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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz celebrates the bombings of residential buildings for the third day in a row.Israel has bombed and destroyed the tallest residential building in Gaza, the Al-Ghafri high-rise, as it launched a massive wave of strikes on Gaza City on Monday evening, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to continue to flee the city.Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel is using unconventional weapons to forcibly evict Palestinians from Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the enclave.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4White House promises crackdown on…
Arab and Muslim leaders gather in Qatar to condemn Israel’s attack in Doha, and warn that war on Gaza is a campaign of extermination.An emergency summit of Arab and Muslim countries held in Doha has declared its solidarity with Qatar and condemned Israel’s bombing of the Qatari capital last week.The extraordinary joint session between the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) gathered nearly 60 member states on Monday. Leaders said the meeting marked a critical moment to deliver a united message following what they described as an unprecedented escalation by Israel.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1…
The Gulf states pledge to activate the joint defence pact as Arab and Islamic leaders stand in solidarity with Qatar following Israel’s attack.Doha, Qatar – An emergency summit of Arab and Islamic country leaders held in Doha has condemned Israel’s “cowardly” attack on Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, but the participants made no promises of concrete action.The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s pledge to “activate a joint defence mechanism” may have been the most actionable result of the summit, which was opened by Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who called the Israeli bombing “blatant, treacherous, and cowardly”.Recommended…
US president says if reports that captives are being moved above ground to hinder Israeli assault are true, ‘all bets are off’.United States President Donald Trump has warned Hamas against moving the Israeli captives in Gaza above ground to hinder Israel’s military campaign, renewing his call for their release.Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday that he had read a news report indicating that Hamas would use the captives as “human shields” amid the relentless Israeli bombardment of Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Netanyahu and Rubio stick to established Israeli-US narrative on Gaza warlist 2…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says Israel must face the same sporting sanctions as Russia did after the Ukraine war.Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has urged international sporting bodies to ban Israel from competitions, saying its treatment should mirror Russia’s exclusion after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Speaking to his Socialist Party on Monday, Sanchez said Israel’s participation in global events was incompatible with its assault on Gaza.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Who are the 57 members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation?list 2 of 3At Doha summit, Qatar’s emir says Israel not interested in ending Gaza…
The emir accuses Israel of trying to ‘thwart negotiations’ for Gaza ceasefire, as he warns against Israeli expansionism.Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has warned against Israel’s expansionist vision of the Arab region as he lambasted the country for last week’s deadly bombing of Doha, calling the assault “blatant, treacherous, and cowardly”.“My country’s capital was subjected to a treacherous attack targeting a residence housing the families of Hamas leaders and their negotiating delegation,” the Qatari emir said in his opening speech at the emergency summit of the Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).Recommended Stories list of…
Representatives from the Arab and Muslim world have gathered in Doha to respond to Israel’s attack on Qatar.Leaders from across the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have gathered in Doha for an Arab-Islamic summit to forge a unified stance on Israel following its attack on a Hamas office in Qatar’s capital on September 9 that killed six people.The emergency summit of the Arab League and OIC began on Monday, following a closed-door meeting of foreign ministers in Doha, where a draft resolution outlining concrete measures against Israel was prepared.“It’s time for the international community to abandon…
Israel’s attacks in Gaza and the West Bank are not only killing people, but destroying economy and means of living.United Nations experts have warned of catastrophic economic damage as a result of Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza and its “wider financial stranglehold” across occupied Palestinian territory.“Economic life in Gaza has been decimated by sheer physical destruction, blockade and siege, and repeated forced displacement,” the experts, including a special rapporteur and three UN-backed independent experts, said in a statement.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Netanyahu and Rubio stick to established Israeli-US narrative on Gaza warlist 2 of 3Israel kills…
The postponed hearing could lead to the removal of Ozgur Ozel, the Republican People’s Party’s chairman.A court in Ankara has postponed the hearing of a controversial case that could oust the leader of Turkiye’s main opposition party, amid protests against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.On Monday, the hearing about alleged internal irregularities during the Republican People’s Party’s (CHP) 2023 congress was adjourned until October 24.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Turkiye’s opposition CHP supporters clash with police outside Istanbul HQlist 2 of 2Turkiye prosecutors seize media conglomerate as part of ‘fraud’ probeend of listProsecutors have accused…
Netanyahu reiterates Israel takes ‘full responsibility’ for Qatar attack; Rubio says Hamas must ‘cease to exist’.United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have held further talks cementing the countries’ close alliance, as the Arab-Islamic summit of regional leaders gathered in Doha to denounce the unprecedented attack on Qatar last week, for which the Israeli leader took “full responsibility”, as well as next steps in the punishing war on Gaza.The two officials had a two-hour meeting at Netanyahu’s West Jerusalem office on Monday, after which they held a joint news conference in which the Israeli…