Over 800 US and European government employees on Friday demanded an end to the diplomatic and military support their countries provide to Israel. This was conveyed in a joint statement in which employees opposed their countries’ support for the Israeli government in its war on the Gaza Strip. The employees[…]
Israeli occupation forces intensified their attacks last night in the southern Gaza city of Rafah as their fighter jets struck three homes, killing 24 and wounding dozens, the Ministry of Health announced. Rafah is densely populated with displaced people from all around the besieged Gaza Strip. On Friday, Israeli Defence Minister[…]
Israeli forces shelled the outskirts of the last refuge on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip on Friday, where the displaced population, penned against the border fence in their hundreds of thousands, feared a new assault with nowhere left to flee, Reuters reports. More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents[…]
A strike on Syria’s capital Damascus, seemingly carried out by Israel, has killed the intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC), in the latest such assassination of a senior Iranian military advisor within Syria. The strike on Damascus today hit the city’s Mazzeh neighbourhood, a high-security zone which[…]
By Ragheema Mclean South Africa filed an application at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to begin proceedings against Israel for its brutal attacks against Palestinians, the court said on Friday. In its application, the government said Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to “genocide and ethnic cleansing.” According to the[…]
One more journalist was killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli attacks, the government media office said in a statement published Sunday, bringing the total number of journalists killed in the Palestinian enclave since 7 October to 101, Anadolu Agency reports. “Fellow journalist, martyr Ahmed Jamal Al-Madhoun, deputy director of[…]
The United States hinted, on Friday, at disagreement with Israel over how quickly to scale down the war in Gaza, with President Joe Biden’s national security adviser saying such timing was now the subject of “intensive discussion” between the allies, Reuters reports. With intense ground fighting having expanded this month across the length of[…]
By Daanyaal Matthews Since October 7th, the Israeli government has claimed legitimacy for its carpet bombing of the Gaza Strip, arguing that the state of Israel has the right to defend itself. This ‘right’ has been queried by many, particularly in relation to the response of the Israeli government that[…]
South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile says the world must never get tired in supporting the Palestinian cause. Mashatile represented South Africa at the inaugural Saudi-African summit in Riyadh. He also called for cessation of hostilities in Gaza as the conflict intensifies. Mashatile sat down with SABC International Relations reporter[…]
By Kouthar Sambo It has been 31 consecutive days and counting since the surprise attack launched by the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, on 7 October. So far, the ongoing aggressions by Israeli occupation forces have escalated at an exponential rate in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals, schools, places of worship, shelters,[…]
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