Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli media describe the recurring operations as a “tense day on the northern front.” The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah announced today that its fighters targeted an Israeli infantry unit at al-Dhayrah site with rockets, resulting in direct hits. Earlier, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that a salvo of missiles was fired at western al-Jalil. Our correspondent confirmed that the Israeli Marj site in the eastern sector was targeted with direct fire from Lebanon, reporting seeing white smoke billowing from the site. Simultaneously, Israeli media reported that sirens sounded in the north, specifically in western al-Jalil. Israeli media mentioned…

The Ministry of Health said on Monday that the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israel has jumped to 11,360 as a result of the ongoing aggression since October 7th and until last Sunday evening in the Gaza Strip, while the number of wounded has reached 28,200. It indicated that among the dead were 4,609 children, 3,100 women, and 678 elderly people. In the West Bank, the number of slain Palestinians rose to 180, and the wounded to 2,700, as of Monday afternoon. The ministry explained in its daily report, which covers the period from October 7th until Sunday…

Jonas Gahr Store has said that the payment Israel is withholding from the PA is “critical” for the welfare of Palestinians. Norway is the chair of the international donor group to the Palestinian territories, known as the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee. On November 2, Israel said it would proceed with a tax revenue transfer to the PA in the Israeli-occupied West Bank but would withhold funds bound for Hamas-ruled Gaza, where the PA helps cover public sector wages and pay for electricity. On November 6, the PA said it would not accept a partial transfer from Israel. It is estimated…

Biden has been labelled “Genocide Joe” by protesters in the United States and around the world who are incensed by Washington’s complicity in Israel’s mass killing of Palestinians over the past five weeks. Well, what a descent into the gutter. Only a few months ago, U.S. President Joe Biden was given a rapturous welcome when he visited the Irish town of Ballina. It is from here that his ancestors emigrated to the United States in the mid-19th century. At the weekend, the town held a protest to condemn the genocide in Gaza and denounced the American president for his administration’s…

I will travel to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Jordan this week, Josep Borrell says on X The EU foreign policy chief on Monday said he will travel to Israel and Arab countries to discuss the conflict in Gaza with regional leaders. “I will travel to Israel, Palestine, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar & Jordan this week to discuss humanitarian access & assistance & political issues with regional leaders,” Josep Borrell wrote on X. “We need a political horizon looking towards the two state solution. This can only be achieved through dialogue.” His announcement came amid the worsening situation…

In a tweet, Hanke Bruins Slot voiced deep concern “about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza and people and children need urgent medical care”. The top diplomat added: “We are discussing with international partners the possibility of accepting sick and wounded Palestinian children in the Netherlands”. A handful of wounded Gaza residents have been allowed to cross into Egypt for treatment. However, even if they were allowed to cross through, health officials in Gaza say thousands of patients remain trapped in the north with no means of evacuating as Israel’s military has encircled health facilities. Source: AlJazeera

Both ministers exchanged views on what could be done to follow up on decisions taken at Riyadh summit Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Monday discussed over phone the recent developments in conflict-torn Gaza, Turkish diplomatic sources said. Fidan and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also Qatar’s prime minister, exchanged views on what could be done to follow up on the decisions taken at the extraordinary joint summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Saturday, the sources…

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan receives China’s special envoy on Middle East issue, Zhai Jun, in capital Ankara urkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and China’s special envoy for the Middle East issue on Monday discussed the latest developments in the Gaza Strip. Fidan received Zhai Jun at the ministry in the capital Ankara, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. Held behind closed doors, the discussion also covered a range of regional issues, the sources added. Israel has been carrying out relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip — including on hospitals, residences, and houses of worship — since the Palestinian…

Israeli occupation forces have targeted local and international members in the border town of Yaroun in South Lebanon, adding to the occupation’s war crimes. Israeli occupation forces targeted media crews in the Lebanese town of Yoroun near the Lebanese-Palestinian border, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported on Monday afternoon. Thankfully, no injuries were reported from the scene of the attack, which saw several Israeli fired charges hit and explode near local and international members of the media. Al Mayadeen’s crew, including our correspondent, were present at the site of the attack, where they reported that an Israeli military drone launched a missile at…

Gaza City surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sitta has described the excruciating process of peforming procedures without anesthesia – often the only option to prevent wounds from becoming deadly. “Especially when you do it with children, you feel that the pain that is being inflicted. But at the same time these wounds have to be cleaned,” he said. Still, he said, “Ninety percent of what I do now is buying time for these patients until something happens – some miracle, some breakthrough, some ceasefire, or humanitarian corridor, anything.” Evacuation is “not possible at all”, Abu-Sitta noted. “There is machine gunfire going around the…