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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 5:11 PM

32,552 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, health ministry says

At least 32,552 Palestinians have been killed and 74,980 injured in Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Thursday. There have been 62 Palestinians killed and 91 injured in the past 24 hours, the ministry statement added. The Gaza-based health ministry said that Israeli tanks and armored vehicles were gathering around the Nasser Medical Complex, but had not entered the hospital yet. Israeli military on Wednesday raided se...

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...

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...

March 26, 2024 11:20 AM

UN Security Council adopts resolution demanding ceasefire in Gaza for Ramadan

The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution that demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the holy month of Ramadan. The resolution passed with 14 votes in favor among the 15 members of the Council. The United States, which had previously vetoed three draft resolutions that would have called for or demanded a ceasefire in Gaza, abstained on Monday, allowing the draft to pass. Following the adoption of the resolution, there was a round of applause in the chamber, which ...

March 22, 2024 4:19 PM

Arab ministers meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his visit to Cairo

Arab ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken held talks with Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) executive committee general secretary Hussein al-Sheikh - a confidant of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and an intermediary in contacts with Israel – on Thursday (March 21) in Cairo, Egypt. Abbas' Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited control of the occupied West Bank, could play a role in administering Gaza once fighting ends, though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

March 22, 2024 10:47 AM

Antony Blinken meets Arab leaders, calls for “enduring regional peace”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and other Arab leaders while reiterating the call for a truce in the Gaza war and support for the two-state solution, Al Jazeera reported. The meetings over the past two days are part of Blinken's sixth trip to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. "I joined leaders from across the region -- Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the Palest...

March 20, 2024 6:15 PM

Despite war, Israel ranks 5th in world happiness report

Despite five months of war with Hamas, Israel ranked fifth in the 2024 World Happiness Report, which was released on Wednesday. The annual report ranked the happiness of 143 countries based on life evaluation, positive emotions, and negative emotions, among other factors. Anat Panti, a happiness policy researcher at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, explained, "The reason for this lies in the fact that life satisfaction, the index by which the level of happiness is measured, is a stable index ...

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...