Calls for an urgent and comprehensive ceasefire are growing louder as Israel’s military operation in Gaza comes to a temporary end. Nobel laureate and advocate for women’s education Malala Yousafzai is one of many who has expressed relief over the interim ceasefire. While acknowledging the break, the benefactor highlighted the difficulties ahead in a message […]
Major (retd) Adil Farooq Raja and Captain (retd) Haider Raza Mehdi, two former Pakistan Army officers, were found guilty and sentenced on Saturday for “inciting sedition” under the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, by the Field General Court Martial (FGCM), according to a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations. The two retired officers are accused of […]
In exchange for Palestinian detainees captured by resistance organization Hamas, Israel was scheduled to free a second batch on Saturday. This occurred during a ceasefire that was mainly maintained in the severely damaged Gaza Strip following seven weeks of vicious Israeli airstrikes that resulted in the deaths of at least fifteen thousand people. According to […]
Before the Israeli captives held by Hamas are scheduled to be released in return for Palestinians imprisoned, fighting between Israeli troops and Hamas gunmen ceased on Friday for the first time in seven weeks. There were no significant bombs, artillery strikes, or rocket attacks recorded, but Israel and Hamas both accused the other of occasional […]
Eight British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalists who work in the UK have accused the broadcaster of not giving a true depiction of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. In a 2,300 word letter to Al Jazeera, the group of journalists accused the BBC of omitting crucial historical context from its reporting and of devoting more […]
The Israeli army detained Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Al-Shifa Hospital, the biggest hospital in Gaza, on Thursday, according to a report by Al Jazeera. Another significant hospital in the besieged area, the Indonesian Hospital, was also issued instructions to evacuate. Khalid Abu Samra, the hospital’s department head, told the AFP news agency earlier […]
According to multiple people familiar with the case who spoke to the Financial Times (FT), US authorities foiled an Indian plot to kill pro-Khalistan leader of Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on US soil and warned India’s government over concerns it was involved in the plot. Gurpatwant, an American and Canadian citizen who […]
In exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners detained in Israel, the government of Israel and Hamas agreed to a four-day ceasefire on Wednesday. This would also permit the entry of humanitarian supplies into the besieged enclave and the release of 50 prisoners held in Gaza. For days, representatives of the US, Israel, Hamas, and Qatar, which […]
With Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh indicating on Tuesday that a ceasefire with Israel was approaching, there was hope that the scores of hostages abducted in the October 7 attacks may be let free. Regarding the state of negotiations to secure the release of the approximately 240 prisoners taken during Hamas’s brutal attack, Israel did not […]
Since Monday morning, when Israeli soldiers surrounded Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, at least 12 more Palestinians have reportedly died as a result of Israeli strikes. This is the fourth hospital that Israeli forces have attacked since October 7. According to Al Jazeera, who cited Gaza-based journalist Ismail Al Ghoul, Israeli forces were shooting anyone attempting […]
