Israeli aircraft and tanks have hit more than 70 targets in the Gaza strip, including five mosques, a football stadium and the home of the late leader of Hamas’ military wing, according to Palestinian police. At least seven Palestinians were reported killed in the new round of air strikes early[…]
With the current death toll in the Gaza Strip standing at just over 500, mostly civilian casualties, local aid group the Gift of the Givers (GOTG) have announced an initiative to dispatch medical volunteers to the war-torn region. Apart from a massive shortage of medical supplies, there is an urgent[…]
Some 500 people on Monday staged a silent protest in Tokyo against the bloodshed in Gaza, the biggest such gathering in the Japanese capital since the violence began early this month, organisers said. As night fell demonstrators holding candles formed huge letters spelling “Gaza” in a city park, and offered[…]
Israeli tank shells have struck a hospital in central Gaza, according to a health official and a doctor at the facility said. The health official said the shells killed at least four people and wounded 60, including 30 medical staff, at al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza on Monday. The Israeli[…]
US President Barack Obama called for an “immediate ceasefire” between Israel and Hamas on Sunday, after the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza raised the number of Palestinians killed to 476. The United Nations Security Council opened urgent talks on efforts to strike a ceasefire deal as Israel ramped up[…]
Hamas said Sunday it had accepted a proposal for a three-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza it said was made by the International Committee of the Red Cross. “The ICRC contacted (us) and offered to broker a three-hour humanitarian truce to enable ambulances to evacuate the dead and wounded and Hamas[…]
At least 40 Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza Sunday, sending thousands fleeing in terror on day 13 of the deadliest assault on the enclave in five years. The intensity of the bombardment prevented emergency services from accessing the area and dead bodies lay in the streets[…]
Sandton in Johannesburg was brought to a standstill as more than 7000 protesters gathered outside the Israeli embassy’s trade office on Friday. The vocal crowd called for Israeli Ambassador Arthur Lenk to be expelled and sent home to Israel. The protest comes in the wake of Israel’s brutal assault on the[…]
Relief aid organization Gift of the Givers (GOTG) is awaiting approval from authorities in Egypt before relief work on its emergency medical mission can begin. The NGO’s founder Dr Imtiaz Sooliman said they are preparing a medical mission to Gaza to take emergency medical specialist, trauma surgeons, doctors and a[…]
On his annual return to the Mother City, the South African ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, has spoken out against the escalating Israel-Palestine conflict. He questioned the motives behind Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip and expressed shock that a community still reeling from the atrocities of the[…]
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