Author: Steven Sahiounie

The latest bombing run has hit a facility used by “Iran-backed groups,” the US military claims US President Joe Biden has ordered an airstrike against a weapons depot in Syria that is allegedly used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, marking Washington’s latest response to drone and rocket attacks on its bases in the region. Two US F-15 fighter jets carried out the latest airstrike on Wednesday in eastern Syria, the Pentagon said in a statement. The US had launched strikes in the same region on October 26 against Iranian-backed militant groups that Washington has blamed for…

By Ted Regencia and Lyndal Rowlands Source: A[ Jazeera

As part of Washington’s unwavering support for Israel’s bloody onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, American experts have taken charge of the management of Israeli nuclear facilities to protect the sites against potential retaliatory strikes by Gaza-based resistance forces. According to Tasnim news agency, American technicians have been running Israel’s atomic centers since two weeks ago, which indicates the fact that the regime’s incapability to control the state of affairs is not simply confined to the military sector. The report added that Operation al-Aqsa Storm, which Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched on October 7 into the occupied territories in response…

South Africa has called for the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold Israel accountable for violations of international criminal law as the Zionist regime presses ahead with its crimes against humanity in the besieged Gaza Strip. “The murder of children, of women and the aged by Israel is an act that should have resulted in the International Criminal Court issuing an immediate arrest warrant for key decision makers including Mr. Netanyahu, who is responsible for violations of international criminal law,” South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation Minister Naledi Pandor said during her address to members of Parliament on Tuesday. The South…

A senior member of Hamas political bureau says the resistance movement will continue to be the key player in the politics and the administration of the Gaza Strip which has been under brutal aggression by the Israeli regime for over a month. Ghazi Hamad said on Wednesday that claims by US officials about the diminishing role of Hamas in Gaza are in fact a sign they have failed to defeat the group after more than a month of military action. Hamad told Al Jazeera that despite the claims, Hamas is currently a powerful political and military force in Gaza that…

Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales has urged the incumbent administration in the central South American country to declare Israel as a terrorist entity, and lodge a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the regime’s bloody onslaught against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. “As Bolivia’s president, I cut diplomatic ties with Israel [in 2009] in protest against Israel’s actions in Gaza. The relations were regrettably restored following the 2019 coup [which brought Jeanine Áñez to power and ousted him.] “Fortunately, Bolivia’s president [Luis Arce] took the decision after three years of protest to break diplomatic ties with Israel. I call on the ruling administration…

Belgium says it wants sanctions against Israel over its bloodshed in the war-torn Gaza Strip, as the regime continues its deadly bombing campaign in the besieged Palestinian enclave. In an interview with Nieuwsblad newspaper, Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister Petra De Sutte urged Brussels on Wednesday to adopt sanctions against Tel Aviv and launch a probe into the bombings of hospitals and refugee camps in Gaza. “It is time for sanctions against Israel. The rain of bombs is inhumane. It is clear that Israel does not care about the international demands for a ceasefire,” she said. Israel waged the war on Gaza on…

A main hospital in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip has stopped offering key services to patients because of fuel shortage and amid heavy bombardment of areas around the facility by the Israeli regime. Al-Quds Hospital, located in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in northern Gaza, said on Wednesday that it had shut down most operations to be able “to ration fuel use and ensure a minimum level of services in the coming days.” The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), which runs the hospital, said the facility had turned off its main electricity generator because of fuel shortage. It added…

An independent United Nations expert has said that the systematic bombing of civilian infrastructure and widespread destruction of the besieged Gaza Strip by Israel amounts to a war crime and a crime against humanity. The Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, said on Wednesday that the Israeli attacks on targets in the Gaza Strip caused the destruction or damage of 45% of all housing units in the besieged Palestinian enclave. He also warned that the destruction comes at a “huge cost in human lives.” “Carrying out hostilities with the knowledge that they will systematically destroy and damage civilian housing and…

The spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades says they have destroyed at least 136 Israeli military vehicles as part of their resistance against invading Israeli forces since the start of the ground attack on the strip. In a televised speech, Abu Obaida said resistance fighters continue to confront Israeli forces penetrating the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City on all fronts. “Our sniper rifles continue to target Israeli soldiers and artillery to destroy their fortifications,” Obaida added. Earlier, the brigades said their forces ambushed Israeli infantry forces in the Sheikh Ajlin area of the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring a…