The remaining 14 council members voted for the resolution, which was proposed by the 10 elected members of the body. Washington had been averse to the word ceasefire earlier in the nearly six-month-old war in the Gaza Strip and had used its veto power to shield U.S. ally Israel as it retaliated against Hamas for […]
During a visit to the Wihdat refugee camp in the Jordanian capital Amman, Guterres said it would be “cruel and incomprehensible” to halt UNRWA’s vital services to Palestinian refugees across the region. His remarks come as the agency faces a financing crisis after several key donor countries cut off funding following Israeli accusations that several […]
The resolution, which Guyana also abstained from voting for, called for an immediate and sustained ceasefire lasting roughly six weeks that would protect civilians and allow for the delivery of humanitarian assistance. It marked a further toughening of Washington’s stance toward Israel. Earlier in the five-month-long war, the U.S. was averse to the word ceasefire […]
Fadi’s spindly legs can no longer support him enough to walk. Photographs of Fadi from before the war show a smiling, healthy-looking child, standing in blue denim next to his taller twin with his hair brushed. A short video clip shows him dancing at a wedding with a little girl. Fadi suffers from cystic fibrosis. […]
They have left,” Laura Lanuza from Spanish charity Open Arms told AFP. The tow boat and barge embarked on the journey at around 0650 GMT, the first such shipment along a maritime corridor from Cyprus aimed at carrying aid to desperate Palestinian civilians in Gaza. With the volume of aid entering Gaza by land far […]
We are showing the required flexibility to reach a comprehensive cessation of aggression against our people, but the occupation is still evading the entitlements of this agreement,” Hamas said in a statement. Negotiators from Hamas, Qatar, and Egypt – but not Israel – are in Cairo trying to secure a 40-day ceasefire in the war […]
People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane and our common humanity compels us to act. The Israeli government must do more to significantly increase the flow of aid. No excuses,” she said. On Sunday, a Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the latest round of ceasefire talks, billed by many as the final […]
Veteran left-wing political maverick George Galloway was elected as the new lawmaker for the English town of Rochdale on Friday, vowing to be a thorn in the side of the opposition Labour Party over Gaza before a national election it is tipped to win. After running a pro-Palestinian campaign, Galloway won over many of Rochdale’s […]
Foreign governments and aid organisations have repeatedly expressed fears that such an operation will inflict mass civilian casualties. More than 1.4 million Palestinians most of them displaced from elsewhere have converged on the last Gazan city untouched by Israel’s ground troops. It is also the entry point for desperately needed aid, brought in via neighbouring […]
Last week at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Shaima’ Qazeat and Mahmud Akhiziq, a newlywed Palestinian couple, tied the knot encircled by barbed wire. In the midst of the continuous Israeli atrocities in Palestine, the newlyweds are enjoying their reunion. Social media users have been sharing the […]
