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The Turkish president says his country will make efforts to rebuild hospitals, schools and other damaged infrastructure in Gaza if a ceasefire is achieved there, local media has reported. “If a ceasefire is reached, we will do whatever is necessary to compensate for the destruction caused by Israel,” Erdogan told reporters on his plane returning from a trip to Berlin, where he held talks with German leaders. “We will make efforts to rebuild the damaged infrastructure in Gaza and rebuild the destroyed schools, hospitals, water and energy facilities,” Erdogan was quoted as saying by broadcaster A Haber. Source: AlJazeera

An Israeli strike on Khan Younis in Gaza has killed dozens of Palestinians, mostly children, Palestinian news agency Wafa has reported. The attack on Saturday morning marked a dramatic escalation of airstrikes on southern Gaza by Israel. The director of the Nasser hospital was quoted as saying that the facility had received 26 dead bodies and 23 people with serious injuries after a strike on a residential building in the city of Hamad. For the past 42 days, the Israeli military has been pounding northern Gaza, telling residents to flee to south. The attack on Khan Youni came just after Israel…

The owner of X (formerly Twitter) agreed with a user who wrote that Jews had helped “hordes of minorities” to flood the US A major advertiser has put its cooperation with X (formerly Twitter) on hold, as platform owner Elon Musk faces calls to step down over alleged anti-Semitism. The billionaire has received backlash after he agreed with a user who many said was promoting ‘Great Replacement Theory,’ – one of the staples of far-right ideology in the US. While Musk had previously been accused of tolerating anti-Semitic messages on X, the tech entrepreneur insisted that he does not espouse…

Many Palestinians say they will “never forgive” Israel for its military action in Gaza, according to a survey A significant majority of Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza say that they don’t envision a future where they can coexist peacefully alongside Israel, according to the findings of a poll. The densely-populated Gaza enclave has been subjected to an unprecedented bombardment for more than five weeks as part of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vow to “eliminate Hamas” in response to the militant group’s cross-border attack on October 7. But amid signs of an increasing erosion of international support for Israel’s…

The State of Palestine welcomed the referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the Situation in the State of Palestine by the Republic of South Africa, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Union of Comoros, and the Republic of Djibouti. The international impunity Israel enjoys and has enjoyed for 75 years must come to an end, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates in a statement. “On the heels of the deadliest year for the Palestinian people and a catastrophic humanitarian situation caused by the commission of crimes listed in the Rome Statute,…

Israel’s war in Gaza will not be limited to any one area and will expand into other parts of Gaza, Ammar Hijazi, assistant minister for multilateral affairs in the Palestinian ministry of foreign affairs, has said. “We think that they are doing it in stages. The north is just the beginning,” he told Al Jazeera. “They are going to make sure that Gaza, especially the northern and eastern parts, are unlivable and squeeze the population into a very limited geographical area in Gaza, pushing them to leave and be forcibly displaced from Palestine,” Hijazi added. When asked about the what…

“Here in San Francisco, we emphasized that effective policies require, above all, responsiveness to all our people and economies,” according to the document The situation in Ukraine, as well as the escalation of the Palestine-Israeli conflict, are not mentioned in the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders’ final declaration released following the summit in San Francisco (California), according to the document. “Here in San Francisco, we emphasized that effective policies require, above all, responsiveness to all our people and economies. This commitment has grounded our vision and practical work in San Francisco and throughout the U.S. host year meetings,” the document…

The Islamic Resistance announces that the drone, which was shot down at 1:45 am, was observed falling over “al-Jalil Panhandle” within the occupied territories. The Lebanese Islamic Resistance – Hezbollah announced this morning that they had downed a multi-purpose Israeli Hermes 450 combat drone. In a statement, the Resistance revealed that its fighters had downed the Hermes 450 drone with a surface-to-air missile at 1:45 am today November 18, 2023.  The statement revealed that the wreckage of the Israeli drone was observed falling over “al-Jalil Panhandle”.   The Lebanese Resistance specified that the operation was carried out in support of the resilient Palestenian people…

Referrals came from South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Comoros, and Djibouti, says ICC The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday said that it has received referrals from five states for an investigation of Israel’s attacks on Gaza. The referrals came from South Africa, Bangladesh, Bolivia, and the East African nations of Comoros and Djibouti, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement. Under the court’s Rome Statute, a state party may report to the prosecutor a situation in which one or more crimes within the jurisdiction of the court appear to have been committed, and request that the prosecutor investigate the…

Ismail al-Thawabta, Gaza’s government media office, says a number of those who were forced to evacuate the al-Shifa hospital were in such critical condition that they might not make it to the next medical facility. “All are going to die simply because they require swift medical attention,” al-Thawabta told Al Jazeera. The official also said that those inside the hospital were forced to leave at gunpoint with humiliating methods. “This is another war crime,” he said. Source: AlJazeera