Author: Steven Sahiounie

A number of civilians were killed and others were injured tonight in a violent Israeli bombardment that targeted the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes in the vicinity of the hospital, which houses tens of thousands of wounded and displaced people, the majority of whom are children and women, killing a number of civilians and injuring many others. The bombing caused serious damage to some hospital facilities, as well as panic among civilians seeking shelter there. Earlier today, the Ministry of Health said in an…

In the wake of the devastating Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank, the death toll has surged to at least 10,966, with over 28,500 individuals wounded, the Ministry of Health said in an update this evening. The Ministry said in a statement that the number of deaths in the Gaza Strip has reached 10,790, while the death toll in the West Bank also surged to 176. In addition, the ministry said, 26,000 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza, and nearly 2,450 others in the West Bank. As of October 29, said the ministry, it’s…

A statement from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office carried by The Times of Israel has no mention of the four-hour humanitarian pauses the White House announced, and instead pushes the narrative that Israeli forces are already pausing fighting for several hours a day to allow civilians to travel south. “The fighting is continuing and there will be no ceasefire without the release of our captives,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in the statement. “Israel is enabling safe corridors from the Strip’s north to its south, as 50,000 [Palestinians in Gaza] did only yesterday.” The quick response from Israel shows that “perhaps…

Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah today said that the Israeli occupation government is escalating its all-out war against our people in Gaza, the West Bank and Jerusalem, aiming to kill and displace as many Palestinians as possible. In a press statement, Abu Rudeinah said Israel has moved its full-fledged aggression against our Palestinian people in Gaza to the West Bank, where it killed and wounded today dozens of Palestinians, including 11 in Jenin alone, in addition to the hundreds of Palestinians being killed by Israel on a daily basis in Gaza. He stressed that no matter what crimes Israel commits,…

According to Maria Zakharova, Russia regards the Israeli heritage minister’s remarks about the possibility of using nuclear weapons against the residents of the Gaza Strip as “provocative and absolutely unacceptable” Recent statements by Israel’s Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu definitively confirm that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement. “Against the background of Israel’s historical policy of uncertainty regarding its possession of nuclear weapons, these statements not only clearly confirm the presence of such weapons in this country, but also demonstrate the readiness to seriously consider the possibility to use them in completely inappropriate…

A senior US official tells CNN that the US has directly communicated to Iran its intentions to avoid a greater conflict in the Middle East. According to a senior US defense source, the US has taken “additional measures to communicate directly with Iran” to convey that it does not intend to escalate warfare in the Middle East amid the Israeli aggression on Gaza. It follows the Pentagon’s announcement of an airstrike on Thursday that targeted the outskirts of the city of Deir Ezzor from the direction of Port Said Street and Harabesh. The missiles targeted a bakery and empty warehouses, according to Al…

Health Minister, Hasan al-Ghabbash Thursday appealed to the international community and human rights organizations to gear up their efforts, stop the Israeli aggression on the Palestinians and immediately deliver the medical aid to civilians. “A safe and durable corridor should be inaugurated to deliver the medical and humanitarian aid to the Palestinians in Gaza in an urgent way,” Ghabbash said in a briefing about the escalation of hostile acts in the Occupied Palestinian lands held by World Health Organization regional bureau via internet. The Minister added that shelling the health centers, and the difficulty of access to them, and electricity…

More than 10,000 victims killed, including over 4,000 children, since start of Oct. 7 conflict Denmark put its weight behind the EU’s demand Thursday for rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip. Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jannik Jorgensenat called for the establishment of humanitarian corridors and pauses at a Gaza aid conference hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron. It wants “aid to reach those in need through necessary measures incl. humanitarian corridors & pauses,” the Foreign Ministry wrote on X. The Danish government announced earlier a humanitarian support package to the Palestinian…

Tunisia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad, Nabil Ammar and the accompanying delegation arrived in Riyadh Thursday to take part in the Saudi-African Summit, Arab Extraordinary Summit, and Islamic Summit. Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Tunisia, Abdulaziz bin Ali Al-Saqr, welcomed Tunisia’s ambassador to the Kingdom, Hisham Fourati, and other officials at King Khalid International Airport on Thursday. Source: Arab News

The death toll from Israeli raids on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has risen to 11, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The ministry also reported another casualty in the West Bank city of Nablus. It said 22-year-old Qudri Azmi Hattab succumbed to his wounds after being shot with live ammunition by Israeli forces. Three others were also killed earlier in the day in different towns across the West Bank. This brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank today to 15. Source: alJazeera