel’s siege and food ran out, my family had to figure out ways to make small supplies of food stretch further, and compensate for ingredients that were no longer available.We experimented with new recipes, created combinations we never imagined trying, and managed to come up with some solutions that would help us a bit to endure the harsh realities of famine and survive as best we could.Turning pasta and lentils into breadWhen the wheat flour ran out, we resorted to using pasta to make our bread, like almost everyone in Gaza.Bread…
Netanyahu is keeping together an uncompromising coalition, but it is holding amid takeover of Gaza, occupied West Bank.United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting in the White House for a fourth time this year on Monday as a plan for future governance of a Gaza decimated by Israel’s nearly two-year genocidal war circulates, and the ironclad relationship between the two countries could be tested.Trump promised “greatness in the Middle East” and “something special” in another all-caps post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday. He has made repeated statements recently that it is time…
Iran’s Mizan news agency reports that Bahman Choobiasl was accused of meeting officials from Israel’s Mossad agency.Iran has hanged a man suspected of being “one of the most important spies for Israel in Iran” in the 10th such execution following the 12-day war in June with Israel and the United States, according to Iran’s Mizan news agency.On Monday, Mizan, the judiciary’s news outlet, reported that Bahman Choobiasl was executed over his meeting with officials from the Israeli spy agency, Mossad.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Dead end’: Khamenei rules out talks with US over Iran’s nuclear programmelist 2…
The Israeli military targets hospitals, multistorey buildings as it intensifies its offensive to seize Gaza City.Israel has been pounding Gaza’s largest medical complex, levelling whole blocks and sending terrified patients scrambling for safety as its army continued a ground operation to seize Gaza City.Doctors inside al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday described “horrific scenes” as many were forced to flee despite needing urgent care. Hasan al-Sha’ir, the hospital’s medical director, said that staff have continued to work “despite the harsh conditions and overwhelming fear”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Hamas tells Israel to cease Gaza City attacks as captives’ lives…
In an exclusive interview, Tom Barrack says Hezbollah’s legitimacy within Lebanon’s political system makes solving conflict with Israel difficult.Convincing Hezbollah to give up its weapons is the job of the Lebanese government, and the United States is not interested in pressuring anybody, the US special envoy for Syrian affairs, Tom Barrack, has told media.Barrack’s comments come a day after Hezbollah’s leader, Naim Qassem, once again rejected the Lebanese government’s attempts for the group to disarm, which was one of the key parts of the November ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump says he…
A year on from Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, reports say Hezbollah, the Lebanese group he led, is regrouping.Analysts believe that while a weakened Hezbollah can no longer pose a significant threat to Israel, it can still create chaos and challenge opponents domestically as it tries to find a political footing to preserve its clout.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Photos: Tens of thousands rally in Berlin against German support for Israellist 2 of 3Week in Pictures: From a typhoon in Asia to missile strikes in Kyivlist 3 of 3Here’s what happened in Gaza while world’s focus was…
Israeli tanks are advancing in Tal al-Hawa, Sabra and other neighbourhoods of Gaza City in their ground invasion.Hamas has issued what it calls a “warning” that the lives of two captives held in Gaza City are in danger as Israeli tanks push deeper inside several neighbourhoods of the besieged urban centre, where tens of thousands of Palestinians are trapped by Israel’s ground invasion and bombardment.The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group, said on Sunday that contact has been lost with fighters holding Omri Miran and Matan Angrest after “brutal military operations and violent targeting in the Sabra…
The mass mobilisation for Palestine across Italy echoed in Gaza. We are truly grateful.Last Monday, I was out in the street trying to catch an internet signal in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip – something that has become almost impossible in Gaza. Our home had just been bombed for the third time during the war, and we had been forced to flee for the tenth time. I had just lost everything once again.My heart was heavy with grief, and everything around me reminded me of the loss that had befallen us.When I finally managed to connect, videos, photos, and…
The US plan ousts Hamas and forms an administration that will later be handed over to a reformed Palestinian Authority.Tony Blair, who was British prime minister during the 2003 United States-led invasion and occupation of Iraq based on false claims about weapons of mass destruction, and is regarded by many in the Arab world and in the United Kingdom as a “war criminal”, has helped develop “day after” plans for Israel’s war on Gaza.The highly divisive figure is envisaged in United States President Donald Trump’s 21-point plan presented to Arab and Muslim leaders to become the de facto governor-general of…