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British singer Yusuf Islam has strongly criticised Israel’s actions in Gaza, denouncing the use of starvation as a tactic and stating, “Those who harm children are cursed by Jesus.”

In a post on X on Thursday, he made his remark, attaching a photo taken last week by Anadolu Agency photographer Ali Jadallah. The image shows two-year-old Yazan Abu Foull, who is suffering from malnutrition in Gaza.

Yusuf Islam, born on 21 July 1948, is a British singer and…

France will suspend its programme to receive Palestinians from conflict-torn Gaza pending the outcome of an investigation into how a student accused of sharing antisemitic posts was allowed into the country, the French foreign minister said Friday.

The move comes after officials said the female student from Gaza will have to leave France after the Sciences Po university in the northern city of Lille revoked her accreditation over the online posts.

“No evacuation of any kind will take place…

A senior Hamas official has described the visit of US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to Gaza as a “publicity stunt” aimed at containing growing anger over US-Israeli involvement in the ongoing starvation of people in the Strip.

In a statement on Thursday, Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said:
“Witkoff only sees in Gaza what the Israeli occupation wants him to see. He views the ongoing tragedy through a distorted Israeli lens.”

He…