Category: 1. Palestine

The catastrophe unfolding in Gaza cannot be understood solely through the lens of humanitarian crisis. What we are witnessing is not just a tragic consequence of war, but the deliberate use of starvation as a tool of political and demographic control. This strategy, designed to dismantle Palestinian society, amounts to a form of structural genocide.

The Israeli military and political leadership, in its pursuit of dominance and the erasure of Palestinian national aspirations, has moved beyond…

No casualties in Greece as fires in southern Crete and the port of Rafina are put out; two die after blaze in western Turkiye.

A wildfire on the Greek island of Crete that forced the evacuation of 5,000 people has been extinguished, officials say.

Some 230 firefighters and six helicopters worked at the scene near the resort town of Ierapetra, where residents had to leave their homes and visitors their accommodation on Wednesday evening.

Reporting from the nearby village of Agia Fotia, Al…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

As Gaza’s population surges by 50%, the city faces environmental disaster and near-total breakdown of basic services.

The Gaza Municipality confirmed on Friday that the escalating displacement crisis and severe shortage of resources are worsening the city’s already dire humanitarian situation. 

The statement comes amid mounting international criticism of “death…

Islamabad has blamed India for backing groups that carry out attacks in Pakistan, something New Delhi denies.

Pakistan’s army has said it has killed 30 fighters who tried to cross the border from Afghanistan, just days after a suicide attack in the same region killed 16 Pakistani soldiers.

The fighters, who all died in the last three days, belonged to the Pakistan Taliban or its affiliates, according to the Pakistani military, which praised its troops for preventing “a potential…

India and Pakistan – nuclear-armed neighbours – have gone to war before. But a brief, intense battle in May this year marked a dramatic shift in their equations.

India says it has drawn a new red line – that every act of terror it believes has come from Pakistan will be treated as an act of war.

In this series – a first of its kind on Al Jazeera – journalist Sreenivasan Jain interviews leading voices from both sides of the border and examines what India’s new normal – which…

A source close to Hamas said the group seeks guarantees that the proposal will lead to an end to the war in Gaza.

The Palestinian group Hamas has said it is in consultations with various Palestinian factions about the latest ceasefire proposal for Gaza, as Israel’s relentless bombardment of the besieged enclave enters its 21st month.

The Hamas statement early on Friday said: “In the context of the movement’s commitment to ending the Zionist aggression against our people and ensuring the…