How Israeli Soldiers Used A Father In Gaza As A “Human Shield”

[ad_1] Yousef, a 36-year-old father of five from northern Gaza, recounted his harrowing experience of being used as a human shield by Israeli soldiers during the recent conflict to Al Jazeera. Yousef’s ordeal began when he was separated from his family at the Hamad School in Beit Lahiya, where they had taken shelter. His wife,…

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Aid Workers, Journalists Killed In Israeli Air Strike In Gaza

[ad_1] A devastating incident occurred in northern Gaza, where a team of charity workers from the UK-registered Al Khair Foundation was tragically killed in Israeli strikes. According to the charity, eight workers lost their lives when their vehicles were targeted on Saturday. The victims included volunteers and journalists who were documenting the charity’s activities in…

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9 Killed In Israeli Strikes Amid Ceasefire, Says Gaza Civil Defence Agency

[ad_1] Gaza’s civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes in the north Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a “blatant violation” of the fragile ceasefire. “Nine martyrs have been transferred (to hospital), including several journalists and a number of workers from the Al-Khair Charitable Organisation, as a result of…

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Netanyahu Slams ‘False’ UN Finding On Gaza ‘Genocidal Acts’

[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday condemned as “false and absurd” a UN investigation that found Israel had committed “genocidal acts” in the Gaza Strip. “The anti-Israeli circus known as the UN Human Rights Council has long been exposed as an anti-Semitic, corrupt, terror-supporting, and irrelevant body,” Netanyahu said in a statement…

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UN Slams Israel’s Attacks On Gaza Reproductive Centres

[ad_1] Geneva, Switzerland: A United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out “genocidal” acts in Gaza through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities. The UN Commission of Inquiry said Israel had “intentionally attacked and destroyed” the Palestinian territory’s main fertility centre, and had simultaneously imposed a siege and blocked aid including…

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Hamas Says Gaza Ceasefire Talks Have Begun In Doha

[ad_1] Cairo: A senior Hamas official said that a fresh round of Gaza ceasefire talks began on Tuesday in the Qatari capital Doha, with the Palestinian movement approaching the negotiations “positively and responsibly”. “A new round of ceasefire negotiations began today,” Abdul Rahman Shadid said in a statement. “Our movement is dealing with these negotiations…

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Israel Cuts Gaza Electricity Ahead Of New Talks, Hamas Flags “Blackmail”

[ad_1] Jerusalem, Undefined: Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza’s electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of its truce with the Palestinian militants. Israel’s decision comes a week after it blocked all aid supplies to the war-battered territory, a…

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Israel Minister Says Cutting Off Gaza Electricity

[ad_1] Jerusalem: Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen on Sunday said he had given instructions to stop supplying electricity to Gaza, a week after Israel blocked all aid into the war-ravaged Palestinian territory. The move has echoes of the earliest days of the war when Israel announced a “siege” that included an electricity cutoff to Gaza….

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