Category: 2. Middle East

An Israeli air strike killed another Palestinian journalist in Gaza on Sunday, pushing up the overall death toll since October 2023 to 220, local authorities said, Anadolu reports.

Hassan Majdi Abu Warda, director of the Barq Gaza news agency, was killed, along with a number of his family members, in the strike that targeted their home in Jabalia Nazla neighborhood in northern Gaza, the government media office said.

The office condemned Israel’s systematic…

The international community should look to sanction Israel to stop the war in Gaza, Spain’s foreign minister said, as European and Arab nations gathered in Madrid on Sunday to urge a halt to its offensive.

Some of Israel’s longstanding allies have added their voices to growing international pressure after it expanded military operations against Gaza’s Hamas rulers, whose 2023 attack on Israel sparked the devastating war.

A two-month aid blockade has worsened shortages of food, water, fuel and…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu selected an “obscure” and “inexperienced” US company to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip behind the back of security agencies, Israeli media said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

According to Haaretz, Netanyahu’s Military Secretary Roman Gofman enlisted SRS to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza “without tender and proper procedure.”

Israeli businesspeople and reservist officers back the US…

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) called Sunday for the entry of hundreds of aid trucks into the Gaza Strip to ease starvation in the war-torn enclave, Anadolu reports.

“A meaningful and uninterrupted flow of aid into Gaza is the only way to prevent the current disaster from spiraling further,” the UN agency said in a statement on X.

“The least needed is 500-600 trucks every day managed through the UN, including UNRWA. The people of Gaza cannot…

Malaysia on Sunday condemned Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip, saying it reflected “indifference and double standards” on the plight of Palestinian people, Anadolu reports.

“They are a direct result of the erosion of the sanctity of international law,” Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said in his opening statement at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting that opened in Kuala Lumpur ahead of the bloc’s 46th summit on Monday.

Mohamad’s remarks came…

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto hailed China for its “consistent” support of the Palestinian people, and solidarity with developing nations in their struggle against “imperialism, colonialism, and apartheid, ” Anadolu reports.

Addressing the Indonesia-China Business Reception in Jakarta, an event also attended by Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Prabow praised Beijing’s “commitment to humanitarian values, both during its early stages of development and…

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan arrived Saturday in Spain for meetings about the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry said bin Farhan arrived in Madrid for the “expanded meeting of the ministerial committee assigned by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit regarding developments in the Gaza Strip, the Madrid Group, and several European countries.”

It is set to discuss “developments in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, along…

Simon Harris, Ireland’s tanaiste (deputy prime minister) and minister of foreign affairs, trade, and defense, announced on Saturday that the country will move forward with legislation suspending trade with Israeli firms based in the occupied Palestinian territories, Anadolu reports.

In a post on X, Harris said the Irish government will seek a formal decision on the legislation on Tuesday, and he hopes that the Committee on Foreign Affairs will begin reviewing…