*) UN condemns Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals, demands safe zones The UN has strongly condemned Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals, demanding they remain "off limits." UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq says over twelve-thousand-people require urgent medical evacuation, adding that the impact of Israel's evacuation orders have affected over eighty-percent of Gaza. Haq called for media freedoms to be upheld and urged the removal of barriers against journalists. *) Suicides rise among Israeli soldie...
Jan 03, 2025•3 min
*) Israel strikes southern Gaza, kills at least 10 Palestinians At least ten Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced families in southern Gaza's Al-Mawasi area, medics report. The attack on the site, designated as a humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, also left fifteen others wounded. *) Israel's war depletes Gaza's population by 6 percent Gaza's population has dropped six-percent over fifteen-months of war, with over fifty-five-t...
Jan 02, 2025•3 min
*) Israeli invasion in Gaza claims first civilian casualty of 2025 The New Year dawns tragically for Palestinians as Israeli forces escalate in Gaza. An air strike hit the Abu Dhaher family home in Bureij camp, killing eight-year-old Adam Farhallah—the first Palestinian civilian casualty of twenty-twenty-five. Meanwhile, National Campaign to Retrieve Martyrs' Bodies, a non-governmental organisation said Israel held the bodies of one-hundred-ninety-eight Palestinians in twenty-twenty-four. Separa...
Jan 01, 2025•3 min
*) Israel's Gaza invasion amounts to ethnic cleansing — report Israel's invasion in northern Gaza, including the destruction of hospitals, amounts to "ethnic cleansing," says the Tel Aviv-based media outlet-Haaretz. In its editorial article, the paper criticised the Israeli army's tactics as an effort to depopulate the area, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention's wartime hospital protections and forcing displaced Palestinians south for medical care. *) UN official urges global medical professi...
Dec 31, 2024•2 min
*) Israel detains Palestinians in critical health condition in Gaza The Health Ministry in Gaza says Israeli forces detained four Palestinian patients who were being transferred for medical care. They were on their way from the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, a transfer organised by the World Health Organization. Out of the ten patients being transported, four were detained, and, according to the ministry, one of them is in critical condition. *) South Kor...
Dec 30, 2024•3 min
* Israeli attack on Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital leaves it deserted — WHO The World Health Organization has confirmed that Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza is now empty after an Israeli military raid on Friday, which has forced the last major health facility in the area out of service. Expressing its outrage, the WHO stated, "Hospitals have once again become battlegrounds," condemning the attack as part of a systematic dismantling of Gaza's health system. The organisation warned that the 75,...
Dec 29, 2024•3 min
* Israeli attack on Kamal Adwan Hospital put 'last major health facility' in northern Gaza out of service: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the Israeli attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital put "the last major health facility" in northern besieged Gaza out of service, calling an end to "this horror." Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burned and destroyed during the attack. At the same time, 60 health workers and 25 patients are in critical conditi...
Dec 28, 2024•3 min
Israel kills 50 Palestinians in Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital Israel has killed nearly 50 Palestinians in an overnight air strike on a building opposite the headquarters of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern besieged Gaza, including three medical staff and workers. Their bodies were stuck under the rubble of a building opposite Kamal Adwan Hospital in the Beit Lahia Project area after Israeli warplanes bombed it. Medical staff and workers were in the targeted building where they stayed with their fa...
Dec 27, 2024•3 min
*) Israel kills at least 10 Palestinians in Gaza strikes Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed at least 10 people and injured others, according to medical sources. A strike on a house in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighbourhood left five dead and 20 wounded, with fears the death toll could rise as rescue teams work to free those trapped under rubble. In a separate incident, five journalists were killed when their vehicle was struck near al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza, health authorities s...
Dec 26, 2024•3 min
Israel's Netanyahu announces return of negotiation team on Hamas prisoner talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that top negotiators have returned from Qatar for internal consultations on a potential prisoner exchange with Hamas. It follows a week of intense talks involving Mossad and military officials. Observers view Netanyahu's announcement as part of a pattern of delays in negotiations. Israel is believed to hold more than 10,300 Palestinian prisoners, while approximately ...
Dec 25, 2024•3 min
Gaza most dangerous place for aid delivery, says UN The UN names Gaza the world’s most perilous zone for aid delivery, as Tom Fletcher warns of a spiralling crisis. "In a record-breaking deadly year for humanitarians, Gaza tops the danger list," says the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator's chief. Israel's-genocide-in-Gaza, now-in-its-four-hundred-and-forty-fifth-day, has killed-at-least-forty-five-thousand-three-hundred-and-seventeen-Palestinian...
Dec 24, 2024•3 min
UNRWA chief says Israel has broken all rules of war in Gaza The UN's Philippe Lazzarini has condemned Israel's invasion of Gaza, stating that "all rules of war have been broken." The 14-month Israel's Gaza war sees escalating civilian casualties, with schools and hospitals targeted, he said. Urging a long-overdue ceasefire, Lazzarini calls for immediate action to safeguard civilians. He warned that the "world must not become numb." Israel targets homes in southern Lebanon, violating ceasefire In...
Dec 23, 2024•2 min
*) Israel bombs Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza The Israeli army launched a heavy bombardment on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, causing extensive damage, WAFA news agency reported. Medical sources said that the hospital faced intense shelling, including bombs, artillery, and sniper fire, targeting the facility indiscriminately. The assault severely damaged critical infrastructure, including power generators and various hospital departments, further straining Gaza’s alr...
Dec 22, 2024•3 min
*) Israeli air strike levels Gaza home, killing 10, mostly children At least 10 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed and another eight wounded in an Israeli air strike on a home in northern Gaza as Tel Aviv's genocidal war on the besieged coastal enclave continues unabated. The Palestinian Civil Defense said in a statement that seven of the 10 victims killed in the Israeli attack on evening were children. A medical source in the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City said that the ...
Dec 21, 2024•3 min
*) 'Nowhere is safe, no one is spared' in Gaza — MSF report A new report by Doctors Without Borders, titled "Gaza: Life in a Death Trap," has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to save lives and ensure the flow of humanitarian aid. The organisation has also demanded an end to Israel's targeted and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and called on its allies to act swiftly to protect Palestinian lives and uphold international law. Highlighting the devastating impact of repeated Israeli mil...
Dec 20, 2024•3 min
*) Gaza mediators intensify ceasefire efforts as Israel continues to kill Palestinians The United States and Arab mediators are working to finalise an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war on Gaza. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said mediators have narrowed gaps on most terms of the proposed deal. Sources in Cairo indicated that an agreement, including a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, could be finalised in the coming days. *) US has no Palestine poli...
Dec 19, 2024•3 min
Israeli strikes continue to pound Gaza, kill 8 Palestinians. Hamas calls Gaza ceasefire talks 'positive'. Türkiye condemns Israel's Syria actions. Ukraine kills Russia's chemical weapons chief; Moscow vows revenge. Russian bill could remove Taliban from 'terror' list.
Dec 18, 2024•3 min
*) Türkiye holds the key for Syria's future: Trump US President-elect Donald Trump has expressed uncertainty about post-Assad Syria but emphasised that Türkiye will “hold the key” to the nation. Speaking at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Trump refrained from commenting directly on the withdrawal of US troops from northeastern Syria, but praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Trump also condemned ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a "butcher" for his actions against children and called T...
Dec 17, 2024•2 min
*) Israel kills over 110 Palestinians in one day The Israeli army continues to brutally target displaced people, civilians, municipal teams and others. In just 24 hours, the Israeli army has killed more than 110 people, Palestinian media office in Gaza says. One of the deadliest Israeli attacks on a school-turned-shelter in the northern town of Beit Hanoon left at least 43 people dead. More than 213 shelters have been targeted in Israeli attacks since the start of its genocide last year and at l...
Dec 16, 2024•3 min
*) Israeli army issues new illegal evacuation orders for south Gaza The Israeli army orders Palestinians to evacuate two residential areas in southern Gaza, including locations previously designated as "safe", in preparation for a military attack. Israeli army asked residents in al-Qarara and Wadi al-Salqa to move immediately westwards. The areas identified by the army on a map attached to the statement include locations previously classified as "safe", where thousands of Palestinians now reside...
Dec 15, 2024•3 min
*) Gaza faces its gravest humanitarian crisis amid Israeli war — UN The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees has raised alarms over the dire conditions in Gaza, where thousands of children are hospitalised due to acute malnutrition. Louise Wateridge, UNRWA's senior emergency officer, told reporters in Geneva that Gaza now has the world’s highest number of child amputees, with many surgeries being conducted without anaesthesia. She added that a lack of medicine and medical equipment is ...
Dec 14, 2024•3 min
*) Erdogan, Blinken discuss Syrian political transition, Gaza genocide Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks focusing on regional cooperation and shared goals, including the preservation of Syria's territorial integrity, unity, unitary structure The discussions in Ankara also addressed the "urgent need" for a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner swap deal to enable increased humanitarian aid for Palestinians. Erdogan reaffirmed Türkiye's ...
Dec 13, 2024•3 min
*) Israel strikes groups securing aid, kills 8 Palestinians Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded dozens, targeting groups securing aid trucks. In Rafah City, over 30 were wounded, with several critically hurt. Medics fear the death toll could rise. Another strike hit aid security workers in Khan Younis, wounding several, according to Palestinian medics. *) Erdogan announces 'historic reconciliation' between Somalia and Ethiopia Turkish President Erdogan...
Dec 12, 2024•3 min
*) Israel kills 7 Palestinians in an overnight strike on Nuseirat camp Medics in besieged Gaza say that Israel’s overnight air strikes on a house in the Nuseirat camp has killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded many others. Israel’s onslaught comes in the backdrop of the UN General Assembly vote on a draft resolution today that seeks an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In addition to calling for "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire," the draft resolution seeks "the immediate a...
Dec 11, 2024•3 min
*) Israel kills 25 Palestinians in a strike on home in northern Gaza The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian families overnight bombing a home that was sheltering them in the town of Beit Hanoon in the northern besieged Gaza. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli army bombed a house that was sheltering two families from the Al-Kahlout clan, consisting of 25 individuals, burying them under the rubble. A relative of those killed said that Israel committed another massacre, wiping out two families...
Dec 10, 2024•3 min
*) Syrian spring arrives in winter: 'tyrant' falls, prisoners freed Sixty-one years of Syria’s Baath regime came to an end. The Syrian opposition announced in a televised statement that they had freed Damascus and overthrown Bashar al Assad's 24-year regime. The opposition said it "toppled 'tyrant' Bashar al-Assad." Prisoners in the Sednaya Prison in Damascus, known for its association with the regime and notorious torture practices, were freed by demonstrators who stormed the facility. *) Basha...
Dec 09, 2024•2 min
*) Syria's Damascus falls to opposition forces The Assad regime has largely lost control of Syria's Damascus, as opposition forces entered the centre of the capital city and anti-regime demonstrators occupied key strategic locations. Anti-regime forces entered the centre of Damascus without any serious fight from the regime of Bashar al Assad, whose whereabouts are still unknown. Protesters rose against the regime in many neighbourhoods, while regime forces pulled out from critical sites such as...
Dec 08, 2024•2 min
⚫ Israel bombs Gaza home, killing 20 Palestinians, wounding dozens Israel continues its air strikes on Gaza, with a fresh strike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp killing at least 20 Palestinians, including six children, and wounding many, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. Medical sources at al-Awda Hospital confirmed the arrival of 14 bodies from the camp, while local authorities stated that nearby hospitals received 39 wounded individuals. ⚫ Israel strikes Lebanon, violates truce ...
Dec 07, 2024•2 min
Fresh Israeli air strikes leave dozens of Palestinians dead Israel continues its bombardment across Gaza where it has killed more than 30 Palestinians and left many others wounded in the last 24 hours, according to medical sources. Strikes in Beit Lahia targeted homes near Kamal Adwan Hospital and elsewhere, claiming multiple lives, including seven from a single family. In Rafah and Shejaiya, more attacks killed five people, with others injured. Witnesses reported another strike in Beit Lahia de...
Dec 06, 2024•3 min
*) French government falls in historic no-confidence vote In a historic shakeup, French lawmakers ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier after just three months in office. A no-confidence vote, backed by both the hard left and Marine Le Pen's far-right, toppled his government. With a hung parliament and rising tensions over austerity, President Emmanuel Macron faces the challenge of naming a new leader amidst deep political turmoil. *) Amnesty International accuses Israel of 'genocide' in Gaza Amn...
Dec 05, 2024•3 min
