[ad_1] Biden’s visit will mark a significant show of US support for its top Middle East ally after Hamas fighters attacked southern Israel on October 7. Death toll on the Israeli side has reached 1,400 people on Tuesday. Israel has responded by tightening its blockade on Hamas-ruled Gaza, including by restricting the entry of fuel,…
[ad_1] Gaza’s residents are grappling with shortages of food and water while hospitals are overwhelmed amid Israeli bombing. The Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has turned a large part of the besieged Palestinian enclave into a pile of rubble, with people in desperate need of water and other basic necessities amid a total blockade…
[ad_1] Gaza City – Freelance journalist Rakan Abdelrahman works out of a cafe, wearing his vest marked “press”, ready to rush out if he needs to as he reports on Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip. But Abdelrahman, whose work has appeared in Middle East Eye and The National, is not just covering a story….
[ad_1] Monday’s measure — backed by more than a dozen Democratic members of the House of Representatives, including Cori Bush, Rashida Tlaib, Summer Lee, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar — highlighted growing calls in Washington for a ceasefire in Gaza. “All human life is precious, and the targeting of civilians, no matter their faith or…
[ad_1] The killing of civilians and collective punishment raises concerns as Israel’s military bombs the strip. Israel’s devastating air strikes and blockade of Gaza after the surprise attack by Hamas on October 7 have led to both sides being accused of violating international humanitarian law. A United Nations commission says it is collecting evidence of…
[ad_1] The mask that has long obscured the true nature and purpose of “international law”, the supposed foundation of the current global order, is finally off. As Palestinian cries for help from Gaza remain unanswered, the sinister truth is now undeniably out in the open:international justice, more often than not, is used as a tool…
[ad_1] More than a week since Israel began a relentless bombardment of Gaza, desperately-needed supplies have yet to be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe. Hopes of a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Monday to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid through the Rafah border crossing in…
[ad_1] WHO warns there are only ’24 hours of water, electricity, and fuel left’ in Gaza before ‘a real catastrophe’ sets in. Egyptian authorities have said that Israel is not cooperating with efforts to deliver much-needed humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip, where Israeli air strikes have killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds…
[ad_1] United Nations health agency calls for immediate action to establish a humanitarian corridor amid Israeli bombing. The World Health Organization has called for immediate humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, warning Israel’s blockade and bombardment have left the enclave’s health system at “breaking point”. Noting Gaza’s overstretched hospitals had only a few hours of…
[ad_1] Tens of thousands of people have poured onto the streets around the world in support of the Palestinians as Israel prepares for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. Protesters denounced Israel’s heavy bombardment of the besieged enclave that has so far killed more than 1,500 people and it came after an unprecedented…
