UN Security Council is meeting to discuss humanitarian situation in Gaza
Apr 18, 2024 #UN #SecurityCouncil #Gaza The briefing by Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA, came at the request of Jordan. It comes as UNRWA has faced pressure amid Israeli allegations members of its staff participated …
Destruction in Beit Hanoun: Displaced Palestinians face Israeli incursion
Apr 18, 2024 #Palestine #Gaza #NorthernGaza Displaced Palestinians attempting to return to northern Gaza have endured another setback. Israel’s military has been carrying out a two-day ground operation in Beit Hanoun, making it more difficult …
‘Systematic torture’: To be Palestinian in an Israeli prison
Apr 17, 2024 #OccupiedWestBank #Abuse #Israel Israel stepped up its arrest campaign in the occupied West Bank and mistreatment of prisoners in its overstuffed jails. Former Palestinian detainees recount systematic mistreatment in Israeli jails by …
‘Just stop the war,’ al-Shifa doctor says on the situation in Gaza | UpFront Web Extra
Apr 17, 2024 Half a year into Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, much of the enclave has been reduced to rubble, its largest hospital is inoperable and the number of casualties keeps mounting with …
Children among several killed in attack on central Gaza’s Maghazi camp
Apr 17, 2024 #Palestine #Gaza #NorthernGaza At least twenty Palestinians, including children, died in Israeli strikes in central Gaza. Witnesses say a group of children were playing near Maghazi refugee camp when the attack happened. …
Iran’s attack ‘reckless and irresponsible’: US State Department
Apr 17, 2024 #UnitedStates #Israel #Iran US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel reiterates that US support for Israel is “ironclad and unwavering” as talks with Israeli officials and regional partners about “the importance of de-escalation” …
Iran’s president promises ‘severe’ response to any threat
Apr 17, 2024 #Israel #Iran #IranAttacksIsrael Speaking by phone to Qatar’s emir, Ebrahim Raisi declared Iran’s aerial attack against Israel to be a success and said Iran would deliver an even more “painful” blow if …
Settler violence backed by Israel’s ‘impunity’: Human rights group
Apr 17, 2024 #Palestine #OccupiedWestBank #OccupiedEastJerusalem Two Palestinians have been killed in the village of Khirbet al-Tawil, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Wafa news agency is reporting they were shot by …
At least eight Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike targeting a police car
Apr 17, 2024 #Palestine #Gaza #NorthernGaza Israel continues to attack targets across the strip. At least eight Palestinians have been killed after a police car was struck in central Gaza City — women and children …
Trial begins in US court for Abu Ghraib torture survivors, 20 years later
Apr 16, 2024 #Iraq #Iraq20YearsOn #GeorgeWBush – Warning viewers may find some images in his report distressing. Two decades ago this month, photos of smiling US soldiers posing with humiliated detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib …
War on Gaza: Israeli forces bomb mosque in Jabalia, causing casualties
Apr 16, 2024 #Palestine #Gaza #NorthernGaza An Israeli air strike destroys a mosque and nearby homes in northern Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp Emergency teams scrambled to rescue survivors trapped under rubble in the Al Fakhoura …
