The announcement came hours after the military said it had begun “extensive ground operations” in its intensified campaign in Gaza, and as Israel and Hamas engaged in indirect talks on a deal to potentially halt the fighting. Prime Minister’s office said that at the military’s recommendation, “Israel will authorise the entry of a basic amount […]
His participation in a summit focused primarily on Gaza underscored Spain’s role in regional diplomacy and its push for ending the conflict and establishing a Palestinian state. “Palestine is bleeding before our eyes. What is unfolding in Gaza and the West Bank cannot go unnoticed – whether in Europe or anywhere else in the world,” […]
More than 300 Gazans have been killed in Israeli strikes since Thursday, according to local health authorities, one of the deadliest phases of bombardment since a truce collapsed in March. The latest strikes came after U.S. President Donald Trump ended his Middle East tour on Friday with no apparent progress towards a new ceasefire. Since […]
While briefing the 15-member body earlier this week, U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher said: “Will you act decisively to prevent genocide and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?” In a letter to Fletcher on Friday, Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon accused him of delivering “a political sermon” and weaponizing the word genocide against Israel, […]
In early March, shortly before the collapse of a two-month ceasefire in its war against Hamas, Israel reimposed a total blockade on the Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of critical shortages of everything from food and clean water to fuel and medicines. US President Donald Trump acknowledged on Friday that “a lot of […]
“The humanitarian situation in Gaza is intolerable,” Macron told reporters as he attended a meeting of European leaders in Albania. “We are reaching a level that we have never seen before, in terms of the humanitarian impact, since the beginning of this,” said Macron. Macron said the priority was on getting a ceasefire in the […]
Trump’s brief comments on Gaza came as he capped the first foreign tour of his second term, which saw him visit several Gulf countries but excluded key ally Israel. A two-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed in March, shortly after Israel reimposed a total blockade on Gaza that aid agencies say has sparked critical […]
The petition, signed by more than 370 actors and filmmakers, also denounced Israel’s killing of Fatima Hassouna, the young Gaza photojournalist featured in the documentary “Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk”, which premiered at the Cannes film festival Thursday. The organisers of the letter said the French actor Juliette Binoche, who is chairing […]
“Why would you kill someone and decimate an entire family just because she was taking photos?” she told AFP ahead of her film’s premiere at the Cannes Festival Thursday. With Israel banning foreign media from entering the besieged Palestinian territory, Farsi reached out to Hassouna through video calls, turning their conversations into “Put Your Soul […]
Cohen, 74, was among a group of protesters who startled Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. by interrupting his testimony about his department’s budget proposal. Shouting that “Congress pays for bombs to kill children in Gaza” while lawmakers move to slash Medicaid — the health insurance program for low‑income families — the businessman and philanthropist […]
