Baby ‘beheaded’ and children ‘burnt alive’ in Israeli strikes on makeshift shelter

Newborns burnt alive, children beheaded and bodies of civilians scattered in tents housing displaced Palestinians – this is the aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza. At least 35 people were killed in ‘barbaric’ strikes on a refugee camp in the…

Israeli minister attacks Netanyahu over Gaza future

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has voiced open frustration at the government’s failure to address the question of a post-war plan for Gaza. In a rare public sign of divisions over the direction of the military campaign within Israel’s war…

Biden plans to send $1b arms shipment to Israel

The White House has told Congress it wants to send more than $1bn (£800m) in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale invasion by the Israeli military on the southern Gaza city of…

The Weeknd allocates $2M from humanitarian fund to feed Palestinians suffering in Gaza 

The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye), who was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Programme in 2021, has made yet another multi-million dollar donation to support the people of Palestine as the region remains in a…

Journalist loses foot after being badly wounded in Israeli attack in Gaza 

Three journalists have been injured, one seriously, in an Israeli attack at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that authorities in the besieged strip say was a targeted attack. Sami Shehadeh, a journalist with Turkish broadcaster TRT had his…

Biden presses Netanyahu for steps to protect civilians in Gaza: White House

United States President Joe Biden has pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to implement “specific, concrete and measurable” steps to protect civilians and aid workers in Gaza, the White House said after a phone call between the two leaders. The…

After striking Iran’s embassy in Syria, Israel vows to continue onslaught against ‘enemies’ 

Israel’s defense minister said Tuesday that Israel is operating “everywhere, every day” to deter its enemies, exacting a heavy toll against them. Yoav Gallant spoke in Jerusalem a day after a strike widely attributed to Israel killed two Iranian generals…

US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’

An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The man, whose name was…

German foreign minister says world will hold Putin to account at G20

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has reminded the group of leading and emerging economic powers (G20) of Russian President responsibility for the global consequences of the war in Ukraine. “If Vladimir Putin believes that after two years the world would…

Canada considers sanctions on “extremist” West Bank settlers

Canada is looking at imposing sanctions on “extremist” settlers in the West Bank, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, a day after the U.S. took action against four Israeli men accused of being involved in violence in the occupied…

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