Category: 2. Middle East

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has become catastrophic by all standards, UNICEF spokesperson, Dr Kazem Abu Khalaf, said yesterday.

During an interview on eXtra news television, Abu Khalaf added that what is happening in Gaza is a major tragedy occurring before the eyes and ears of the world, without any real action from the international community.

He explained that the differences between Jerusalem and Gaza are significant, noting that Gaza is…

The Israeli occupation army today ordered all Yemenis near Sanaa International Airport to evacuate immediately ahead of possible air strikes.

Using a map, Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X: “To all those present in the area of Sanaa International Airport, as shown in the attached map.”

“We urge you to evacuate the airport area – Sanaa International Airport – immediately, and to warn everyone around you to do the same without delay,”…

The National Salvation Front (NSFT) in Tunisia has condemned the trial of several political figures in the case known as “Conspiracy Against State Security 2”.

In a statement issued yesterday, the front said: “On Tuesday, a number of political leaders are set to appear before the Counter-Terrorism Chamber at the Tunis Court of First Instance, including Sheikh Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda Movement, former Prime Minister Youssef Chahed, and Nadia…

US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy predicts that more Arab countries will normalise relations with Israel as part of the so-called “Abraham Accords”.

“We think [we] will have some, or a lot of announcements, very, very shortly, which we hope will yield great progress by next year,” Steve Witkoff said during an event organised by the Israeli Embassy in Washington yesterday night, as cited by the Jewish Insider.

The event was held to mark the…

Dozens of former Eurovision contestants have signed an open letter urging the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) to ban Israel and its public broadcaster from this year’s contest, accusing it of whitewashing alleged war crimes in Gaza.

The letter blasted last year’s Eurovision in Sweden as “the most politicised, chaotic and unpleasant in the competition’s history,” and accused Israeli public broadcaster KAN of being “complicit in Israel’s genocide…

Qatar said today that mediation efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire are ongoing “despite the difficult situation.”

“The Qatari, Egyptian, and US mediation is focused on ending the catastrophic war in Gaza,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told a news briefing in Doha, without providing specific details.

He said previous mediation efforts “have led to the release of more hostages than what was achieved through military operations.”

The Qatari…

US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will provide assistance to help ensure food reaches Palestinians in Gaza, while avoiding criticising Israel’s role in restricting the delivery of lifesaving aid.

Speaking at a White House event yesterday, Trump was asked about the severe difficulties Palestinians in Gaza face to access food due to the ongoing Israeli blockade.

“Hamas is making it impossible, because they’re taking everything…

The Palestinian government yesterday rejected the Israeli-proposed mechanism for distributing humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, warning against attempts to eliminate the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and other Palestinian humanitarian institutions.

In a statement issued by the Palestinian Cabinet, the government stressed its firm opposition to any actions aimed at undermining the work of UNRWA or Palestinian…

Israeli fighter jets launched a series of airstrikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa targeting Houthi infrastructure at the city’s lone airport, less than a day after similar strikes in the port city of Hodeidah.

Yemeni news agency SABA cited a local source as saying that the attack, which it described as “US-Israeli aggression,” targeted the Sanaa International Airport, the Dhahaban power station in the Bani al-Harith district in the north of Sanaa and the Attan area.

A US official told…

Israel has sharply criticised US airlines for suspending flights to Tel Aviv following the Houthi missile strike on Ben Gurion airport over the weekend, according to local media.

The strike, claimed by Yemen’s Houthi group, targeted the airport, leaving thousands of Israeli travellers stranded abroad and prompting several international airlines to suspend their flights to Israel.

Israel’s Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, criticised US airlines for