Tag Archives: Gaza

Middle East crisis live: Iran warns UN about Israel’s threats against its nuclear sites; Israel launch strikes across Lebanon

Muhamad Yehia WHO to evacuate 1,000 Palestinian women and children for urgent medical care Up to 1,000 women and children needing medical care will shortly be evacuated from Gaza to Europe, the head of the World Health Organization’s Europe branch said in comments published on Monday. Israel, which is besieging the war-devastated …

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Israeli protesters demand Netanyahu reach hostage deal with Hamas

Cairo.. Muhamad Yehia Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sign a deal to release the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza During the weekly protest against the government of Netanyahu, relatives of hostages and their supporters said the moment …

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UN urges ceasefire in the wake of killing of Hamas leader

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Will the warring parties in the Middle East agree to a ceasefire in the wake of the killing of Hamas’ chief That is the call of UN Secretary General and the U.N. special coordinator for the Middle East peace process. “The Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres) is interested that …

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Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader ? Israel says it killed

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — Yahya Sinwar masterminded an attack on Israel that shocked the world, unleashing a still-widening catastrophe with no end in sight. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in determining the war’s trajectory than the 61-year-old Hamas leader. Obsessive, disciplined and dictatorial, he was a rarely seen …

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Biden sends antimissile system and troops to Israel

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will send a T erminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a …

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Security Council adopts a cease-fire resolution in Gaza

The U.N. Security Council on Monday approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The U.S.-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says Israel has accepted. It calls on the …

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1 million in Gaza could experience starvation

United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger is worsening because of heavy …

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South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing “with …

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