Category: 2. Middle East

An Israeli airstrike on Friday 18 April, targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing several members of the Abu Akar family, including children.

The strike destroyed the makeshift shelter, rendering it uninhabitable.

Earlier in the day, at least 25 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting residential areas across the northern and southern Gaza Strip, including two major attacks…

At least 35 civilians were killed and 40 others wounded after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shelled residential neighborhoods in the city of El-Fasher, North Darfur, the Sudanese army announced on Friday; reports Anadolu Agency.

In a statement, the army’s 6th Infantry Division stationed in El-Fasher said the RSF launched “indiscriminate and scattered artillery shelling” on Thursday, targeting populated areas across the city.

The bombardment, according to…

Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel’s complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in place since March 2.

The appeal from the militants comes after the United Nations warned of worsening conditions and shortages of medicine and other essentials.

“The international community is required to intervene immediately and exert the necessary pressure to end the unjust blockade imposed on our people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas’s chief…

The 16th International Opera Festival, organised by the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry’s State Opera and Ballet, will feature a rich variety of performance with international and local talent alike from 10 May to 3 June.

The festival will present 11 productions, including appearances by international guest artists and ensembles worldwide, across 20 performances.

After breaking attendance records in recent years and attracting audiences of all ages, this…

The Israeli occupation, with support from the United States, is blackmailing the Palestinians to release its captives without a prisoner swap deal and without any compensation while it continues to commit crimes of genocide, starvation, and destroying health facilities in Gaza, a Yemeni Houthi leader has said.

Abdulmalik al-Houthi said Thursday that Israel has been starving the Palestinian for almost two months, creating terrible suffering for the people of Gaza,…

The new US ambassador to Israel prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday, delivering a handwritten message from President Donald Trump calling for peace in Israel.

Mike Huckabee, a former Republican governor, has long been an outspoken supporter of Israel, backing calls to annex the Israeli-occupied West Bank before such talk became increasingly mainstream.

He presented his diplomatic credentials to Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday, as Israel’s 18-month war against Hamas…

Spain has renewed its support for the autonomy plan proposed by Morocco in 2007, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday.

A statement issued by the ministry said this came during a meeting between Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita with his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares held in Madrid, as part of a European tour that also includes France, Croatia, and Hungary.

The Moroccan foreign ministry statement quoted the Spanish minister as…

The number of Israelis signing petitions demanding the return of captives from Gaza, even if that means halting the ongoing war on Palestinians, has swelled to 128,000, with nearly 50 petitions currently circulating.

According to the Restart Israel platform, which publishes petitions for Israelis to sign, the number of signatories on Friday reached 128,114, up considerably from 120,000 on Thursday.

The platform also said the number of petitions in circulation…

By seizing large swathes of the Gaza Strip, Israel is redrawing the map of the Palestinian territory, one of the most densely populated places on Earth, making it increasingly “unlivable”.

On Wednesday, Defence Minister Israel Katz said the military has transformed vast areas representing 30 percent of Gaza into buffer zones and displaced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.

Agnes Levallois, lecturer at the Foundation for Strategic Research, said that leaving the buffer zones cleared and…

Recent UN data revealed that one in ten bombs dropped by Israeli army forces on the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on 7 October 2023 has failed to explode, posing ongoing threats to the Palestinians lives there, especially given the high population density and the return of some families to destroyed areas.

According to the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS), these unexploded bombs cause tragic accidents.

At least 23 people have been killed and 162…