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| Ben Jennings on Israel’s plans for a new offensive in Gaza – cartoon |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 15:16:10 -0300 Continue reading... |
| New film claims to identify Israeli killer of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 13:37:31 -0300 In Who Killed Shireen? IDF soldier Alon Scagio is named as shooter of Abu Akleh in Jenin in 2022 A new US-made documentary has produced evidence pointing to the identity of an Israeli soldier who shot dead the Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022. The documentary, Who Killed Shireen?, concludes that a member of the Duvdevan Israeli special forces unit shot Abu Akleh while she was reporting for Al Jazeera in Jenin, on the West Bank. Continue reading... |
| Irish broadcaster requests discussion over Israel’s Eurovision participation |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 08:22:35 -0300 RTÉ asks European Broadcasting Union to discuss matter after 72 former contestants call for Israel’s exclusion Ireland’s public broadcaster has asked the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for a discussion about Israel’s inclusion in the Eurovision song contest, as 72 former contestants called for the Israeli broadcaster Kan to be banned from next week’s event in the Swiss city of Basel. The director general of Ireland’s RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst, said in a statement on Wednesday that he was “appalled by the ongoing events in the Middle East and by the horrific impact on civilians in Gaza, and the fate of Israeli hostages”. Continue reading... |
| Who killed Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh – and why? | Dion Nissenbaum |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 07:00:27 -0300 You may think you know the story of the US citizen killed by Israeli forces, but you probably don’t You may think you know the story of the first Palestinian-American journalist to be killed by Israeli forces, but you probably don’t. For much of the world, Shireen Abu Akleh was the voice of Palestine, a brave, seasoned Al Jazeera journalist who repeatedly put her life on the line to cover the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Dion Nissenbaum was a longtime Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent based in Jerusalem, Beirut, Kabul and Istanbul over the course of two decades. He is the executive producer of Who Killed Shireen? and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for international reporting Continue reading... |
| Mubadala’s investments surged by a third last year |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 04:00:52 -0300 Abu Dhabi’s second-biggest sovereign investor has been keen to deploy funds in US regardless of economic uncertainty |
| Iranians arrested in counter-terrorism raids allegedly targeted Israeli embassy |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 03:53:50 -0300 Home secretary says raids across UK last weekend reflected some of biggest terrorism threats in recent years Israel’s embassy in London was the target of an alleged terror plot involving a group of Iranian nationals who were detained by police after a series of raids across England on Saturday, sources have told the Guardian. Four men remain in custody and are being questioned by police on suspicion of preparation of a terrorist act targeting what police and politicians have so far only been willing to describe publicly as “specific premises”. Continue reading... |
| Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza - podcast |
| Thu, 08 May 2025 03:04:05 -0300 Israel plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a “sustained presence” there. Jerusalem correspondent Bethan McKernan reports
On Monday, Israeli officials announced they were planning a new military offensive in Gaza, with aims of “conquering” the land and establishing a “sustained presence” there. “The offensive is called Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” Bethan McKernan, the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, tells Lucy Hough. “It’s designed to make sure that there is an indefinite Israeli presence in the strip. That implies that there is no day after the war now. Continue reading... |
| Israel’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza – podcast |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 23:00:17 -0300 Israel plans to expand military operations in Gaza and establish a “sustained presence” there. Bethan McKernan reports On Monday, Israeli officials announced they are planning a new military offensive in Gaza, with aims of “conquering” the land and establishing a “sustained presence” there. “The offensive is called Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” Bethan McKernan, the Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, tells Lucy Hough. “It’s designed to make sure that there is an indefinite Israeli presence in the strip. That implies that there is no day after the war now. Continue reading... |
| Disney plans first Middle East theme park in Abu Dhabi |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 17:14:26 -0300 Entertainment group’s shares jump as it reports better than expected results |
| Iranian terror suspects ‘targeted Israeli embassy in London’ |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 16:42:40 -0300 Cell was in final stages of planning for attack on Israeli diplomatic mission, people familiar with investigation say |
| Court orders detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Vermont |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 13:35:48 -0300 Lawyers say the Turkish national, who has been held in a Louisiana Ice center for two weeks, was illegally detained A federal appeals court on Wednesday granted a judge’s order to bring a Turkish Tufts University student from a Louisiana immigration detention center back to New England for hearings to determine whether her rights were violated. A judicial panel of the New York-based US second circuit court of appeals ruled in the case of Rümeysa Öztürk after lawyers representing her and the US justice department presented arguments at a hearing on Tuesday. The Associated Press contributed reporting Continue reading... |
| UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – Middle East crisis live |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 11:57:05 -0300 More than 20 experts call on countries to act or ‘witness the slaughter of innocents’ The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian. Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It’s morally wrong. It’s dangerous. I don’t think it’s in Israel’s own interest. Continue reading... |
| UN experts demand action to avert ‘annihilation’ of Palestinians in Gaza – as it happened |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 11:57:05 -0300 More than 20 experts call on countries to act or ‘witness the slaughter of innocents’ The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian. Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It’s morally wrong. It’s dangerous. I don’t think it’s in Israel’s own interest. Continue reading... |
| Israel’s Gaza plan ‘dangerous moment for civilians’, UN warns – Middle East crisis live |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 10:51:30 -0300 High commissioner for human rights warns of ‘more destruction, more hatred, more dehumanisation’ The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian. Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It’s morally wrong. It’s dangerous. I don’t think it’s in Israel’s own interest. Continue reading... |
| Barclays’ AGM disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 10:32:48 -0300 Incident occurs as UK government prepares to clarify rules on whether shareholder meetings can be held online |
| Israel is starving Gaza. It’s a cheap, silent and brutal way to kill | Ahmed Moor |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 09:00:59 -0300 Starvation is a slow, painful way to die. And unlike bombs and tanks, it’s easy for western leaders to ignore I recently looked up a biography of Rudolf Höss. The Kommandant who led the Auschwitz prison camp in Poland during the second world war was fastidious in his duties. He successfully oversaw the extermination of millions of people from 1940 to 1943, and, according to accounts, seems to have been a father who cared for his five children. His home life was imagined, and captured, by the film-maker Jonathan Glazer in his 2023 movie The Zone of Interest. John Primomo recounts, in his biography, how the Nazi would randomly select groups of prisoners and sentence them to die by starvation. Höss was eventually captured by Nazi hunters and hanged for his crimes, in his case a slow death on a short gallows. Ahmed Moor is a Palestinian American writer and recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Continue reading... |
| Israeli strikes kill 13 in Gaza school housing displaced families, medics say – Middle East crisis live |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 07:35:03 -0300 Strikes targeted school in Tuffah, killing 13 including a journalist, as Israeli forces continue to demolish homes and buildings The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian. Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. You cannot starve the people of the Gaza Strip. It is against international law. It’s morally wrong. It’s dangerous. I don’t think it’s in Israel’s own interest. Continue reading... |
| Aid agencies criticise Israeli plan to take over Gaza humanitarian assistance amid looting, theft and violence – Middle East crisis live |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 05:35:42 -0300 Increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle for food as gangs exploit breakdown of law and order Israeli strikes on a school housing displaced families in northern Gaza killed 13 Palestinians on Wednesday, local health authorities said, as Israeli forces continued to demolish homes and buildings in Rafah in the south of the territory. According to Reuters, medics said two strikes targeted the Karama school in Tuffah, a suburb of Gaza City. Among those killed was a local journalist, Nour Abdu, Palestinian media said. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army. Continue reading... |
| Netherlands urges review of EU-Israel trade deal over ‘catastrophic’ Gaza aid block |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 04:50:24 -0300 Foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp tells top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas he believes Israel is in breach of rights obligations linked to trade agreement The Dutch government, seen as one of Israel’s most loyal allies in the European Union, is calling for an urgent review of the EU Israel association agreement, the basis for the EU-Israeli free trade agreement, the Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp told the Guardian. Veldkamp described the Israeli ban on the supply of aid into Gaza as “catastrophic, truly dismal” and in clear breach of international humanitarian law. Continue reading... |
| Israel eases block on exits from Gaza after Trump urges resettlement |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 01:00:58 -0300 Hundreds leave besieged strip in what diplomats fear is start of Israeli displacement plan spurred by US president |
| ‘Desperate, traumatised people’: Gaza faces wave of looting, theft and violence |
| Wed, 07 May 2025 01:00:04 -0300 Aid officials and residents report breakdown in law and order as food and supplies run out during Israeli blockade Gaza has been hit by a wave of looting and theft as increasingly desperate Palestinians struggle to get food while criminal gangs exploit a breakdown in law and order. Aid officials and witnesses in the devastated territory describe armed men attacking humanitarian warehouses, firefights over remaining food stores and a spate of stealing of supplies vital for survival, such as solar chargers, batteries, phones and cooking pots. Continue reading... |
| Trump says three Israeli hostages held in Gaza have died |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 21:29:01 -0300 US president reports three deaths and laments ‘terrible situation’ but does not provide further details Donald Trump said Tuesday that three more hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have died, bringing the number still alive to 21. At a White House swearing-in ceremony for his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, Trump revealed that three more Israeli hostages have died in Gaza, meaning that just 21 of the hostages taken from Israel during the 7 October attacks remain alive. Continue reading... |
| UK sent Israel thousands of military items despite export ban, study finds |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 20:01:00 -0300 Trade data analysis shows British firms have exported items including munitions since suspension of key licences UK firms have exported thousands of military items including munitions to Israel despite the government suspending key arms export licences to the country in September, new analysis of trade data shows. McDonnell said “The government has shrouded its arms supplies to Israel in secrecy. They must finally come clean in response to this extremely concerning evidence and halt all British arms exports to Israel to ensure no British-made weapons are used in Netanyahu’s new and terrifying plans to annex the Gaza Strip and ethnically cleanse the land.” Continue reading... |
| Court clash between Meta and NSO ends in $168m defeat for spyware firm |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 18:54:06 -0300 Damages awarded after earlier ruling found NSO unlawfully exploited a bug in WhatsApp to spy on users Meta Platforms won a $168m verdict against the Israeli surveillance firm NSO, the company said Tuesday, capping a six-year arm-wrestling match between the US’s biggest social-networking platform and the world’s best-known spyware company. Meta had already won after a December ruling found that NSO had unlawfully exploited a bug in its messaging service WhatsApp to plant spy software on its users’ phones. On Tuesday, a jury in California ruled that NSO owed Meta $444,719 in compensatory damages – and $167.3m in punitive damages, Meta said. Continue reading... |
| Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 18:16:37 -0300 Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing An Israeli government minister has vowed that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed” as a result of an Israeli military victory, and that its Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third countries”, raising fears of ethnic cleansing in the occupied territory. The declaration on Tuesday by the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, came a day after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which an Israeli official said would entail “the conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories”. Continue reading... |
| Trump says US will stop bombing Houthis in Yemen |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 16:06:22 -0300 US says rebel group has agreed to halt its attacks on regional shipping in the Red Sea |
| How Trump’s walkaway diplomacy enabled Israel’s worst impulses |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 15:19:22 -0300 The common perception is that Trump has largely moved on, leaving an emboldened Netanyahu to his own devices The Israeli plan to occupy and depopulate Gaza may not be identical to Donald Trump’s vision of a new riviera, but his inspiration and America’s walkaway diplomacy have ushered Benjamin Netanyahu to the precipice of a dire new chapter in the Israel-Gaza war. The common perception in both Washington and Israel is that Trump has largely moved on, leaving an emboldened Netanyahu to his own devices, while his offhand proposals for turning Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” have provided cover for rightwing Israeli politicians to enthusiastically support the forced resettlement of the Palestinian population. Continue reading... |
| Iran’s ambassador to London be summoned over UK terror arrests |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 15:09:51 -0300 Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend |
| Iran’s ambassador to London to be summoned over UK terror arrests |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 15:09:51 -0300 Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend |
| UK to discuss terror arrests with Iranian ambassador |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 15:09:51 -0300 Police arrested two groups of Iranians in separate operations at the weekend |
| The west’s shameful silence on Gaza |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 14:16:41 -0300 The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu |
| Gaza ‘to be entirely destroyed’ and people to leave ‘in great numbers’, claims far-right Israeli minister – as it happened |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 13:39:19 -0300 This blog is now closed, you can read our full report on this story here China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| Seize Gaza, or make it uninhabitable. That’s Netanyahu’s plan – and either way he wins | Yair Wallach |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 13:32:23 -0300 The talk of a major new offensive may be strategic bluster, but either way it serves a purpose. It shows extremist policy is now mainstream After two months of daily bombings, raids and a total blockade preventing the entry of food and medication to Gaza, Israel approved a military plan on Monday it claims will bring about the final destruction of Hamas. The intensified offensive by the Israel Defense Forces will aim to occupy large parts of the strip and maintain a permanent Israeli presence there. It has been dubbed Operation Gideon’s Chariots – but it might be more accurate to call it the Roadmap to Hell. More of the population would be forced into an ever-shrinking “humanitarian zone”, while Israel explores options for their permanent displacement from the strip altogether. While Israeli officials explain that the renewed onslaught would help to release hostages, it is abundantly clear that intensifying military operations would only put them at greater risk. Hostages’ families have reacted to the cabinet’s announcement with deep concern. There are still 59 Israelis held in Gaza – and it is assumed that 24 of them are alive. While Israel is willing to agree to a truce in return for hostage release, it refuses categorically to negotiate a permanent ceasefire. Yair Wallach is a reader in Israeli studies and head of the Centre for Jewish Studies at Soas University of London Continue reading... |
| Gaza ‘to be entirely destroyed’ and people to leave ‘in great numbers’, claims far-right Israeli minister – Middle East crisis live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 13:18:24 -0300 Bezalel Smotrich tells gathering at West Bank settlement that Palestinians ‘will start to leave in great numbers to third countries’ China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| Aid agencies attack ‘half-baked’ Israeli plan to control food in Gaza |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 13:02:45 -0300 Country has briefed diplomats and humanitarian officials on proposal to funnel supplies through little-known foundation |
| Aid agencies attack ‘cruel’ Israeli plan to control food in Gaza |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 13:02:45 -0300 Country briefs diplomats and humanitarian officials on proposal to funnel supplies through little-known foundation |
| Consequences of UK airstrikes on Yemen | Letter |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 12:31:55 -0300 A better way to keep British shipping safe would be to cease arms sales to Israel, says Colin Archer Critics of the government’s foreign policy are alarmed that the UK has now joined the US in bombing Yemen (UK launches Yemen airstrikes, joining US campaign against Houthi rebels, 30 April). If anything, such attacks are likely to confirm the Houthis’ determination to resist what they see as imperialist support for a murderous Israel. A better way to keep British shipping free from attack would be to cease arms sales to Benjamin Netanyahu and clearly state UK opposition to Israeli war crimes against Palestinian civilians. Such a policy shift is overdue. A key constitutional point has also been raised – surely parliament should have been consulted, as it was over Syria in 2013? However, even this fails to encompass the government’s wider obligations. Continue reading... |
| Israel ‘disables’ Yemen’s main airport with air strikes |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 11:52:31 -0300 Attacks come in retaliation after Houthi missile hits Ben Gurion airport on Sunday |
| ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed,’ far-right Israeli minister tells conference – Middle East crisis live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 10:33:01 -0300 Bezalel Smotrich tells gathering at West Bank settlement that Palestinians ‘will start to leave in great numbers to third countries’ China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed,’ Israeli minister says |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 10:28:40 -0300 Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’ – raising fears of ethnic cleansing An Israeli government minister has vowed that “Gaza will be entirely destroyed” as a result of an Israeli military victory, and that its Palestinian population will “leave in great numbers to third countries”, raising fears that the occupied territory is to be ethnically cleansed. The declaration on Tuesday by the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, came a day after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for Operation Gideon’s Chariots, which an Israeli official said would entail “the conquest of the Gaza Strip and the holding of the territories”. Continue reading... |
| Palestinians ‘desperate for food but getting bombs’, says UN as it criticises Israel’s Gaza aid plan – Middle East crisis live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 09:48:41 -0300 Reports say that Israel is planning to use private American security contractors in move that OCHA says falls short of ‘humanitarian principles’ China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| UN condemns Israeli plan to shut down current Gaza aid system – Middle East crisis live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 08:42:37 -0300 Reports say that Israel is planning to use private American security contractors in move that OCHA says falls short of ‘humanitarian principles’ China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| ‘There is no life here’: Palestinians say Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 07:48:01 -0300 As Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second Nakba’ being realised Like so many others across the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hakimi felt a weight lift from his shoulders for the first time in over a year when Israel and Hamas agreed a long-delayed ceasefire in January. He cried and hugged his five children tightly. “I slept deeply, free from the sound of bombing, destruction and death,” he said. Continue reading... |
| ‘There is no life here’: Palestinians fear Israel is imposing its Gaza endgame |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 07:45:15 -0300 As Israel’s aid blockade continues and humanitarian zones disappear, there is talk of a ‘second Nakba’ being realised Like so many others across the Gaza Strip, Khalil al-Hakimi felt a weight lift from his shoulders for the first time in over a year when Israel and Hamas agreed a long-delayed ceasefire in January. He cried and hugged his five children tightly. “I slept deeply, free from the sound of bombing, destruction and death,” he said. Continue reading... |
| Hamas says no sense in truce talks after Israel’s new Gaza plan, senior official says – Israel-Gaza war live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 07:38:24 -0300 Benjamin Netanyahu announced new ‘intensified’ offensive aimed at ‘conquering’ Gaza Strip China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| Hamas no longer interested in truce talks after Israel’s new Gaza plan, senior official says – Israel-Gaza war live |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 06:24:34 -0300 Benjamin Netanyahu announced new ‘intensified’ offensive aimed at ‘conquering’ Gaza Strip China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Beijing is “highly concerned about the current Palestine-Israel situation”. “We oppose Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza, and hopes all parties continuously and effectively implement the ceasefire agreement,” Jian said. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, hopes that the Israel Defense Forces’ call-up of tens of thousands of reservists, the threat of the new offensive and the prospect of Israel seizing swaths of territory will force Hamas’s leaders to make concessions. If it fails to do so, then physical possession of terrain will offer useful leverage in future negotiations and allow Hamas to be squeezed further in the meantime… Continue reading... |
| Hamas says it will not engage with Israel again until ‘hunger war’ in Gaza ends |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 06:08:41 -0300 ‘No sense’ in considering new truce proposals, says group, hours after Israel agrees plan for ‘conquest’ of territory Hamas has said it is no longer interested in truce talks with Israel and urged the international community to halt Israel’s “hunger war” against Gaza, hours after Israeli officials agreed an intensified offensive in the devastated territory that would involve displacing “most” of its residents and a sustained Israeli military presence in the devastated territory. “There is no sense in engaging in talks or considering new ceasefire proposals as long as the hunger war and extermination war continue in the Gaza Strip,” Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, told AFP. Continue reading... |
| Israel is starving us in Gaza. This is what that feels like | Aya Al-Hattab |
| Tue, 06 May 2025 06:00:01 -0300 Because of the blockade, hunger is part of our daily reality now. It is deep and cruel, and there is no relief It has been more than 30 hours since I last ate. At times, I go as long as two days without food. For most people around the world, the word hunger is a fleeting feeling, easily fixed with a trip to the kitchen or a nearby store. Saying “I’m hungry” is routine, almost meaningless. But imagine if every time you felt hungry, there was nothing to eat – no food, no relief, just emptiness. This has been my daily reality in the Gaza Strip for over a month. Since the beginning of the war, the Israeli occupation has controlled the quantity and type of food allowed into Gaza. When a ceasefire was agreed, I hoped that everything I had endured was behind me. I held on to the hope of a better life, convinced that hunger would become something in my past. But just as I began to regain my health, the bombing and destruction returned – and with them, the starvation. Aya Al-Hattab is a writer in Gaza Continue reading... |
| Israel carries out fresh airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen |
| Mon, 05 May 2025 16:49:28 -0300 Rebels’ media office say at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port on Monday afternoon Israel’s military has carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeida, a day after the Iranian-backed rebels launched a missile that hit Israel’s main airport. The rebels’ media office said at least six strikes hit the crucial Hodeida port Monday afternoon. Other strikes hit a cement factory in the Bajil district in Hodeida province, the rebels said. Israeli media reported that dozens of Israeli air force took part in the operation. Continue reading... |
| Israeli warplanes strike Houthi targets in Yemen |
| Mon, 05 May 2025 16:13:46 -0300 Israel Defense Forces retaliate after militant group’s missile attack on Ben Gurion international airport |
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