Category: International

Israeli warplanes have bombed areas near three hospitals in the Gaza Strip, including Al-Shifa and Al-Quds Hospitals in Gaza City and the Indonesian Hospital in the north, though the extent of the damage is yet to be determined. According to the director of the Indonesian Hospital, the Israeli bombardment caused “serious damage and injuries,” but he did not provide further details. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated on October 14 that Israel had ordered them to evacuate Al-Quds Hospital, but the group said it was not possible to move the…

Hamas has released two American hostages in Gaza, offering hope to desperate families, as Israel pounded blockaded Gaza after the group took over 200 people hostage and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians when it stormed into Israeli towns on October 7. However, despite the release of hostages from Gaza, Israel has continued to pound the territory where millions waited for the promised aid deliveries on Saturday, which have been stuck for days at Egypt’s Rafah border. According to the International Committee of the Red Cross president, Mirjana Spoljaric,…

Israel would permit aid to enter Gaza via Egypt, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday, only “food, water, and medicine” will be permitted into the blockaded Palestinian enclave. “In light of [US] President [Joe] Biden´s demand, Israel would not foil the supply of humanitarian aid via Egypt,” the prime minister’s office said, announcing a cabinet decision. The statement noted that aid to civilians in the southern Gaza Strip would be allowed “so long as these supplies do not reach Hamas”, which rules Gaza. While Israel said it would…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday stated that US President Joe Biden will visit Tel Aviv on Wednesday to show solidarity with the people of Israel amid efforts to ease a spiralling humanitarian disaster in Gaza intensify. Blinken also highlighted the progress made in convincing the US ally to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza Strip. The top US diplomat met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has pledged to destroy Hamas, for over nine hours at the defence ministry. The conflict intruded firsthand on the talks as air sirens…

A Palestinian-American boy was killed while his mother was left severely injured after a stabbing attack from their landlord on Saturday morning in Plainfield, Illinois as a result of hate crimes against Muslims in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war. The landlord, 71-year-old Joseph Czuba, has been charged with murder and hate crimes after allegedly stabbing a six-year-old boy, and his 32-year-old mother, because they were Muslims. According to the Will County Sheriff’s Office, the mother and her son were targeted because of the current conflict between Hamas and Israel.…

The United States has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean in a robust display of support for Israel’s security in the midst of the ongoing conflict in Gaza.   The move comes as President Joe Biden underscores the necessity of protecting civilian lives during the hostilities between Israel and Hamas. The USS Eisenhower, along with its affiliated warships, has joined the USS Ford carrier strike group, which arrived earlier this week. The deployment serves to demonstrate the unwavering commitment of the United States to Israel’s security, with the…

Israel Friday informed the United Nations that it has warned 1.1 million northern Gaza residents to relocate towards the southern territory in the next 24 hours, evacuating the north of Wadi Gaza. The warning from Israel was confirmed to AFP by a UN spokesperson, who called for revocation of the order on humanitarian grounds. The spokesperson for the UN secretary-general, Stephane Dujarric, said the Israeli military informed the UN about the order, which also applied to all of its own staff and people sheltered in the UN facilities including schools,…

GAZA: The United Nations has released a harrowing report on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, revealing that over 338,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in the Gaza Strip.  The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, described the situation as a “mass displacement” as heavy Israeli bombardments continue to pound the densely populated Palestinian enclave. The crisis deepened as Israel intensified its attacks on Hamas targets in response to the militants’ surprise Saturday assault. Israeli forces reported that approximately 1,200 people, the majority of them civilians, have tragically lost their lives…

After Israel imposed a complete blockade of Gaza in response to Hamas surprise attack, a humanitarian crisis is swiftly unfolding in Gaza with stranded residents facing a shortage of essential items, while the death toll from the clashes crossed 2,000. The Gaza Strip has been hit by airstrikes since imposition of complete siege of the besieged territory with Israeli military fighter jets hit more than 200 targets overnight in a neighbourhood of Gaza City that it said had been used by Hamas to launch its unprecedented wave of attacks. Under…