Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye’s decision to suspend trade with Israel had one singular purpose, to compel the Israeli government into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. According to the presidency’s website, he made the remarks on Friday…
UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid
British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed “third party” would drive…
EU leaders meet in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, Gaza, defence
European Union (EU) leaders will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine, the conflict in Gaza, and European Commission plans to develop the European Union’s defence industry, as well as the potential future enlargement…
UNRWA: Sweden and Canada resume funding for UN agency for Palestinian refugees
Sweden and Canada have said they will resume aid payments to UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. They were among 16 countries that paused funds after Israel accused at least 12 UNRWA staff of involvement in the 7 October…
Gaza death toll surpasses 30k with no let-up in Israeli bombardment
More than 70 people have been killed after Israeli forces fired at Palestinians collecting food aid in the Gaza Strip, taking the total death toll to more than 30,000 since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza nearly five months…
Israeli strikes kill 13 in southern Gaza town that could be next target in war
Israeli air strikes killed more than a dozen people overnight and into Thursday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’s ceasefire terms and vowed to expand the offensive into the southern Gaza town.…
Israel’s army chief says Gaza conflict to continue throughout 2024
Israel’s military chief said the conflict in Gaza, persisting for three months already, would likely last throughout 2024 and spill over to other fronts. Herzi Halevi, the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), made the remarks during…
UN emergency relief agency says unable to deliver vital Gaza aid
UN emergency relief agency OCHA says aid organisations have not been able to deliver urgently needed life-saving assistance to northern Gaza for days. OCHA said that UN and partner organisations had been unable to deliver humanitarian aid to North of…
Gaza a total failure of our shared humanity- Norwegian Refugee Council
Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, on Tuesday said that the Gaza war “ranks amongst the worst assaults on any civilian population in our time and age.’’ Egeland said in a statement that severe restrictions on aid…
Egypt: 7,000 foreign passport holders waiting to leave Gaza Strip
Around 7,000 foreign passport holders from 60 countries are waiting to leave the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. The ministry invited representatives of foreign embassies to a meeting in Cairo to provide information about the documents…
