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A rescue group says civilians have been ‘killed either by stray bullets or direct executions’ at the camp.Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has attacked a famine-hit camp for displaced people in Darfur, killing at least 40 civilians, according to first responders.The RSF stormed Abu Shouk camp on Monday, opening fire inside homes and on the streets, said the local Emergency Response Room,one of hundreds of volunteer networks providing front-line aid since war erupted between the Sudanese army and the RSF in April 2023.It said more than 40 civilians were killed and at least 19 were wounded in the attack.The…

Global demonstrations target Israel and media outlets who have ‘made excuses’ after killing of four media staff in Gaza.Protests and memorials have erupted worldwide, and calls for accountability are growing after four media staff members were assassinated in an Israeli strike on Gaza.Late on Sunday, an Israeli attack hit a media tent outside the main gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, killing media Arabic correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, along with colleagues, correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, 25, and Mohammed Noufal, 29.Also killed were freelance cameraman Momen Aliwa, 23, and freelance journalist Mohammed al-Khalidi, 37.Gaza’s Government Media Office…

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reveals details of phone conversation with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said that Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, is “in denial” about the suffering inflicted on Gaza, and the international community is now saying, “Enough is enough”.A day after announcing that Australia will recognise Palestinian statehood at the United Nations next month, Albanese said that frustration with the Israeli government amid the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza had contributed to Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state.“[Netanyahu] again reiterated to me what he has said publicly as well, which is to be…

Malnutrition from Israeli-induced starvation, strikes kill dozens of Palestinians as journalists deliberately targeted.Five more Palestinians, including a child, have died of malnutrition as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade of Gaza in the past 24 hour reporting period, the Health Ministry has said, as people in the enclave and many beyond its besieged borders mourned several journalists assassinated by Israel.The ministry on Monday said most of these victims died in the past three weeks, as Israel-imposed starvation engulfs the entire population, with the total number of severe hunger deaths now at 222, including 101 children.The Palestinian Wafa news agency later…

Anas al-Sharif was the voice of Gaza. He was an inspiration and a role model. His murder will not silence us.“I have lived pain in all its details and I have tasted pain and loss repeatedly. Despite this, I have never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification. May God be a witness against those who remained silent and accepted our killing, and against those who choked our breath and whose hearts were not moved by the scattered remains of our children and women, and who did nothing to stop the massacre our people have…

Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.media journalist Anas al-Sharif, 28, has been killed along with four of his colleagues in a deliberate Israeli attack on a media tent sheltering journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.media reporter Hani al-Shaer said an Israeli drone hit the tent about 11:35pm (20:35 GMT) on Sunday.In total, seven people were killed in the attack, including media correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Mohammed Noufal, 29; and Moamen Aliwa, 23.[media]Israel deliberately kills media journalistsThis is not the first…

Colleagues pay tribute to assassinated Gaza journalists, vowing to continue their work.Late Sunday evening, Israel’s military targeted media Arabic’s Gaza correspondents Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh and three others, killing them in a drone strike against their media tent at the gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.The slain journalists had spent the past 22 months documenting the ongoing conflict and its impact on their community.Al-Sharif, 28, and Qreiqeh, 33, are both survived by their wives and a baby boy and a girl.Qreiqeh, who was an only child, had lost his mother in Gaza in March 2024, when Israeli forces stormed…

Gaza mourners have laid to rest five media staff killed in an Israeli air strike on a media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital.Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza City have attended the funeral of five media staff, including correspondent Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli air strike outside al-Shifa Hospital.On Monday, large crowds joined the funeral procession, carrying the journalists’ bodies from al-Shifa Hospital to Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in central Gaza.Colleagues, friends, and relatives embraced in grief, while a man lifted a “press” flak jacket high above the crowd.The strike late on Sunday killed seven people, including correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with…

Israel deliberately attacked the tent the journalists were working out of, at the gates of al-Shifa Hospital.Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the gate.As people rushed to help, it became apparent that five media staff had been killed, including Anas al-Sharif, one of the most famous faces of Arabic reporting from Gaza.Why did Israel want to kill journalists? What happened that night? Here’s what we know:Who were the five media staff Israel killed?media correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, was one of Gaza’s most recognisable faces for his constant reporting of…

Israel wants to destroy evidence of its war crimes and prepare the ground for the expulsion of Palestinians.If you read the Western press this morning, you may come to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s desire to take military control over Gaza is new. But dropping 2000lb bombs does not rescue captives and wiping out whole neighbourhoods does not come without plans to build something in their place.On Friday, Israel’s security cabinet approved the occupation of Gaza City, formalising what was always the endgame of this genocide. The plan follows a deliberate sequence: First destroy, then starve, occupy, demand…