Category: 2. Middle East

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday slammed the international community for turning a blind eye to widespread starvation in the Gaza Strip, calling it a “moral crisis that challenges the global conscience.”

“I cannot explain the level of indifference and inaction we see by too many in the international community — the lack of compassion, the lack of truth, the lack of humanity,” Guterres told Amnesty International’s global assembly via video link.

“This is not just a humanitarian…

Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said Friday that its fighters targeted an Israeli armored vehicle in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the group said its fighters struck a “Zionist Namer armored personnel carrier with a Yassin-105 shell while a soldier was on board,” near the intersection of Street 5 in the Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, north of Khan Younis.

The attack comes as part of ongoing Palestinian resistance to Israel’s…

The leaders of the so-called E3 group of France, Britain and Germany called on Friday for an end to the war in Gaza through a an immediate ceasefire and said they were committed to supporting diplomatic efforts by the United States, Qatar and Egypt, Reuters reports.

“The humanitarian catastrophe that we are witnessing in Gaza must end now…We firmly oppose all efforts to impose Israeli sovereignty over the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” the leaders of…

The UN said Friday it is prepared to cooperate with the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) as long as globally recognized humanitarian principles are respected, Anadolu reports.

UN spokesperson Stephanie Tremblay confirmed at a news conference that UN relief chief Tom Fletcher sent a letter to the head of the foundation, outlining the UN’s position.

“In the letter, Mr. Fletcher reiterated that the UN stands ready to engage with any…

Thirty-four former European Union ambassadors published an open letter on social media calling for immediate action against Israel for its “unlawful” actions in Gaza and the West Bank, Anadolu reports.

“While continuing to call unceasingly for the return of the hostages, a permanent ceasefire and the end to the war, the European Union, long a champion of human rights and the rule of law, must act now in the name of international law, humanity, and justice…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel is discussing “alternative options” with the US to retrieve hostages held in the Gaza Strip and to end Hamas’ rule, Anadolu reports.

“Together with our U.S. allies, we are now considering alternative options to bring our hostages home, end Hamas’s terror rule, and secure lasting peace for Israel and our region,” Netanyahu’s office claimed on X.

Netanyahu did not specify the nature of the alternatives under…

Lebanese activist Georges Abdallah arrived in Beirut on Friday after spending 41 years in French prisons, following his conviction in the 1980s over the assassination of an Israeli and an American diplomat and charges related to illegal weapons possession, Anadolu reports.

The 74-year-old pro-Palestinian activist landed at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on an Air France flight, according to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA).

Dozens of…

Israeli forces are targeting Palestinians in Gaza in specific areas, “almost like a game of target practice,” according to a British doctor who recently returned from the besieged enclave, Anadolu reports.

In an interview with Sky News, Nick Maynard, who spent four weeks working inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where a lack of food has left medics struggling to treat children and toddlers, said that there is “profound malnutrition” among the…