Israel-Hamas war

• Gaza war death toll rises to 39,363 since Oct 7, says health ministry
•  Erdogan says Turkey may intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza
•  ‘Immediate steps’ needed for ceasefire, says UK’s Starmer
•  Israeli forces kill 10,000 students, 400 teachers in Gaza Strip

• Tanzanians distinctively highlight Palestinians’ plight 
  
   
• Tuesday Jul 30 2024 | 10:01 AM Israel orders Gazans to flee ‘safe zones’ 
   
• Tuesday, Jul 30 2024 | 09:13 AM US anti-Muslim incidents rose about 70% in the first half of 2024 amid Gaza war By: -reutersDiscrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians rose by about 70% in the US in the first half of 2024 amid heightened Islamophobia due to Israel’s war in Gaza, the Council on American-Islamic Relations advocacy group said on Tuesday. Human rights advocates have reported a global rise in Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian bias, and antisemitism since the eruption in October of the Israel-Gaza war which has killed tens of thousands and caused a humanitarian crisis. In the first six months of 2024, CAIR said it received 4,951 complaints of anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian incidents, a rise of nearly 70% compared with the same period in 2023. Most of the complaints were in the categories of immigration and asylum, employment discrimination, education discrimination and hate crimes, CAIR said. In 2023, CAIR documented 8,061 such complaints in the whole year, including about 3,600 in the last three months after the war broke out. Alarming US incidents in the last nine months include the fatal October stabbing of a six-year-old Palestinian-American child in Illinois, the February stabbing of a Palestinian-American man in Texas, the shooting of three students of Palestinian descent in Vermont in November and the attempted drowning of a three-year-old Palestinian-American girl in May. There have been numerous protests in the US, Israel’s key ally, against the war in Gaza since October. The CAIR report noted the crackdown by police and university authorities on pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on campuses. 
• Tuesday Jul 30 2024 | 08:26 AMEU, Lebanon, Arab League chief discuss ‘bloodshed’ in occupied Golan Heights By: Web DeskEurope’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he spoke with Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and the Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit about the rocket attack on the town of Majdal Shams in the occupied Golan Heights which killed 12 children and teenagers on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported. Borrell said the discussion focused on the need to “clarify the causes” of the “Majdal Shams’ bloodshed”, ways to “avoid a regional war”, and reach a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip.”Far too many children have been killed already,” Borrell wrote in a post on social media. Fear is mounting that a strong attack by Israel on Lebanon-based Hezbollah — which it blames for the strike on the Druze town in the Golan Heights — could lead to a regional conflict. Hezbollah has denied carrying out the attack. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 11:25 PMGaza health ministry declares the polio epidemic, blames Israel By: ReutersGaza’s health ministry declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave, blaming Israel’s military offensive. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 11:03 PMFarmer in Gaza re-plants amid destruction to combat hunger By: ReutersPalestinian farmer Youssef Abu Rabie works in a field growing seedlings to combat food shortages, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip July 25, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 09:56 PMIran’s new president warns Israel against attacking Lebanon By: AFPIran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday warned Israel against attacking Lebanon as tensions soar over a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights blamed on Tehran-backed Hezbollah.”The Zionist regime (Israel) will make a great mistake with heavy consequences if it attacks Lebanon,” Pezeshkian said during a call with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the Iranian president’s website. Pezeshkian assumed official responsibilities on Sunday after official endorsement from supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, and is to be sworn into parliament on Tuesday. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 08:35 PMMissile falling in the village of occupied Golan is made by Iran, claims Israel By: Web DeskTEL AVIV: Israeli government has claimed that the missile that fell on the village of Majdal al-Shams in occupied Golan was Iranian-made.
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 07:30 PMUNRWA says safety is non-existent in Gaza Strip By: Web Desk
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 06:28 PMYemen port damage estimated at $20mn after Israel strike: official By: AFPAn Israeli strike on Yemen’s rebel-held Hodeida port has caused at least $20 million in damage, adding to losses due to the destruction of fuel storage facilities, a port official has said. The July 20 attack on Hodeida, the main harbor under the control of the Iran-backed Houthis, destroyed most of the port’s oil storage capacity and triggered a massive inferno that burned for days. Nine people were killed in the strike, according to the group, the first attack ever claimed by Israel on Yemen which came a day after a deadly Houthi attack on Israel. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 05:31 PMGazans gather to collect water amid shortages in Khan Younis By: ReutersPalestinians gather to collect water amid shortages during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 29, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 05:10 PMGaza families forced to relocate again and again: UNRWA By: Web Desk
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 04:21 PMGaza patients await evacuation to receive treatment abroad By: ReutersPalestinian patients and the wounded waited to board buses in Gaza’s Deir Al Balah on Sunday, ahead of their anticipated evacuation for treatment abroad. Patients and their families said that they were contacted by authorities and told they would be taken to the United Arab Emirates for treatment. One of them was Sarah Marzouk, a 12-year-old displaced Palestinian girl, who lost her leg in an airstrike.“I am happy because I will be able to travel (abroad) and I will receive treatment and get a prosthetic leg so I can walk again like before,” said Marzouk. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 04:00 PMUK’s top diplomat says widening of conflict ‘in nobody’s interest’ By: Web DeskForeign Secretary David Lammy has welcomed the Lebanese government’s call for a cessation of all violence after an attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights blamed on Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Al Jazeera reported.Lammy made the remarks on X after a call with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati, saying they agreed that the “widening of conflict in the region is in nobody’s interest”.Hezbollah has been targeting Israel in support of Palestinians since the Gaza war erupted, but the conflict has been largely contained in the border region. The group has denied responsibility for yesterday’s Golan Heights attack, but Israel is still expected to target it in Lebanon. There is a fear that the Hezbollah response to the Israeli attack might prompt an all-out war. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 03:13 PMGaza health ministry says 39,363 Palestinians killed since October 7 By: -reutersSome 39,363 Palestinians have been killed and 90,923 have been injured in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Monday. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 02:57 PM Turkey could intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza: Erdogan By: Web DeskTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country could intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza.
  He made these comments while speaking to the members of his party during which he referred to the 2020 conflict in Libya when the country supported the UN-recognised government.He mentioned last year’s operation when Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan took control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, saying his country “could do something similar” to help the Palestinians, but did not elaborate. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 02:09 PMTurkey might intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza: Erdogan By: Web DeskSpeaking to members of his party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country could intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera reported. Erdogan made references to the 2020 conflict in Libya, when the country supported the UN-recognised government. He mentioned last year’s operation when Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan took control of the Nagorno Karabakh region, saying his country “could do something similar” to help the Palestinians, but did not elaborate. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 01:43 PMIsraeli forces claim they hit 35 targets in 24hrs in Gaza By: Web DeskThe Israeli air force says it has hit about 35 targets in Gaza in the last day, killing many people in Rafah and Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reported.
  Recent Israeli attacks in Khan Younis include an attack that targeted a tent in the al-Mawasi area and residential buildings in the Khan Younis governorate. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 01:12 PM10,000 students, 400 teachers killed in Gaza By: Web DeskAs many as 10,000 students and 400 teachers have been killed by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip since October 7, said the Palestinian Ministry of Education. It was reported earlier that Israel’s attacks on schools in Gaza has also “eroded the foundation for sustained societal growth”.More than 76% of schools in Gaza require “full reconstruction or major rehabilitation” to be functional, according to the UN. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 12:29 PMReport says Israeli forces blew up Rafah’s main drinking water tank By: Web DeskA recent report has revealed that the Israeli army is investigating a video posted by one of its own soldiers which shows the explosion of the tank which constitutes a violation of international law. According to Haaretz newspaper, the crime was carried out by the soldiers of the 401st Brigade last week with the approval of the brigade’s commanders. The report said that the video was recorded and uploaded by one of the soldiers on social media. “Destruction of the Tal as-Sultan water reservoir in honour of Shabbat,” the video was captioned. The initial probe will determine whether the Investigating Military Police (MIP) needs to investigate the case, the Israeli newspaper said.
   
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 11:02 AMTurkey compares Netanyahu to Hitler By: Web DeskThe Turkish Foreign Ministry compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, according to Anadolu Agency.In a statement issued on Monday, the ministry said “just as the end of the genocidal Hitler came, so too will be the end of the genocidal Netanyahu.”“Just as the genocidal Nazis were held accountable, those who seek to destroy the Palestinians will also be held accountable,” the statement continued.“Humanity will stand with the Palestinians. You will not be able to destroy the Palestinians,” it added.The statement comes after Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz responded to remarks by the Turkish president in which he suggested Turkey should enter Israel to help the Palestinians.”Erdogan was following in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein […] Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended,” he said.  
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 10:13 AMUK’s Starmer says ‘immediate steps’ needed towards Gaza ceasefire By: ReutersBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer told Israel’s President Isaac Herzog there needed to be “immediate steps” towards a ceasefire in Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza.”The Prime Minister said there must be immediate steps towards a ceasefire, so that hostages can be released and more humanitarian aid can get in for those in desperate need,” Starmer’s office said in a statement released on Sunday.”The Prime Minister reiterated his ongoing support for Israel’s right to self-defense following international law,” the statement said. 
• Monday Jul 29 2024 | 09:07 AMPanic among Palestinians amid new evacuation orders By: Web DeskPanic has gripped the central Gaza Strip after Israeli forces issued new evacuation orders with Palestinians fleeing the Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps.
  According to Al Jazeera, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said 86% of the Gaza Strip is currently under such orders. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 11:14 PMIsraeli forces advance in south Gaza, more people displaced, residents say By: Reuters Israeli forces sent tanks deeper into areas in the Gaza Strip’s south on Sunday as fighting with Hamas-led fighters raged, and Gaza health officials said Israeli military strikes had killed 66 Palestinians across the enclave in the past 24 hours. Tanks pushed further into the three towns of Al-Karara, Al-Zanna, and Bani Suhaila, in the east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and medics said at least nine Palestinians were killed earlier on Sunday by Israeli military strikes in those areas. Residents said fierce fighting could be heard in eastern areas of Khan Younis where the army was operating. The new incursions caused thousands more families to leave their homes and head to overcrowded areas in Al-Mawasi to the west, and north to Deir Al-Balah. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 09:47 PMPeople in Gaza being treated as pinballs and chess pieces: UNRWA By: Web Desk
   
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 08:44 PM15, including a baby girl, killed in 2 strikes on Khan Younis By: Web DeskIsrael has killed at least 15 Palestinians, including a four-month-old girl in two separate Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis. Medics said one Israeli air strike killed five people including a baby girl named Maria Abu Ziada in an area containing tents housing displaced people in the al-Mawasi zone — a humanitarian-designated area. Meanwhile, another air strike on a house in Khan Younis killed ten people, health officials said. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 06:11 PMEgypt stresses the importance of supporting Lebanon By: Reuters Egypt stressed the importance of supporting Lebanon and “sparing it the scourge of war”, the country’s foreign ministry said on Sunday amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Iran-aligned Lebanese Hezbollah group.
  Cairo, a mediator in the ongoing Gaza war, also warned of the dangers of opening new war front with Lebanon. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 06:08 PMNine more killed as Israeli forces move deep into Khan Younis By: Web DeskIsrael’s forces have killed 66 Palestinians across Gaza during the past 24 hours, health officials said, adding Israel’s armored vehicles moved into the three towns of al-Karara, az-Zanna, and Bani Suheila in eastern Khan Younis city.
  At least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli military strikes in those areas, according to medics. The intense fighting caused thousands more Palestinians to flee their homes, heading to overcrowded al-Mawasi to the west and central Deir el-Balah. Meanwhile, Israeli forces advanced into the northern parts of Rafah near the border with Egypt.  
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 04:34 PMGaza war death toll rises to 39,324, says health ministry By: AFPThe health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that at least 39,324 people have been killed in more than nine months of war between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group. The toll includes 66 deaths in 24 hours, according to ministry figures, which also list 90,830 people as having been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 04:25 PMBlinken says US against escalation of conflict between Israel, Lebanon By: ReutersUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday he does not want to see an escalation of conflict on Israel’s northern border after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 children and teenagers in a rocket attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Israel said on Sunday it would strike hard against the Iran-backed group after the incident. Blinken said the US was in talks with Israel about the incident and the indications were that Lebanon-based Hezbollah fired the rocket.Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the attack.Blinken said he was saddened by the loss of life and said reaching a ceasefire deal on the war in Gaza can help to calm the situation on Israel’s border with Lebanon.”It’s so important that we help defuse that conflict, not only prevent it from escalating, prevent it from spreading, but to defuse it because you have so many people in both countries, in both Israel and Lebanon, who’ve been displaced from their homes,” Blinken said. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 03:02 PMLebanon says it asked US to urge restraint from Israel after Golan deaths By: ReutersThe Lebanese government has asked the United States to urge restraint from Israel, Lebanon’s foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib told Reuters on Sunday, as tensions build following an attack blamed on Hezbollah that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.Bou Habib said the US had asked the Lebanese government to pass on a message to Hezbollah to show restraint as well. Hezbollah has denied involvement in the attack. Israel has vowed swift retaliation. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 02:34 PMUN officials urge maximum restraint on Lebanese-Israeli border By: ReutersThe United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon and the head of a UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon urged maximum restraint on the Lebanese-Israeli border early on Sunday, after a deadly attack in the area caused tensions to spiral.A rocket attack on a football ground in a Druze village in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people, including children, on Saturday. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 01:44 PMIran warns Israel against any ‘new adventure’ in Lebanon By: ReutersIran warned Israel on Sunday against what it called any “new adventure” in Lebanon, in a statement issued by foreign ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani.Israeli authorities blamed Lebanese group Hezbollah for a rocket attack that hit a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killing 12 people on Saturday, and vowed to inflict a heavy response. Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 12:14 PMArtist draws attention towards Israeli bombardment in Gaza as world watches Olympics By: Web Desk
   
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 11:20 AMHundreds of protesters demand trial of US, Israeli leaders over genocide in Gaza By: Web Desk
   
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 10:13 AM’Hezbollah rocket’ kills 12 at football ground in Golan Heights, Israel vows response By: ReutersA rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in Gaza.The attack sharply escalated tensions in the hostilities which have been fought in parallel to the Gaza war and has raised fears of a full-blown conflict between the heavily armed adversaries.The rocket struck a football pitch in the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, territory captured from Syria by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a move not recognised by most countries.”Hezbollah will pay a heavy price, the kind it has thus far not paid,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a phone call with the leader of the Druze community in Israel, according to a statement from his office. 
• Sunday Jul 28 2024 | 08:52 AMIreland, Iraq, Arab League condemn attack on Gaza school that killed 30 By: Web DeskIreland, Iraq and Arab League have condemned the Israeli forces attack on a shelter school in Gaza that killed 30 Palestinians on Saturday.The local media in Gaza said 15 children and eight women were among those killed in the strike in the central town of Deir Al-Balah. Over 100 people were wounded, the media office and the Gaza health ministry said.Condemning the bombing, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said it was a “further demonstration of brutal, unconscionable violence”. He said that targeting an area populated with displaced families was “inhumane and despicable”.Denouncing the strike, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry urged the world community to take action against the genocidal country. “This massacre is a continuation of the hostile acts and crimes committed by the Zionist entity against defenceless civilians,” it said.In the meantime, the Arab League rebuked the world’s silence on the Israeli forces’ “heinous massacre” and called on the United Nations Security Council to pressure Israel to end the “genocide”. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 11:16 PMIsrael sends US updated proposal for Gaza ceasefire deal, Axios reports By: ReutersIsrael delivered its updated proposal for a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal to the United States on Saturday, Axios reported, citing an Israeli senior official and two other sources with knowledge of the issue. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 10:15 PMSecurity source says four Hezbollah fighters killed in Israeli strike By: AFPAn Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed four fighters of Iran-backed group Hezbollah on Saturday, a security source told AFP.”Four Hezbollah fighters were killed in an Israeli strike on the village of Kfar Kila,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.Hezbollah, which has exchanged near-daily cross-border fire with the Israeli army since the Gaza war erupted last October, confirmed the deaths of four of its fighters. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 08:56 PMUNRWA says war, displacement, fear are everyone’s daily life in Gaza By: Web Desk
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 07:31 PMBlinken criticises China, Indonesia calls Gaza situation ‘dire’ at ASEAN meeting By: ReutersUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday urged Southeast Asian countries to help address global challenges, including Russia’s invasion in Ukraine, nuclear threat from North Korea, and Beijing’s “escalating and unlawful actions” in the South China Sea.Blinken was speaking to foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Laos.Though Blinken singled out China over its actions against US defence ally the Philippines in the South China Sea, he lauded both countries for their diplomacy hours after Manila completed a resupply mission to troops in an area also claimed by Beijing. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 06:31 PMScenes after an Israeli strike in Deir Al-Balah By: ReutersPalestinians mourn a relative killed in an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, July 27, 2024. — Reuters 
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 05:21 PMPM Shehbaz strongly condemns ongoing violence in Gaza’s Khan Younis city by Israeli forces By: APPPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday strongly condemned the ongoing violent acts of the Israeli forces in Khan Younis city of Gaza, causing the displacement of around 150,000 Palestinians.The prime minister, in a statement, said that the siege of Khan Younis city had suspended the supply of food and other commodities to the area.He said the Israeli forces were carrying out the genocide of Palestinians leading to a human catastrophe for which the international community including the United Nations should fulfill its responsibilities .He said that Pakistan, in its statement at International Court of Justice, had also effectively raised its voice for the Palestinians’ right to self determination and against the Israeli oppression.The premier reiterated his call for implementation of the recent decisions of the ICJ and the resolutions adopted by the United Nations. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 04:33 PMAt least 39,258 Palestinians killed since Oct 7, says health ministry By: ReutersAt least 39,258 Palestinians have been killed and 90,589 injured in Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip since Octber 7, Gaza’s health ministry said on Saturday.
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 03:33 PMIsraeli army strikes school shelter killing 12 Palestinians: Civil Defence By: ReutersAt least 12 Palestinians were killed on Saturday in an Israeli attack on a school housing displaced people west of Gaza’s Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Civil Defence service said.
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 02:41 PMPalestinian delegation arrives at Olympic Games By: Web DeskView this post on InstagramA post shared by LPC (@landpalestine)View this post on InstagramA post shared by Nida’ Ibrahim (@nida_aljazeera)
  
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 01:53 PMTrump touts warm ties to Israel’s Netanyahu, blasts Harris By: ReutersFormer US President Donald Trump touted his close relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu when he hosted the Israeli prime minister on Friday and accused US Vice President Kamala Harris of making “disrespectful” comments about the Gaza war.Netanyahu met Trump, the Republican nominee in the 2024 US presidential race, a day after talks with Democratic President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running against Trump in the November 5 US election. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 12:57 PMIsraeli forces strike Gaza Strip while world busy in watching Olympics By: Web Desk
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 12:21 PMIsraeli army demands further evacuations in Khan Younis By: Web Desk
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 11:25 AMIsraeli athletes booed at for war in Gaza By: ReutersSince the last Games — the Winter Olympics held in Beijing in 2022 — wars have erupted in Ukraine and Gaza, providing a tense international backdrop.Israeli competitors are being escorted by elite tactical units to and from events and are given 24-hour protection throughout the Olympics Games due to the war in Gaza, officials say.The Israel delegation got some boos, as it sailed by spectators, Reuters reporters saw. Chants of “Palestine! Palestine! Palestine!” rose from the crowd as the boat passed. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 09:44 AMBiden, Jordan’s king discuss Gaza ceasefire talks By: ReutersJordan’s King Abdullah and US President Joe Biden discussed on Friday in a phone call the dangerous developments in Gaza and efforts aimed at reaching an immediate and lasting ceasefire and ending the humanitarian crisis there, the royal palace said in a statement.
   
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 08:50 AMIsraeli army bombards Khan Younis while hundreds of Palestinians remain trapped By: Web DeskUN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Israeli forces bombarded Khan Younis, while hundreds of Palestinian remained trapped in the city of the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reported.The humanitarian aid agency said its rescue teams were “unable to reach them (Palestinians) due to the denial of access by the Israeli military”.The OCHA said the volume of daily humanitarian aid cargo entering the besieged enclave had dropped by 56% on average since April, increasing starvation and threats of diseases’ spreading. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 01:40 AMGaza mediators, Israeli negotiators to meet in Rome tomorrow: report By: AFPEgyptian, Qatari and US mediators are to meet with Israeli negotiators in the Italian capital Sunday in the latest push for a Gaza truce, Egyptian state-linked media said.
  “A four-way meeting between Egyptian officials and their American and Qatari counterparts, in the presence of Israel’s intelligence chief, will be held in Rome on Sunday to reach an agreement on a truce in Gaza,” Al-Qahera news, which has links to Egyptian intelligence, reported on Friday, citing a “senior official” who was not identified.Egypt, along with Qatar and the United States, has been involved in months of mediation efforts aimed at ending the Israel-Hamas war raging in the Gaza Strip for more than nine months.US news outlet Axios separately reported that CIA Director Bill Burns is expected to hold talks on the issue in Rome on Sunday with Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials. 
• Saturday Jul 27 2024 | 01:29 AMOver 180,000 Gazans displaced in four-day Khan Yunis fighting: UN By: AFPMore than 180,000 Palestinians have fled fierce fighting around the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis in four days, the United Nations said Friday.
  Recent “intensified hostilities” in the Khan Yunis area, more than nine months into the Israel-Hamas war, have fuelled “new waves of internal displacement across Gaza”, said the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA.It said “about 182,000 people” have been displaced from central and eastern Khan Yunis between Monday and Thursday, and hundreds are “stranded in eastern Khan Yunis”.The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of parts of the southern city, announcing its forces would “forcefully operate” there, including in an area previously declared a safe humanitarian zone. 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 11:58 PMCIA director to meet Israeli, Qatari and Egyptian officials in Rome on Gaza deal; Axios reports By: ReutersCIA Director William Burns is expected to meet with senior Israel, Qatari and Egyptian officials in Rome on Sunday in an effort to bring the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal to a close, Axios reported on Friday, citing unidentified US and Israeli officials.
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 11:00 PMIsraeli soldiers play near the Israel-Gaza border By: ReutersIsraeli soldiers play near the Israel-Gaza border, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Israel, July 25, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 09:47 PMWith nowhere else to hide, Gazans shelter in former prison By: ReutersAfter weeks of Israeli bombardment left them with nowhere else to go, hundreds of Palestinians have ended up in a former Gaza prison built to hold murderers and thieves.Yasmeen al-Dardasi said she and her family passed wounded people they were unable to help as they evacuated from a district in the southern city of Khan Younis towards its Central Correction and Rehabilitation Facility.They spent a day under a tree before moving on to the former prison, where they now live in a prayer room. It offers protection from the blistering sun, but not much else. 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 08:46 PMIsrael army says readying ‘decisive’ push against Lebanon’s Hezbollah By: AFPAn Israeli military commander said Friday that troops in the country’s north were preparing for “a decisive offensive” against Lebanon’s Hezbollah after months of deadly cross-border exchanges.Israeli forces have traded near-daily fire with Hamas ally Hezbollah since the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.Major General Ori Gordin, Israel’s commanding officer in the north, told troops that “we have already eliminated more than 500 terrorists in Lebanon, the great majority of them from Hezbollah”, an army statement said. 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 07:44 PMUNRWA says Gazans in dire need of healthcare By: Web Desk
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 06:46 PMUK drops plans to challenge ICC over Netanyahu arrest warrant By: AFPThe UK’s new government will drop its challenge to arrest warrants sought by an international court’s prosecutor for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Downing Street confirmed on Friday.Former prime minister Rishi Sunak’s government had told the International Criminal Court (ICC) it intended to submit a challenge to prosecutor Karim Khan’s request in May for arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his defence minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza. 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 05:48 PMMalnourished Gazan children receive treatment at the IMC field hospital in Deir Al-Balah By: ReutersA malnourished Palestinian baby is held while receiving treatment at the International Medical Corps field hospital, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Deir Al-Balah in the southern Gaza Strip, June 22, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 04:24 PMUN puts 4th century Gaza monastery on endagered site list By: AFPThe Saint Hilarion complex, one of the oldest monasteries in the Middle East, has been put on the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in danger due to the war in Gaza, the body said Friday.UNESCO said the site, which dates back to the fourth century, had been put on the endangered list at the demand of Palestinian authorities and cited the “imminent threats” it faced.”It’s the only recourse to protect the site from destruction in the current context,” Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, told AFP. 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 03:58 PMIsraeli barbarism has ‘unstinted support’ of most of western world: senior Indian politician By: Web Desk
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 02:36 PMAnti-war Palestinian, Israeli Jews stage protest in Tel Aviv By: AFPChanting “yes, to peace, yes, to a deal”, hundreds of Palestinian and Jewish Israelis marched noisily through Tel Aviv on Thursday night, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the cycle of violence.Their agenda starts with a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, but ultimately, they want to reboot Palestinian-Israeli relations, and breathe new life into the moribund peace movement.”It basically went silent after October 7,” and the start of the war, Amira Mohammed, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, said of the peace camp.”The radicals became louder than the peace movement. So right now, we’ve got to be radical about the peace that we want.”Mohammed said that included an “acknowledgement of the power dynamic between occupier and occupied” as well as “accountability on both sides.” 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 01:00 PMAustralia, New Zealand, Canada call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza By: ReutersThe leaders of Australia, New Zealand and Canada called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza in a joint statement on Friday.”An immediate ceasefire is needed desperately,” the statement said.”Civilians must be protected, and a sustained increase in the flow of assistance throughout Gaza is needed to address the humanitarian situation.” 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 12:10 PMElderly man dies in Israeli prison By: Web Desk
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 11:15 AMSanders takes Congressmen to task for welcoming Israeli PM By: Web Desk
   
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 10:04 AM’We cannot look away’: Harris says she’ll not be silent on suffering in Gaza By: AFPKamala Harris signalled a major shift on US Gaza policy Thursday, with the presidential hopeful telling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seal a peace deal and insisting she would not be “silent” on the suffering in the Palestinian enclave.Ripping up outgoing President Joe Biden’s playbook of mostly behind-the-scenes pressure on Israel, the vice president said after meeting Netanyahu that it was time to end the “devastating” war.”What has happened in Gaza over the past nine months is devastating. The images of dead children and desperate hungry people fleeing for safety, sometimes displaced for the second, third or fourth time,” Harris told reporters.”We cannot look away in the face of these tragedies. We cannot allow ourselves to become numb to the suffering and I will not be silent.” 
• Friday Jul 26 2024 | 08:44 AMIn meeting with Netanyahu, Biden ‘stresses’ need for Gaza ceasefire, civilian protection By: AgenciesUS President Joe Biden on Thursday raised with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the need to close gaps to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, remove obstacles in flow of aid and protect civilian lives in military operations, the White House said.In a meeting with Netanyahu, Biden called on him to swiftly finalise a deal on a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages.”President Biden expressed the need to close the remaining gaps, finalise the deal as soon as possible, bring the hostages home, and reach a durable end to the war in Gaza,” according to a White House readout, which added they discussed the “humanitarian crisis” in the embattled Palestinian territory and the need to remove obstacles to the flow of aid. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 11:38 PMHouthi attacks on Israel to continue, won’t be deterred by Israeli airstrikes; says leader By: ReutersHouthi attacks on Israel in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza will continue and not be deterred by Israeli airstrikes near Yemen’s Hodeidah port, the Iran-backed group’s leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech on Thursday. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 10:54 PMNetanyahu says will work with Biden ‘in the months ahead’ By: AFPIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he would work with Joe Biden for his remaining time in office, after the US president’s stunning decision to drop his reelection bid.”I want to thank you for the 50 years of public service and 50 years of support for the state of Israel, and I look forward to discussing with you today and working with you in the months ahead,” Netanyahu said as he met Biden for the first time at the White House to discuss a Gaza ceasefire deal. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 09:50 PMUN official says people in Gaza are exhausted by continuous displacement By: Web Desk
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 08:46 PMNetanyahu meets Biden, Harris on elusive Gaza deal By: AFPIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit the White House for separate meetings Thursday with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on a Gaza ceasefire deal, reflecting the upended political situation in Washington.The meetings come after Netanyahu vowed “total victory” against Hamas in a fiery speech Wednesday to the US Congress, and just days after Biden announced his shock exit from the 2024 White House race. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 07:32 PMUNRWA says frequent evacuation orders further devastate Gaza’s health system By: Web Desk
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 06:36 PMIran condemns US for welcoming Israeli PM By: AFPIran on Thursday denounced the US government and Congress for welcoming the Israeli prime minister amid the deadly war in Gaza that is raging into its 10th month.”Palestinian children are slaughtered every day by the Tel Aviv butcher, and in the face of all these crimes, the American government and Congress are welcoming this executioner with applause,” said Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani in a post on X.”The criminal prime minister of a fake regime is embraced by his supporters after nine months of genocide and infanticide,” he added, referring to Benjamin Netanyahu, who addressed the US congress on Wednesday. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 05:25 PMGazans climb onto trucks to grab aid that was delivered into Gaza through a US-built pier By: ReutersPalestinians climb onto trucks to grab aid that was delivered into Gaza through a US-built pier, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from central Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 04:26 PMHealth ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 39,175 By: AFPThe health ministry in Gaza said Thursday at least 39,175 people have been killed in more than nine months of war between Israel and Hamas.The toll includes 30 deaths in 24 hours, according to ministry figures, which also list 90,403 people as having been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 03:32 PMIt’s shame Netanyahu is addressing Congress: Jamaal Bowman By: Web Deskbaseer codeReplayUnmute/Loaded: 100.00%Quality LevelsFullscreen
  
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 02:46 PMUS criticises Israeli bill aimed at declaring UNRWA terrorist organisation By: Web DeskThe United States has criticised an Israeli bill that would declare the UN agency for Palestinian refugees a terrorist organisation.In a statement on Wednesday, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller said such efforts were incredibly unhelpful and urged the Israeli government and parliament to halt the moving of the legislation.He said: “The attacks that the Israeli government has leveled on UNRWA are incredibly unhelpful. They do nothing to advance the cause of getting humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza.” 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 01:48 PMIsraeli military claims bodies of five hostages retrieved from Gaza By: ReutersIsraeli forces recovered on Wednesday the bodies of five hostages killed in Hamas’ October 7 attack and held in Gaza since, the Israeli military said.Four of the hostages, killed in combat during the October 7 attack, were two reserve soldiers and two conscript soldiers, the military said.Maya Goren, a 56-year-old kindergarden teacher, was also killed during the attack on her kibbutz, Nir Oz, according to Israeli Army Radio, one of the communities worst hit in the deadly attack in southern Israel. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 12:58 PMTens of thousands of kids face starvation because of Netanyahu’s govt: Sanders By: Web Desk
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 12:13 PMMehdi Hasan says America complicit in Israeli war in Gaza By: Web Desk
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 10:30 AMFollowing EU, US moves, Australia also sanctions Israeli settlers By: AFPAustralia on Thursday followed Europe and the United States by levying sanctions on Israeli settlers accused of “beatings, sexual assault and torture” of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced financial sanctions and travel bans on seven individuals and the Hilltop Youth religious settler group.”The individuals sanctioned today have been involved in violent attacks on Palestinians,” Wong said.”This includes beatings, sexual assault and torture of Palestinians resulting in serious injury and in some cases, death.”Canberra’s announcement echoes moves by the US, Britain, Canada and the European Union who have also blacklisted Israeli settlers.
   
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 09:25 AMGaza ceasefire talks seem to be in final stages, senior US official says By: ReutersNegotiations on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal in the Gaza conflict appear to be in their closing stages and US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will discuss remaining gaps on Thursday, a senior US official said on Wednesday.The official, briefing reporters ahead of their talks, said the remaining obstacles are bridgeable and there will be more meetings aimed at reaching a deal between Israel and Hamas over the next week.Hamas and other fighters are still holding 120 hostages; Israel believes around a third of them are dead.Months of stop-and-start talks have failed to produce a deal to gain release of some of the remaining hostages. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 08:44 AMHamas says Netanyahu’s Congress speech shows he doesn’t want peace By: AFPHamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech addressing the US Congress shows he does not want to conclude a ceasefire deal.Netanyahu addressed the US Congress in a record fourth speech by a foreign leader to a joint meeting of the Senate and House of Representatives. He talked about the necessity of forging a security alliance in the Middle East to counter Iran.”Netanyahu’s speech was full of lies and it will not succeed in covering up for the failure and defeat in the face of the resistance to cover up for the crimes of the war of genocide his army is committing against the people of Gaza,” Abu Zuhri said in an interview.He added that any alliance with Israel from any party would be a “treason to the blood of martyrs.”Netanyahu also said that Israel does not seek to resettle Gaza and that after the war with Hamas fighters the enclave should be led by Palestinians who do not seek to destroy Israel. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 06:40 AMUS lawmaker holds up ‘war criminal’ sign during Netanyahu’s Congress speech By: Web DeskMichigan Representative Rashida Tlaib held up a sign during Netanyahu’s speech at the US Congress that read “war criminal”, while wearing a traditional keffiyeh and a pin with the Palestinian flag.
  The other side of her sign read “Guilty of genocide”. 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 03:25 AMWHO calls for more Gaza evacuations By: Web DeskThe World Health Organization (WHO) has called for more medical evacuations from Gaza after 16 people were transferred to Spain.
  Among them were 13 children with complex injuries, one child with a chronic heart condition and one suffering from cancer.They crossed into Egypt before May 6, after which evacuations became almost impossible due to the closure of the Rafah Crossing, the organisation said.Only 23 people have been evacuated since then via the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.“These children are just the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of people of all ages still remain in Gaza who need to be medically evacuated and are at risk of dying if they are unable to quickly access the advanced medical care they need,” Hanan Balkhy, WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, said in a statement.“Patients who need evacuation outside of the Gaza Strip must be able to exit, preferably to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, but also to Egypt or Jordan and then onwards.” 
• Thursday Jul 25 2024 | 02:25 AMNetanyahu not interested in ceasefire deal: Hamas By: Web DeskHamas senior official Sami Abu Zuhri has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech addressing the US Congress shows he does not want to conclude a Gaza ceasefire deal.
  “Netanyahu’s speech was full of lies and it will not succeed in covering up for the failure and defeat in the face of the resistance, [nor will it] cover up for the crimes of the war of genocide his army is committing against the people of Gaza,” Zuhri told Reuters.  
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 11:49 PMIsrael will send delegation to Gaza ceasefire talks next week By: ReutersThe departure of the Israeli team negotiating a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal mediated by Egypt, Qatar and the United States has been pushed from Thursday to next week, an Israeli official said on Wednesday.The official said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden were going to discuss ways to advance the deal in their meeting in Washington on Thursday and therefore the delegation’s departure has been delayed. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 11:02 PMProtesters gather as Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses Congress in Washington By: ReutersPro-Palestinian demonstrators hold signs, calling for an end to Israel’s attack on Gaza, on the day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress, in Washington, US, July 24, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 09:58 PMThousands protest Netanyahu outside US Capitol By: AFPThousands gathered in Washington on Wednesday to protest Benjamin Netanyahu and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as the Israeli premier prepared to address the US Congress.Crowds carrying Palestinian flags and signs ranging from left-wing slogans to Bible verses gathered outside the Capitol calling for a ceasefire and the arrest of Netanyahu, as prosecutors seek a warrant for him at the International Criminal Court. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 08:40 PMUNRWA says children are paying the highest price in Gaza By: Web Desk
   
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 07:38 PMIsrael’s Netanyahu to meet separately with Biden, Harris on Thursday; says White House By: ReutersUS President Joe Biden will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday to discuss progress towards a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage release, the White House said.Vice President Kamala Harris will meet separately with Netanyahu, it said on Wednesday. The Israeli leader is addressing the US Congress later on Wednesday amid protests and discontent among some US lawmakers over the conduct of the war in Gaza. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 06:32 PMMacron says Israeli athletes ‘welcome’ for Paris Olympics By: AFPFrench President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Israeli athletes were “welcome” for the Paris Olympics, rejecting calls from some left-wing French MPs and the Palestinian Olympic Committee for a boycott.”Israeli athletes are welcome in our country. They must be able to compete under their colours because the Olympic movement has decided it,” he told France 2 television in an interview, adding that it was “France’s responsibility to provide them with security”. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 05:36 PMProtest in solidarity with Gazans in Sanaa By: ReutersWomen gesture as students demonstrate to show solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, at the campus of Sanaa University in Sanaa, Yemen July 24, 2024. — Reuters
   
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 04:17 PMAt least 39,145 Palestinians killed in Gaza offensive since Oct 7, says health ministry By: ReutersIsrael’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39,145 Palestinians and wounded 90,257 since October 7, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said on Wednesday.A total of 55 Palestinians have been killed and 110 wounded in the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 03:38 PMLatest updates in Gaza By: Web Desk
  • At least 121 Palestinians killed and hundreds wounded in Khan Younis since Israel launched its offensive. Nearly 90 people were killed in “one of the bloodiest” Israeli attacks on Tuesday. Israeli forces are facing fierce resistance from Palestinian fighters.
  • About 150,000 Khan Younis residents were forced to flee in one day, with residents saying they barely got a couple of minutes to escape to areas with little or no infrastructure.
  • Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Washington, DC, before the Israeli PM’s scheduled address to the US Congress. Netanyahu, who faces a potential ICC arrest warrant for war crimes, likely to meet President Biden, as well as presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 12:36 PMChild killed by Israeli snipers in Khan Younis By: Web DeskPalestinian media reports that a child was killed by Israeli snipers stationed behind Abu Nuwairah School, east of New Abasan in Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reported.
    Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling has targeted the area near the Wadi Gaza Bridge from the direction of Salah al-Din Street, northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, our colleagues on the ground report. 
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 11:04 AMIsraeli forces kills three Palestinians in occupied West Bank By: Web DeskMilitary vehicles operate during an Israeli raid in Tulkarem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 23, 2024. — ReutersIsraeli forces shot dead a customs officer in the city of Tubas, northeast of Nablus, while a Palestinian man was shot and another run over as about 100 Israeli soldiers raided the Qalandiya refugee camp and bulldozed a home, Wafa news agency reported.Additionally, a 13-year-old boy died of his wounds after been shot on July 11 by Israeli forces in Tulkarem, the Palestinian news agency said in a separate report.
    Since the start of the war in Gaza, mass arrests, raids and killings have become a nearly daily occurrence across the occupied West Bank.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that at least 513 Palestinians have been killed in the Palestinian territory since October 7, the vast majority with live ammunition. 
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 10:10 AM150,000 Palestinians fled Khan Younis in one day: UN By: Web DeskStephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN chief, has detailed the scale of the displacement from Khan Younis following Israel’s evacuation orders, Al Jazeera reported.
    “Yesterday, about 150,000 people fled areas in Khan Younis, as assessed by humanitarian colleagues monitoring population movements in the area,” Dujarric told reporters in New York on Tuesday.He said: “OCHA has expressed our concern about the short interval between the dropping of the leaflets telling people to leave and the escalation of military operations, which posed significant risks to those fleeing. That delay was about an hour. “Many have been observed on the move without any belongings. The immediate escalation of hostilities in the area also resulted in many people being trapped in the evacuation area. These included people with reduced mobility and family members supporting them.” 
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 09:00 AMTrump to meet Netanyahu in Florida on Friday By: -reutersRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said on Tuesday, a sign the two men are looking to improve ties.”Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,” the former US president said in a post on Truth Social, using Netanyahu’s nickname.The meeting will be their first since the end of Trump’s presidency, during which the two forged close ties, and comes at a time of strains also between Netanyahu and Democratic President Joe Biden over Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza.Late on Tuesday, Trump posted a letter written to him by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from a day after the former US president had been shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.Abbas wished Trump “strength and safety,” according to the letter Trump posted. In the same post Trump also said that he looked forward to meeting Netanyahu and working toward achieving peace in the Middle East.Netanyahu had requested the in-person meeting with Trump during his visit this week to Washington, Politico said on Monday. The Israeli embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.In a speech on Wednesday, Netanyahu will seek the renewed support of Congress for Israel’s military operations in the Palestinian enclave. This week he will also meet both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who on Sunday entered the 2024 presidential race after Biden pulled out. 
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 08:18 AMUN sends polio teams to test Palestinians amid outbreak in Gaza By: Web DeskThe United Nations is sending teams to test Palestinians for polio after traces of the disease-causing virus were found in water in Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera reported.
    The UN said it will send teams to Gaza to test for polio. It also says displaced Palestinians are being forced into just 20 percent of the enclave’s land.
     
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 06:44 AMPalestinian budget deficit up 172% due to Gaza war, says authority By: ReutersThe Palestinian Authority’s budget deficit is projected to surge by 172% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to a statement from the cabinet on Tuesday.
    Revenues are also expected to drop by 21% due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.The announcement followed President Mahmoud Abbas’ approval of the emergency budget for 2024, which includes austerity measures such as reducing salaries, operational and capital expenditures, and maintaining minimal development expenditures.The war has hindered the Palestinian administration’s ability to pay public sector salaries in full for over two years because of reduced aid and Israel withholding tax money.  
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 02:54 AMIsrael blowing up residential buildings in Khan Younis By: Web DeskIsraeli soldiers are blowing up residential buildings east of war-torn Khan Younis amid Israeli tank fire.
    The latest attacks come as Israel expanded its assault on the south of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians and forcing thousands more people into the heavily overcrowded al-Mawasi area. 
  •  Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 12:55 AMPM Shehbaz lauds Beijing Declaration on Palestine’s unity govt By: Web DeskPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the Beijing Declaration among leading Palestinian groups to unite and form an interim unity government.
    In a post on social media platform X, the PM particularly applauded the People’s Republic of China for securing this important diplomatic success.He said that for long the people of Palestine have seen nothing but pain and suffering and today’s agreement ignites hope that lasting peace can be achieved.The PM stressed the world to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and urge Israel to end its brazen violence that has destroyed Gaza and killed around 40,000 innocent Palestinians during the last ten months.He said that Pakistan reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and reiterates its call for a two-state solution that creates an independent state of Palestine with pre-1967 borders and Al Quds as its capital. 
  •  Tuesday Jul 23 2024 | 11:25 PMPolio outbreak looms in Gaza’s crippled health system By: AFPThe World Health Organization voiced alarm on Tuesday at the prospect of outbreaks of polio and other diseases in war-ravaged Gaza, amid an already crippling health crisis.
     
  •  Tuesday Jul 23 2024 | 10:55 PMUN official says people ‘running for their lives’ in Gaza By: Web Desk
     
   
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 03:14 PMDisplaced Palestinian in disbelief over Netanyahu’s upcoming Congress address By: Web DeskKazem Abu Taha, a displaced Palestinian from southern Rafah, who is currently in besieged Khan Younis, expressed incredulity as the Israeli prime minister prepares to address the US Congress later today, Al Jazeera reported.”Netanyahu is embraced by the Americans. He is being provided with food and drinks. He is being hosted in Congress while we are being slaughtered. Where should we go? Where are the Arab nations? Where are the Arab people? Where are the people who have morals in the European nations who welcome this monster who kills,” said Abu Taha.”The United States is a main partner in what is happening in Gaza. We are being killed because of the United States. We are being slaughtered by American planes, American ships, American tanks… Everything that we are being killed with is American. [President] Biden blesses any operation and any killing and any massacre.” 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 02:03 PM55 Palestinians killed, over 100 wounded in past day: Gaza Health ministry By: Web DeskIsrael’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 39,145 Palestinians and wounded 90,257 others since October 7, Gaza’s health ministry has said.
  A total of 55 Palestinians have been killed and 110 wounded in the past 24 hours, it said in a statement. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 01:03 PMIsraeli army says it struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon By: Web DeskThe Israeli forces have said that they hit infrastructure in the area of Chihine from where rockets were fired on Tuesday and also targeted a military warehouse in the southern village of Kfarhamam where the armed group likely stored weapons, the army said.According to Al Jazeera, fire exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel have become a nearly daily occurrence since the start of the war in Gaza.And while they have largely remained confined to the two countries’ border regions, they have increased in intensity raising fear of a wider conflict.Hezbollah’s leader Hasan Nasrallah has said the group’s attacks are in support of Hamas in Gaza and they would stop as soon as Israel halts its war on the Strip. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 12:36 PMChild killed by Israeli snipers in Khan Younis By: Web DeskPalestinian media reports that a child was killed by Israeli snipers stationed behind Abu Nuwairah School, east of New Abasan in Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reported.
  Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling has targeted the area near the Wadi Gaza Bridge from the direction of Salah al-Din Street, northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, our colleagues on the ground report. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 11:04 AMIsraeli forces kills three Palestinians in occupied West Bank By: Web DeskMilitary vehicles operate during an Israeli raid in Tulkarem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 23, 2024. — ReutersIsraeli forces shot dead a customs officer in the city of Tubas, northeast of Nablus, while a Palestinian man was shot and another run over as about 100 Israeli soldiers raided the Qalandiya refugee camp and bulldozed a home, Wafa news agency reported.Additionally, a 13-year-old boy died of his wounds after been shot on July 11 by Israeli forces in Tulkarem, the Palestinian news agency said in a separate report.
  Since the start of the war in Gaza, mass arrests, raids and killings have become a nearly daily occurrence across the occupied West Bank.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that at least 513 Palestinians have been killed in the Palestinian territory since October 7, the vast majority with live ammunition. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 10:10 AM150,000 Palestinians fled Khan Younis in one day: UN By: Web DeskStephane Dujarric, a spokesman for the UN chief, has detailed the scale of the displacement from Khan Younis following Israel’s evacuation orders, Al Jazeera reported.
  “Yesterday, about 150,000 people fled areas in Khan Younis, as assessed by humanitarian colleagues monitoring population movements in the area,” Dujarric told reporters in New York on Tuesday.He said: “OCHA has expressed our concern about the short interval between the dropping of the leaflets telling people to leave and the escalation of military operations, which posed significant risks to those fleeing. That delay was about an hour. “Many have been observed on the move without any belongings. The immediate escalation of hostilities in the area also resulted in many people being trapped in the evacuation area. These included people with reduced mobility and family members supporting them.” 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 09:00 AMTrump to meet Netanyahu in Florida on Friday By: -reutersRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said on Tuesday, a sign the two men are looking to improve ties.”Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida,” the former US president said in a post on Truth Social, using Netanyahu’s nickname.The meeting will be their first since the end of Trump’s presidency, during which the two forged close ties, and comes at a time of strains also between Netanyahu and Democratic President Joe Biden over Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza.Late on Tuesday, Trump posted a letter written to him by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from a day after the former US president had been shot at a rally in Pennsylvania.Abbas wished Trump “strength and safety,” according to the letter Trump posted. In the same post Trump also said that he looked forward to meeting Netanyahu and working toward achieving peace in the Middle East.Netanyahu had requested the in-person meeting with Trump during his visit this week to Washington, Politico said on Monday. The Israeli embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.In a speech on Wednesday, Netanyahu will seek the renewed support of Congress for Israel’s military operations in the Palestinian enclave. This week he will also meet both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, who on Sunday entered the 2024 presidential race after Biden pulled out. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 08:18 AMUN sends polio teams to test Palestinians amid outbreak in Gaza By: Web DeskThe United Nations is sending teams to test Palestinians for polio after traces of the disease-causing virus were found in water in Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera reported.
  The UN said it will send teams to Gaza to test for polio. It also says displaced Palestinians are being forced into just 20 percent of the enclave’s land.
   
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 06:44 AMPalestinian budget deficit up 172% due to Gaza war, says authority By: ReutersThe Palestinian Authority’s budget deficit is projected to surge by 172% in 2024 compared to 2023, according to a statement from the cabinet on Tuesday.
  Revenues are also expected to drop by 21% due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.The announcement followed President Mahmoud Abbas’ approval of the emergency budget for 2024, which includes austerity measures such as reducing salaries, operational and capital expenditures, and maintaining minimal development expenditures.The war has hindered the Palestinian administration’s ability to pay public sector salaries in full for over two years because of reduced aid and Israel withholding tax money.  
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 02:54 AMIsrael blowing up residential buildings in Khan Younis By: Web DeskIsraeli soldiers are blowing up residential buildings east of war-torn Khan Younis amid Israeli tank fire.
  The latest attacks come as Israel expanded its assault on the south of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians and forcing thousands more people into the heavily overcrowded al-Mawasi area. 
• Wednesday Jul 24 2024 | 12:55 AMPM Shehbaz lauds Beijing Declaration on Palestine’s unity govt By: Web DeskPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the Beijing Declaration among leading Palestinian groups to unite and form an interim unity government.
  In a post on social media platform X, the PM particularly applauded the People’s Republic of China for securing this important diplomatic success.He said that for long the people of Palestine have seen nothing but pain and suffering and today’s agreement ignites hope that lasting peace can be achieved.The PM stressed the world to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and urge Israel to end its brazen violence that has destroyed Gaza and killed around 40,000 innocent Palestinians during the last ten months.He said that Pakistan reaffirms its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause and reiterates its call for a two-state solution that creates an independent state of Palestine with pre-1967 borders and Al Quds as its capital. 
• Tuesday Jul 23 2024 | 11:25 PMPolio outbreak looms in Gaza’s crippled health system By: AFPThe World Health Organization voiced alarm on Tuesday at the prospect of outbreaks of polio and other diseases in war-ravaged Gaza, amid an already crippling health crisis.
   
• Tuesday Jul 23 2024 | 10:55 PMUN official says people ‘running for their lives’ in Gaza By: Web Desk
   

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