Category: 1. Palestine

GAZA, (PIC)

The Civil Defense in Gaza announced on Monday evening that fuel supplies for operating its firefighting, rescue, and ambulance vehicles in the southern governorates of the Gaza Strip have been exhausted, resulting in the suspension of 8 out of 12 vehicles.

The Civil Defense warned that its humanitarian interventions and responses to citizens’ distress calls in these governorates would now be severely limited, with only four vehicles remaining operational. This situation…

GAZA, (PIC)

The Hamas Movement stated that it welcomes the convening of hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to discuss Israel’s obligations towards the Palestinian people besieged in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement issued Monday, Hamas stressed the importance of these deliberations as a step towards holding Israel accountable for its ongoing crimes in Gaza over the past 18 months.

The Movement praised the ICJ’s highlighting, through its proceedings, of the…

RAMALLAH, (PIC)

A Palestinian child was injured by live Israeli fire during a military raid into the Um Al-Sharayet neighborhood in Al-Bireh on Monday evening, while a young man was arrested during a separate raid in Al-Eizariya, northeast of Occupied Jerusalem.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated, in a brief announcement, that a 17-year-old boy was wounded by live ammunition during the Israeli incursion into Um Al-Sharayet in Al-Bireh.

Local sources reported that the…

mass blackout across Spain and Portugal left people stranded at train stations, airports, and in traffic on Monday. Millions of people were affected. The cause of the blackout remained unclear as officials rushed to restore power.

The Hague is hearing another case against Israel in what could be a test of Israeli defiance of international law.

The International Court of Justice is holding hearings this week to determine what responsibilities Israel has to ensure aid gets to Palestinians in territory it occupies.

But Israel has shown in the past it has no issue with ignoring international law or court rulings.

So will any of these decisions have an impact on the 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza struggling to find food…

The announcement comes amid a legal battle over the government’s decision to fire the top security official last month.

Israel’s domestic security chief Ronen Bar has said he would stand down on June 15, following weeks of boiling tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who cited a lack of trust as he attempted to fire Bar in a move that sparked mass protests.

The two men have publicly traded accusations and counteraccusations. Political turmoil ensued, but Netanyahu’s survival…

Major power outages across large areas of Spain and Portugal, as well as parts of southern France, knocked out traffic lights and disrupted public transportation and airport operations on Monday.

Officials did not say what caused the outages, but several denied any foul play.

“Grid operators in both countries [Spain and Portugal] are working on finding the cause, and on restoring the electricity supply,” the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, wrote in a post on X.

Costa…

Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- A new report by Israeli Channel 13, translated by Drop Site News, has revealed that Biden administration officials admitted they never pressured Israel to end its genocide in Gaza.

The Channel 13 investigation showed that despite more than 30,000 Palestinian deaths, Biden aides continued to back Israel without enforcing a ceasefire. Israeli leaders openly bragged about using the administration’s support to prolong the genocide until Donald…