Author: Gulf News Week
Almost two years in, the war in Gaza is the deadliest conflict for journalists ever. With no foreign journalists allowed in, Palestinian reporters on the ground are the only ones who can tell the story to the world. But they face death threats, attacks, and now even starvation. How are reporters in Gaza doing their jobs amid such challenges?In this episode: Hind Khoudary (@Hind_Gaza), media journalist Episode credits:This episode was produced by Tracie Hunte, Chloe K. Li, Sonia Bhagat, Diana Ferrero, Sarí el-Khalil, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Tamara Khandaker and Melanie Marich and guest host, Manuel Rapalo. It was…
Israeli PM earlier asked for the International Committee of the Red Cross to intervene to help captives as just 36 aid trucks entered Gaza on Saturday.Hamas has said it is open to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivering aid to Israeli captives in Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he requested the Geneva-based international organisation to step in.The statements from Hamas and Netanyahu came after Palestinian groups last week released videos showing two emaciated Israeli captives held in Gaza, where some 2 million Palestinians are struggling to survive the Israeli-induced starvation crisis.Netanyahu said on Sunday…
State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region.Druze armed groups have attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in the restive area of Suwayda, killing at least one government soldier and wounding others, as well as shelling several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV.Ekhbariya’s report on Sunday quoted a security source as saying the armed groups had violated the ceasefire agreed in the predominantly Druze region, where sectarian bloodshed killed hundreds of people last month.In response to the renewed violence, the Syrian government said in a statement that “the media…
Israel is carrying out more demolitions this year than in any other year of the occupation, which began in 1967.On June 25, Mutawakil al-Mohamad and his family woke up to the sound of Israeli soldiers pounding on their door with their rifles.It would be the last time they woke up in their family home in occupied East Jerusalem.The Israeli forces arrived at 7am in military convoys with two heavy bulldozers, and al-Mohamad was terrified the soldiers would raid his house and arrest him or his loved ones.Instead, the soldiers told the family their home was in a designated “military zone”…
Dozens killed on Saturday include 38 Palestinians seeking aid at controversial distribution sites, according to sources.Sixty-two Palestinians, most of them aid seekers, have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since dawn on Saturday, hospital sources in the besieged enclave have told media.The death toll includes 38 Palestinians seeking aid at distribution sites operated by the controversial United States and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).The deaths are the latest killings reported near GHF-operated sites, despite Israel’s announcement last week that it would begin implementing “tactical pauses” in fighting in some areas to allow Palestinians greater access to humanitarian aid.Israel announced…
Defence Ministry accuses Kurdish-led SDF of injuring four army personnel and three civilians in rocket attack near Manbij.Syria’s Ministry of Defence has accused the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) of carrying out a rocket attack on a military position in northern Syria, injuring four army personnel and three civilians.In a statement carried by Syria’s official SANA news agency, the ministry said the military was able to repel the attack in the countryside of the city of Manbij.“The army forces are working to deal with the sources of fire that targeted the civilian villages near the deployment lines,” the ministry said,…
Palestinian group says right to resist Israeli occupation ‘cannot be relinquished until full national rights restored’.Hamas has rejected reports that it expressed a willingness to disarm during Gaza ceasefire negotiations with Israel, stressing that it has a “national and legal” right to confront the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.The Palestinian group responded on Saturday to recent remarks purportedly made by United States President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, during a meeting with relatives of Israeli captives held in Gaza.Citing a recording of the talks, Israeli news outlet Haaretz reported that the US envoy told the…
Atef Abu Khater’s weight dropped to just 25kg (55lbs) before he died of malnutrition, his family says.A Palestinian teenager with no previous health conditions has starved to death in Gaza after being hospitalised, medical officials and relatives say, as people in the besieged enclave desperately struggle to find food amid Israel’s continued blockade on aid.Atef Abu Khater, 17, died on Saturday, a source at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City told media.His weight had dropped from 70kg (154lbs) to just 25kg (55lbs) when he died, his family said – roughly what a nine-year-old child should weigh.“We hear from his family members…
My only dream is to take the tawjihi exam so I can continue my education. Is this too much to ask?On July 27, the Palestinian Ministry of Education released the results of the secondary education certificate exams, also known as tawjihi. Like every year, families sat together, eyes fixed on phone screens, hearts pounding, everyone hoping to be the first to access the ministry’s website and break the news with a jubilant shout. There were joyful tears and celebrations.Thousands of students, who had endured months of pressure, sleepless nights and fragile hope, had the exam results in their hands that…
UN agency warns of a grave risk of famine as the number of starvation deaths hits 162 Palestinians, including 92 children.Gaza faces a grave risk of famine, with one in three people going days without food, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned.UNICEF on Friday urged the international community to act swiftly as conditions continue to deteriorate due to Israel’s genocidal war.“Today, more than 320,000 young children are at risk of acute malnutrition,” Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s deputy executive director for humanitarian action and supply operations, said in a statement on Friday following a recent trip to Israel, Gaza and the…