Category: 2. Middle East

Israel’s justification for bombing the European Hospital in Gaza has been debunked by Sky News’ Data and Forensics Team which contradicted the Israeli occupation military’s claims that the hospital housed an underground Hamas base. The strike, which killed at least 16 people, is part of a larger pattern of attacks on Gaza’s health infrastructure, with dozens of hospitals and medical centres damaged or destroyed over the past 19 months.

Israel claimed on…

Alana Hadid, the older sister of supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid, has helped set up a new film streaming platform to bring Palestinian perspectives to a global audience, its founders confirmed Thursday.

Watermelon+ was launched at the Cannes film festival as more than 100 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Thursday. At least 80 died on Wednesday.

“Unless we get (Palestinian) voices out there, nothing’s going to change,” said Badie Ali, one of two US-born Palestinian brothers who…

Switzerland today voiced alarm over the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza and called on Israel to immediately lift its blockade to allow life-saving aid to reach the civilian population facing the risk of famine.

“Switzerland is alarmed by the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza and the reported risks of famine. Israel has to lift the blockade now,” the Swiss Foreign Ministry said in a post on X.

The ministry was referring to the latest analysis by the…

Nael Barghouti, the world’s longest-serving political prisoner, has described the Israeli occupation’s prisons as “graveyards” and condemned the world’s “disgraceful” silence about the Palestinians’ endless suffering.

In a statement issued yesterday, 65-year-old Barghouti, who was freed in February as part of a prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, said the world’s overwhelming attention when it comes to the release of Israeli captives…

A court in Mauritania yesterday sentenced former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, according to an Anadolu correspondent.

The ruling was issued during a session dedicated to announcing the verdict in the “Decade of Corruption” case, referring to Ould Abdel Aziz’s ten-year rule, in which he and several of his senior officials were charged.

The court also ordered the dissolution of the Al-Rahma Charity…