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Israeli army kills at least 36 Palestinians across enclave, as reality of Netanyahu’s Gaza City takeover plan sinks in.Palestinians in Gaza City are facing the prospect of further displacement with a mixture of fear and defiance after Israel announced plans for a military takeover of the largest city in the enclave, where nearly a million people are currently sheltering.The city was thrown into chaos on Friday after Israel’s security cabinet approved plans for the takeover, which would involve the forcible removal of Palestinians already displaced multiple times into concentration zones in the south.“I swear to God that I have faced…
Berlin says it will halt shipments of military equipment that could be used in Gaza after the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan to expand the war.Germany has suspended all military exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan to take over Gaza City, an escalation in the 22-month war.Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced the decision on Friday, shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed the security cabinet voted in favour of a plan to seize the largest city in the besieged Palestinian territory.A day earlier, Netanyahu had declared that Israeli…
Israel’s Gaza escalation sparks global outcry, with leaders warning of devastating humanitarian consequences.Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to seize control of Gaza City, triggering growing international condemnation, with world leaders warning of dire humanitarian consequences.The plan to take over Gaza’s largest city was announced on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of the entire Gaza Strip.Israel’s plan to expand its assault on Gaza is expected to worsen the humanitarian devastation in the besieged enclave, triggering a wave of mass displacement amid a hunger crisis.Here is how the world is…
On a hospital night shift, a medical intern reflects on the hardship, hunger and resilience of women who bring children into the world amid war.It is 2am in the obstetrics and gynaecology emergency department of Assahaba Medical Complex in Gaza City. Through the open windows, I can hear the never-ending hum of drones in the sky above, but aside from that, it is quiet. A breeze flows through the empty hall, granting relief from the heat, and a soft blue glow emanates from the few lights that are on. I am six months into a yearlong internship and 12 hours…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested earlier this week that Israel will ‘take control of all Gaza’.Israel’s security cabinet has approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposal to occupy Gaza City, located in the north of the Palestinian enclave, according to news reports.The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has yet to publicly confirm the plan, which is a major escalation in the war-torn Palestinian territory and was first reported by the news site Axios on Friday.Axios reporter Barak Ravid quoted the prime minister’s office as saying: “The Political-Security Cabinet approved the Prime Minister’s proposal to defeat Hamas. The [Israeli military] will prepare…
The strikes on Lebanon’s east came as its government endorsed a US-backed proposal for Hezbollah’s disarmament.At least six people have been killed and 10 others wounded in two separate Israeli strikes on eastern Lebanon, according to media and government reports, in its latest near-daily violation of a US-brokered November ceasefire in a war with Lebanese group Hezbollah.Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA), citing a Health Ministry statement, said a strike hit a vehicle on Thursday on the al-Masnaa international road in the Bekaa Valley, killing five people and injuring 10 others.Another drone strike killed a Lebanese civilian in the town…
Group warns US-driven plans bow to interests of Israel, which continues to carry out near-daily violations of truce.Lebanon’s cabinet has again met to discuss the disarmament of Hezbollah despite the latter’s earlier rejection of the demands, which have largely been driven by the United States.Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said after the meeting on Thursday that ministers approved the “objectives” of a US proposal for “ensuring that the possession of weapons is restricted solely to the state”.Lebanon’s information minister had said earlier that, while the cabinet endorsed the objectives of the US proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of…
President Gustavo Petro says his government is trying to find out how many Colombians died in the attack.Sudan’s air force has destroyed a UAE aircraft carrying Colombian mercenaries as it was landing at an airport in Darfur controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), army-aligned state TV reported.The attack late on Wednesday killed at least 40 people, the state broadcaster reported.The airport has recently come under repeated air strikes by the Sudanese army, which has been at war with the RSF since April 2023.A military source, speaking to the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity, said the Emirati…
Recent poll shows more than half of Jewish Israelis feel this way, despite growing global outrage.Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand that their government reach a deal to release two Israeli captives held in Gaza who have been shown as starving in Hamas footage.The video showed that captives have been as badly affected by the blockade Israel imposed on Gaza in March as the rest of the population trapped there.So far, at least 197 people have starved to death in Gaza, 96 of them children and global outrage about the famine…
Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and became one of its brightest stars.Palestinian national football team player Suleiman al-Obeid has been killed in an Israeli attack on aid seekers in Gaza.Al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday when Israeli forces attacked people waiting near an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, the Palestinian Football Association said.He was nicknamed the “Pele of Palestinian football” – after the Brazilian professional footballer widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time.During his long career, the Gaza player scored more than 100 goals, making him one of the brightest…