Category: 2. Middle East

Israel bombed Al-Durrah Children’s Hospital, east of Gaza City, at dawn on Wednesday, destroying the hospital’s solar panels, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemned the targeting of the children’s hospital. It pointed out that the Israeli attack caused significant damage to the intensive care unit and the alternative power system inside the healthcare facility.

“The occupation state has not only…

Lebanon has secured a $250 million loan from the World Bank to address chronic electricity shortages, with preliminary approval granted to expand the package to $400 million, the country’s Finance Ministry confirmed this week.

According to Reuters, the funding comes as part of a broader $1 billion reconstruction programme unveiled by the World Bank in March, designed to help Lebanon recover from both long-standing infrastructural decay and the devastation…

Displaced Palestinians in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, are suffering from extremely dire health conditions due to piles of domestic waste and rubbish, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported.

Um Yasser Dawoud, who lives in one of the tents there, is an asthma patient. Her health has worsened due to the stench of waste and sewage that blows in with every gust of air. “This place has become a source of diseases,” she…

The United States has deported to Rwanda a resettled Iraqi refugee who it long tried to extradite in response to Iraqi government claims that he worked for Daesh, Reuters reported according to a US official and an internal email.

Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, who was granted refugee status in the US in 2014, denied Iraqi charges that he murdered a police officer as a Daesh operative, and a judge found in 2021 that the version of events in the case against him was…

In Gaza, where hunger gnaws and hope runs thin, flour and bread are so scarce that they are carefully divided by families clinging to survival.

“Because the crossing points are closed, there’s no more gas and no flour, and no firewood coming in,” said Umm Mohammed Issa, a volunteer helping to make bread with the few resources still available.

Israel resumed military operations in the Palestinian territory in mid-March, shattering weeks of relative calm brought by a fragile ceasefire.

The…

The armed wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, released a video message on Wednesday afternoon showing an Israeli captive currently held in Gaza, the Palestinian Information Centre has reported. The footage shows Omri Miran lighting a candle on what he described as his “second birthday” in captivity.

“This is my second birthday here. I can’t say I’m celebrating; it’s just another day in captivity,” said Miran. “I made this cake for the occasion, but…

A group of extremist Jewish settlers this morning stormed Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley and opened fire at local residents, injuring five of them.

According to Al Jazeera Net, armed settlers set fire to a tent, a sheep shelter and swaths of cultivated land and opened fire at Bardala villagers who tried to defend themselves and their property.

The settlers also prevented fire trucks from entering the area to extinguish the flames, while Israeli…

Palestinian patients in Gaza are emerging as among the hardest-hit victims of Israel’s suffocating blockade, with critical medicine and medical supply shortages now pushing countless lives to the brink, Anadolu has reported.

The prolonged closure of border crossings since 2 March has depleted hospitals of essential resources, creating life-or-death crises for those requiring treatment, from chronic illnesses to war wounds.

The Health Ministry in Gaza has warned…

Hamas will reportedly present a five-point proposal during upcoming talks in Cairo, aiming at securing a long-term ceasefire and a comprehensive agreement with Israel, a senior source from the movement revealed.

The plan includes a prisoner exchange, a five-year truce and international and regional guarantees.

According to media reports, the first item on the proposal is a comprehensive prisoner exchange where all Israeli captives held in Gaza would be released…