Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip desperately need medicines, medical equipment and fuel for power generators, the ministry said earlier DUBAI, November 14. /TASS/. All the operating hospitals in the Gaza Strip will stop their activities if no aid is received by medical institutions in the near time, Iran’s Tasnim news agency said, citing the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “If no aid comes, the work of all hospitals in the Gaza Strip will be suspended within the next 48 hours,” a ministry’s spokesperson said, cited by the news agency. Hospitals in the Gaza Strip desperately need medicines, medical equipment and fuel…

According to Peter Lerner, IOF forces are seeking out Hamas’ infrastructure, including places where its members “are hiding out, where they are colluding, where they are planning their next attack” TEL AVIV, November 14. /TASS/. The Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) has destroyed 15,000 targets since the start of its ground operations in the Gaza Strip, IOF spokesperson Peter Lerner said at a briefing. “I can report that as we move into day 38, the IOF has had some substantial successes, including destroying some 15,000 targets, including 300 tunnel shafts,” he specified. According to Lerner, IOF forces are also seeking out…

According to Peter Lerner, distinguishing between Hamas militants and civilians is “a huge challenge” TEL AVIV, November 14. /TASS/. Over one million civilians could have left northern Gaza since the start of Israel’s ground operations, Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) spokesperson Peter Lerner said at a briefing. “Over the different periods of time, I can say that we’ve had quite a substantial success with several hundreds of thousands – some estimate that over a million – people have evacuated from northern areas and headed down south, which, of course, gives the ground operations the ability to maneuver and identify the enemy…

The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia noted that throughout the journey, citizens will be accompanied by doctors and psychologists of the department MOSCOW, November 14. /TASS/. The second group of Russians that had crossed the Rafah checkpoint headed to Cairo, the press service of the Russian Ministry of Emergencies said. “Ninety-nine citizens, including forty-three children, were sent in buses from the Rafah crossing point to Cairo. The emergency operations center is ready to receive them. All the required help will be given to people,” the press service noted. Medical workers and psychologists of the ministry…

According to the publication, the agreement may be announced within a few days WASHINGTON, November 14. /TASS/. Israel and the Palestinian radical movement Hamas are close to reaching agreements that will make possible to free the majority of Israeli women and children captured on October 7, columnist of The Washington Post (WP) David Ignatius said in his op-ed, citing sources in the Israeli government. The agreement can be announced within several days if the latest details are settled, according to them. “The general outline of the deal is understood,” an Israeli official said. “Israel wants the release of all 100 women and…

The censure of congresswoman Rashida Tlaib over her statement on the conflict in the Middle East exposes a dangerous and dishonest rhetoric By Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of memory On November 7, the US House of Representatives voted to censure one of its members, Rashida Tlaib, a Congresswoman from Michigan, first elected to her seat in 2018. The official reason for this rebuke was the allegation that Tlaib had been “promoting false narratives regarding the October 7,…

Those saying “the world should be purged” are not defending Muslims so much as seeking to destroy Jews, Israel’s envoy to Russia declares Demonstrations in support of Palestinians trapped in Gaza amid the ongoing escalation between Israel and Hamas are nothing but “manifestations of anti-Semitism,” Alexander Ben Zvi, West Jerusalem’s ambassador to Moscow, told journalists on Monday. Large pro-Palestinian rallies have regularly occurred in various parts of the world since Israel launched its military operation against Gaza in response to an attack by Hamas on October 7. On Sunday, a crowd of pro-Palestinian protesters marched on the home of US President Joe Biden,…

The Lebanese armed group has clashed with Israeli forces several times since fighting erupted in Gaza Hezbollah will only step up its involvement in the conflict between Israel and Hamas if the Palestinian faction is completely eliminated in Gaza, a senior Hamas spokesman has said. Speaking on Monday, Hamas’ representative in Beirut, Ahmed Abdul Hadi, said the allied militant group was not yet prepared to enter the fight, and would only escalate operations against Israel in the event of Hamas’ total defeat. “Now is not the time,” Hadi said, as quoted by NBC News. “The red line for Hezbollah would be the…

Israel’s PM declared that there is “no substitute” for “total victory” in Gaza Islamist militants will pose a threat to the United States and Europe if Israel loses its current war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed, saying Western states would be next in line should his country fail. While the prime minister acknowledged that Washington had been very supportive of Israel’s military action in Gaza, he rejected any calls for a ceasefire, insisting it would amount to a surrender to Hamas. Netanyahu implored Israel’s allies for support during a sit-down with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Monday,…

As deputy head of the department Alexey Serko said, it may be possible to do this earlier MOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. Russia’s emergencies ministry plans to take all Russians evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Russia within a week, Deputy Minister Alexey Serko said on Monday. “Thanks to the joint efforts of the foreign and emergencies ministries and other agencies, we have managed to return our nationals to Russia today. I hope people will be returning every day. <…> I hope we will evacuate all of them within a week, or even earlier if we can,” he said. According to…