By Kouthar Sambo The University of Cape Town (UCT)4Palestine launched a teach-in academic boycott on Monday regarding UCT’s alleged complicity in the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Speaking on VOC’s News Beat show on Tuesday, a member of the UCT Palestinian Solidarity Forum (PSF) Malaika Khan said listening to the Palestinian[…]
By Kouthar Sambo The Palestinian resistance group Hamas condemned the horrific scenes that played out of the new mass grave that was discovered on Monday in one of the courtyards of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex. This comes after the complex contained several decomposed bodies, which were left by the Israeli[…]
Businesses, roads and homes in Margate, on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, suffered damage last night due to flooding triggered by severe thunderstorms. The provincial Cooperative Governance Department (Cogta) confirmed in a statement that no injuries have been reported thus far. However, disaster management teams from Durban, down the South Coast, have[…]
An aid conference in Paris to generate funds for Sudan will hopefully raise “well over a billion euros,” a French diplomatic source said on Monday. The US, EU, France and Germany are making fresh commitments, Reuters has reported. The EU will pledge €350 million, while France will add €110m, said three sources.[…]
At least five Palestinians sustained various injuries in an Israeli air strike targeting a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip today. Israeli warplanes struck the vicinity of the Gaza European Hospital south of Khan Yunis, resulting in the injuries of five people, Palestine’s official news agency Wafa quoted medical sources as saying.[…]
Jordan and Iraq reopened their airspace today after closing it late yesterday as Iran launched drone and missile attacks against Israel, both countries said this morning. Jordan’s state TV said the country had resumed air traffic operations, citing aviation authorities. The opening of its airspace came more than three hours earlier than[…]
At least 52 more Palestinians were killed and 95 others injured over the last 24 hours as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 52[…]
A barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday evening, Anadolu Agency reports. “Heavy missile fire was directed towards Galilee, along with several sirens sounding amid concerns of aircraft penetration into Israeli territory,” reported Israeli daily, Maariv. “Sirens were activated in[…]
“It’s a ceasefire negotiation and not a prisoner deal negotiation. The prisoner’s deal is one of the items to be negotiated. Why do we fall into the trap set by Netanyahu?” This is according to the Member of the Palestinian resistance group of Hamas in Gaza, Dr Basem Naim. The[…]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland have called for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza, Anadolu news agency reported. In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Lavrov and Wennesland met on Wednesday evening and discussed[…]
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