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  • Israel identifies body of hostage Idan Shtivi retrieved from Gaza

    Israel identifies body of hostage Idan Shtivi retrieved from Gaza

    (Reuters) -Israel identified the body of hostage Idan Shtivi, recovered from the Gaza Strip in a military operation this week that retrieved the remains of two hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday.

    Netanyahu’s office had announced on Friday the retrieval of Ilan Weiss’s body along with the remains of another hostage, whose identity is now known to be that of Shtivi but had not been disclosed at the time.

    With Weiss and Shtivi’s bodies recovered, Israel says 48…

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    News Source: www.al-monitor.com

  • Seven out of ten pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza suffer from malnutrition

    Seven out of ten pregnant and breastfeeding women in Gaza suffer from malnutrition

    GAZA, (PIC)

    ActionAid International warned on Saturday about the alarming rise in malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding women in the Gaza Strip, confirming that 70 to 75% of the 300 women who visit Al-Awda Hospital daily, an ActionAid partner, are suffering from food shortages and a lack of essential supplements for pregnancy.

    The organization stated that it received testimonies from doctors and pregnant women in Gaza about the complications resulting from hunger and the lack…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • UNRWA warns of a lost generation: 660,000 Gazan children are out of school

    UNRWA warns of a lost generation: 660,000 Gazan children are out of school

    GAZA, (PIC)

    The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) affirmed on Saturday that children in the Gaza Strip have the right to education, while highlighting that 660,000 children remain out of school for the third consecutive year, a direct result of the ongoing genocidal war by Israel now entering its 23rd month.

    The UN agency described the conflict in Gaza as “a war on children that must end. Children must be protected at all times,” warning that…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Global media campaign set for September to protest IOF killing of Palestinian journalists

    Global media campaign set for September to protest IOF killing of Palestinian journalists

    GAZA, (PIC)

    Reporters Without Borders, in collaboration with the Avaaz platform, will launch an unprecedented global media campaign on September 1 to protest the Israeli targeting of Palestinian journalists in Gaza.

    The campaign, which includes participation from The New Arab website, calls on media organizations worldwide to blackout front pages, websites, and broadcast outlets while delivering a unified message demanding an end to attacks on journalists and ensuring unrestricted…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • Hamas mourns Yemeni Prime Minister, affirms unity of blood and destiny

    Hamas mourns Yemeni Prime Minister, affirms unity of blood and destiny

    GAZA, (PIC)

    The Hamas Movement on Saturday mourned the martyrdom of Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Ghaleb Al-Rahwi and several of his ministers, who were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the capital, Sana’a, last Thursday.

    In a press statement, Hamas said the targeting of Al-Rahwi and his colleagues represents “a heinous crime and a blatant violation of the sovereignty of an Arab state,” affirming that the blood of the Yemeni martyrs “has merged with the blood of…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • PPS: IOA persists in the crime of forced disappearance of Gaza detainees

    PPS: IOA persists in the crime of forced disappearance of Gaza detainees

    RAMALLAH, (PIC)

    The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) reported on Saturday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) continues to commit the crime of forced disappearance, one of the most prominent features of the ongoing genocide that has targeted Gaza for nearly two years.

    In a statement marking the “International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances,” the PPS said that thousands of Gaza residents, including women and children, have been subjected to this crime,…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • 19 people killed in Israeli airstrike on residential building, bakery

    19 people killed in Israeli airstrike on residential building, bakery

    GAZA, (PIC)

    The Israeli occupation forces committed a brutal massacre targeting displaced civilians in Gaza City, resulting in dozens of deaths and injuries, along with widespread destruction of buildings, homes, and shops.

    Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombarded a residential building without warning in the northern Al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.

    According to a spokesperson from the emergency department at Al-Shifa Medical Complex, the facility received 7…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • UN warns of mass famine in Gaza as international calls grow for unrestricted entry of aid

    UN warns of mass famine in Gaza as international calls grow for unrestricted entry of aid

    GAZA, (PIC)

    The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that nearly one million people in northern Gaza face imminent displacement amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on the city, which has been officially designated a “high-risk combat zone.”

    UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said the ongoing Israeli military operations “could have even more catastrophic consequences for civilians across the Gaza Strip if their intensity…

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    News Source: english.palinfo.com

  • ‘We are on the streets’: Palestinians flee Israel’s assault on Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    ‘We are on the streets’: Palestinians flee Israel’s assault on Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News

    Hundreds of Palestinians have fled Gaza City, piling their few remaining possessions onto pick-up trucks and donkey carts as Israel’s deadly bombings and forced displacement campaign intensifies in the area.

    Families fleeing the Israeli military’s relentless bombardment have begun setting up makeshift tents amid miserable conditions in an area west of central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, to the south of Gaza City near Deir el-Balah.

    Most of them have…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • What’s behind widespread unrest in Indonesia? | Protests News

    What’s behind widespread unrest in Indonesia? | Protests News

    Violence spreads after police vehicle kills delivery driver on motorcycle.

    Violence has broken out on the streets of Indonesia after a motorcycle taxi driver was run over and killed by police.

    The president has apologised and appealed for calm, but protests continue.

    What’s driving the anger, and how will the government respond?

    Presenter: Adrian Finighan

    Guests:

    Abigail Limuria – Cofounder of What Is Up Indonesia?, a digital media platform that unpacks Indonesian sociopolitics

    Vedi Hadiz –…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com