Category: 2. Middle East

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in London and Berlin on Saturday calling for an end to the war in Gaza, amid concerns that the Iran-Israel conflict could spark wider regional devastation.

Protesters in the British capital waved Palestinian flags, donned keffiyeh scarves and carried signs including “Stop arming Israel” and “No war on Iran” as they marched in the sweltering heat.

“It’s important to remember that people are suffering in Gaza. I fear all the focus will be…

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in European cities Saturday calling for an end to the war in Gaza, amid concerns the Iran-Israel conflict could spark wider regional devastation.

In London, AFP journalists saw tens of thousands of protesters, who waved Palestinian flags as they marched through the British capital clad in keffiyeh scarves.

In Berlin, more than 10,000 people gathered in the centre of the city in support of Gaza, according to police figures.

And in the Swiss…

WASHINGTON – As many as six stealth B-2 bombers departed their home at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and headed west over the Pacific, Al-Monitor can confirm, as the White House threatens to join Israel’s strike campaign against Iran.

Open-source tracking sites picked up at least six B-2s flying under the callsign MYTEE over the west coast of the United States early on Saturday.

KC-46 refueling tankers were also airborne as they flew off the coast of California, while KC-146s tankers…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli fire killed at least 12 people on Saturday, including eight who had gathered near aid distribution sites in the Palestinian territory suffering severe food shortages.

Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that three people were killed by gunfire from Israeli forces while waiting to collect aid in the southern Gaza Strip.

In a separate incident, Bassal said five people were killed in a central area known as the Netzarim corridor, where thousands…

Iranian authorities have arrested nine people in the southwestern province of Bushehr on suspicion of having ties to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and their alleged involvement in provocative activities aimed at stirring public unrest, according to Iranian news agency Tasnim, Anadolu reports.

The arrests were confirmed on Saturday by Heydar Sousani, the security chief of Bushehr.

He told Tasnim that following investigations, the suspects were found…

The United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA will open an office in Ankara, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, urging Muslim countries to give the agency more support after Israel banned it, Reuters reports.

Israel last year banned UNRWA, saying it had employed members of Palestinian militant group Hamas who took part in the October 2023 attacks on Israel that triggered the Gaza war.

Turkey has called Israel’s assault on Gaza genocide and its…

At least 55,908 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

A ministry statement said that 202 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 48 hours, while 1,037 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 131,138 in the Israeli onslaught.

“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Gaza’s…

Israel’s rescue services said Saturday that an Iranian drone had struck a residential building in the north of the country following a wave of attacks reported by the military.

“A drone strike hit a two-storey residential building in northern Israel”, the Magen David Adom said in a statement, referring to an impact site in the Beit She’an valley by the northeastern border with Jordan.

Israel’s sophisticated air defences have intercepted more than 450 missiles fired at the country by Iran,…