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March 31, 2024 10:45 AM

US approves additional bombs, warplanes sales to Israel

The Biden administration has quietly sanctioned the transfer of billions of dollars of bombs and fighter jets to Israel, signalling its unwavering support for Israel's defence strategies. The recent authorizations include a substantial arsenal of munitions, comprising over 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, as confirmed by Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter. The decision to greenlight such significant weaponry raises eyebrows, particularly g...

March 28, 2024 3:40 PM

Famine imminent in north Gaza: World Food Program

Famine is imminent in northern Gaza, said the World Food Program (WFP). Malnutrition among children is proceeding at a record pace, and one of three children below the age of two is now acutely malnourished or "wasted." Some 70 percent of the population in north Gaza is facing catastrophic hunger. Parents are not eating for days at time so that their children can. "There is nowhere else in the world where so many people face imminent famine. Here in Gaza City we're at the epicenter of the cri...

March 27, 2024 12:48 PM

Negotiations on Gaza ceasefire deal ongoing with no timeline for agreement: Qatari foreign ministry

The negotiations on a Gaza ceasefire deal are still ongoing, but Qatar cannot offer any timeline on an agreement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. Majed Al-Ansari, spokesman of the ministry said at a media briefing that regardless of the comings and goings of negotiating parties, the meetings are still ongoing in Qatari capital Doha. He denied the allegations that one of the teams had pulled out of the negotiations. Qatar, as a mediator in the Gaza conflict, will continue to cooper...

April 1, 2024 11:38 AM

UN chief calls for opening more entry points to allow aid into besieged Gaza

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that more access points are urgently needed in Gaza to allow aid into the besieged enclave. Speaking in Jordan on Tuesday, Guterres welcomed the Security Council's call for a ceasefire in Gaza but also pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Gaza, particularly in the north, remains extremely dire with many children dying of hunger. He called for additional crossings to be opened to ensure humanitarian supplies can enter Gaza "withou...

September 16, 2024 5:00 PM

Blinken heads to Egypt for Gaza ceasefire talks

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Saudi Arabia for Egypt on Thursday after meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the port city of Jeddah on Wednesday, where they discussed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabian media reported. Blinken is scheduled to meet with the foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Jordan, the UAE's international cooperation minister and a top Palestinian official in Cairo, according to an Egyptian foreign m...

March 19, 2024 11:31 AM

Gaza faces mass death, food crisis surpasses famine levels, warns monitor

Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said on Monday. The Integrated Food-Security Phase Classification (IPC), whose assessments are relied on by U.N. agencies, said 70% of people in parts of northern Gaza were suffering the most severe level of food shortage, more than triple the 20% threshold to be considered f...

September 16, 2024 4:59 PM

Netanyahu says Israel to press on with Rafah assault plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would keep on with the military campaign against Hamas in Gaza, where aid agencies say famine is looming, while ceasefire talks were set to resume. Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting that Israel would push into Rafah, the last relatively safe place in the tiny, crowded Gaza enclave after more than five months of war, despite international pressure for Israel to avoid civilian casualties. "We will operate in Rafah. This will take several...