Author: Steven Sahiounie

The first aid convoys sent by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center to Gaza crossed the Rafah border crossing into the enclave on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency reported. The humanitarian aid, which includes food and shelter supplies, is part of a national Saudi aid campaign for Palestinians in Gaza, launched under the direction of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman earlier this month. Meanwhile, a fourth Saudi relief plane carrying aid from the Kingdom to Gaza arrived at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt on Saturday. The initiative is in line with Saudi Arabia’s longstanding commitment…

In a daily press briefing, Osama Hamdan addressed several critical issues in regard to the developments in the Gaza Strip, expressing disappointment in the proceedings of the Arab-Islamic Summit. Osama Hamdan, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau, stressed that all entities and organizations that have acted in complacency in regard to “Israel’s” bombing of hospitals in the Gaza Strip bear responsibility for the occupation’s continued breaching of international law. The official pointed out the Israeli previous attempts to conceal its responsibility for the bombing of al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, saying that it is currently blatantly targeting hospitals via its warplanes. The leader…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for a reform of the UN’s permanent membership and veto systems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan slammed the United Nations and its Security Council, deeming them ineffective in addressing the mounting humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Erdogan called for a reform of the UN’s permanent membership and veto systems, expressing dissatisfaction with the current structure where one member’s incorrect actions can hinder meaningful outcomes. He accused the UN of disregarding the suffering of Gazans and emphasized the need for a more equitable system that doesn’t leave the fate of the world in the hands of a…

The presidents of Iran and Egypt expressed their determination to mend ties and resume diplomatic relations between the two Muslim states after decades. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met on the sidelines of a joint meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League, held in Riyadh on Saturday. Emphasizing the need for the unity of Islamic countries, Raisi stated, “The Islamic Republic of Iran sees no obstacle to the development of relations with the friendly country of Egypt.” He described the holding of a recent peace meeting in Cairo as a…

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesperson for President Mahmoud Abbas, stressed today that Gaza is an integral part of the land of Palestine and falls under the jurisdiction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), saying that Israel’s attempts to separate Gaza from the West Bank are destined to failure. “No matter the pressures and continuous threats, such a separation would not be allowed,” said Abu Rudeineh. “The consolidation of Israel’s occupation in the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem would not bring security to anyone.” Abu Rudeineh called on Israel to cease its aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the…

The bulk of Iran’s proposals for the settlement of the Gaza crisis has been incorporated in the resolution adopted by the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation that was held in Riyadh on Saturday, the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said. A joint meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League was held in Riyadh on Saturday to discuss the ways to help Gaza and stop the Israeli regime’s atrocities against the Palestinian people besieged in the enclave. Asked about a resolution passed at the conclusion of the emergency summit in Saudi Arabia,…

Minister of Health, Mai Alkaila, said today that the Israeli occupation forces are committing atrocities right now against hospitals in the Gaza Strip, particularly the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which is now surrounded by tanks from all directions. In a press release, Alkaila pointed out that “Israeli occupation forces are not evacuating people from hospitals; instead, they are forcibly evicting the wounded and patients onto the streets, leaving them to face inevitable death. This is not evacuation but expulsion under the threat of arms.” “There is a catastrophe unfolding in hospitals, with patients now dying without receiving their treatments, such as…

The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, has told Al Jazeera that al-Shifa Hospital is completely out of service, and cannot provide any treatment even to the patients inside the facility, due to constant Israeli attacks. Israeli bombing has been targeting the vicinity’s external surroundings as well as anyone walking inside the courtyard and between its various buildings, and those wanting to reach the gate of the complex. “We have deaths in the nursery after the life support machines stopped working inside the section that includes 37 other children who may be on the verge of…

Unlike a number of parties in the extraordinary OIC summit that proposed a two-state solution entailing an independent State of Palestine alongside Israel, Iran has insisted on democratic solutions based on ballot boxes involving all Palestinians, President Ebrahim Raisi said. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival in Tehran after attending a joint summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Arab League in Saudi Arabia, Raisi pointed to the results and achievements of his trip and said, “Participation in this summit was important in two aspects; One is that this summit was held with the presence of all…

‘Gaza is the land of Palestinian people, US needs to accept this’, says President Erdogan Türkiye’s president on Sunday welcomed the Arab-Islamic summit resolution proposing to hold a denuclearization conference in the region due to Israel’s nuclear weapons. “For the first time, we are proposing a ‘Denuclearization Conference’ in the region due to Israel’s nuclear weapons,” Erdogan told reporters aboard the presidential plane on his way back from the Saudi capital Riyadh, where he attended the Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit on Saturday. The resolution “condemned the hateful, extremist and racist acts and statements made by ministers in the Israeli occupation government,…