Author: Steven Sahiounie

Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesperson for Gaza’s Health Ministry, says 40 patients at al-Shifa Hospital have died today. Speaking to Al Jazeera, al-Qudra said there are still a number of dead bodies inside the complex that need to be buried – but that Israeli forces are preventing movement inside the compound. Source: AlJazeera

Doctors without Borders says bullets were fired into one of its three premises located near al-Shifa Hospital, where more than 100 people – including staff and their families – have taken shelter. The group, which is also known by its French name Medecins Sans Frontieres, (MSF), added that those sheltering have run out of food. “We’ve been trying to evacuate them for the past three days. MSF is asking the Israeli army and Hamas for safe passage for them to leave the epicentre of intense fighting currently ongoing in Gaza city,” it said on X. MSF added that the thousands…

The Egyptian foreign minister has rejected comments by the Israeli finance minister about the displacement of Palestinians outside Gaza. Sameh Shoukry said Bezalel Smotrich’s statement about the “voluntary displacement” of Palestinians, which we reported on earlier, “is an expression of the Israeli government’s policy that violates international laws”. He called them part of a series of “irresponsible statements attributed to government officials” in Israel. “Any attempt to justify and encourage the displacement of Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip is completely rejected by Egypt and internationally,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Source: AlJazeera

Andrew Mitchell, the United Kingdom’s minister of state for development, says longer humanitarian pauses covering wider areas are needed in order to deliver aid to the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. “We are discussing with the UN and other partners how best to achieve this,” Mitchell told lawmakers in the House of Commons. Source: AlJazeera

A fifth Saudi relief plane carrying aid from the Kingdom for Gaza arrived at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Monday. The aid was dispatched from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. The plane transported 35 tons of materials, including food and shelter, as part of the Saudi campaign to assist the people of Gaza, the Saudi Press Agency reported. This initiative was launched by order of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in alignment with the Kingdom’s longstanding commitment to supporting the Palestinian people during times of crisis. Four Saudi relief planes, each carrying 35 tons of…

Former State Department official Wa’el Alzayat describes the United Nations Security Council as “useless” because resolutions to tackle global issues can be vetoed by opposing member states. Former State Department official Wa’el Alzayat informed Sputnik that the possibility of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abiding by calls for a ceasefire in Gaza even if the United States made them. “I don’t think there’ll be a ceasefire soon… I really think even if the Biden administration eventually decides to support a ceasefire, I don’t think [Netanyahu] he’s going to listen to them for a while,” Alzayat said, adding, “I don’t think anybody will be…

Spouses, special representatives of state leaders from many countries, including Qatar, Malaysia, and Uzbekistan, to take part in summit Turkish first lady Emine Erdogan on Wednesday will host a summit in Istanbul with the spouses of leaders to support the embattled people of Palestine. Erdogan, who has repeatedly stressed the need to reduce the loss of innocent civilian lives in Gaza and bring peace to the region, will host a summit with the participation of spouses of state leaders. The spouses will convey a message from Istanbul to the world under the auspices of the Turkish first lady at the…

For the right of Palestinians to land and liberty, Venezuelan President Nicola Maduro urges the people to remain in streets until the battle is won. “The world must stay in the streets, because we must win this battle for the right to life and land, and the establishment of a Palestinian state,” urged Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, during his weekly program titled “With Maduro and More.” Earlier this month, Maduro pointed out that “Israel” is bombing hospitals in Gaza, killing patients, the wounded, and people left homeless. Maduro also noted that “Israel” had destroyed a mosque that was over a thousand…

The Israeli occupation is killing innocent people without any criteria in the Gaza Strip, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva affirmed on Monday. “Israel drops bombs on places where there are children, such as hospitals, under the pretext of the presence of terrorists there, and this is inexplicable. Women and children must be saved,” AFP quoted Lula da Silva as saying at an official ceremony in Brasilia. The Brazilian President stressed that the number of women and children killed in Gaza has been unprecedented in such a conflict. Lula da Silva’s Chief Advisor, Celso Amorim, said last Thursday during…

We are getting reports from Al Jazeera Arabic that the death toll from an Israeli strike in the occupied West Bank’s Tulkarem refugee camp has risen to five. At least nine others were also injured and taken to the Martyr Thabet Thabet Government Hospital for treatment. Earlier, we reported that a drone strike hit the camp as Israeli forces launched another night of raid in the occupied West Bank. Source: alJazeera