Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hamas official Osama Hamdan says the Israeli occupation of Palestine must either end unconditionally or Israelis must agree to a political formula leading to their withdrawal. Hamas official Osama Hamdan told Al Mayadeen that “Israel has not and will not succeed in escaping from the circle of defeat of October 7, which provided a historic opportunity in the region” rather than maintaining the status quo. Hamdan highlighted that “more than 10% of the Israeli attacking force has been destroyed, and Israel has entered a state of attrition in Gaza and is concealing its losses.” He indicated that the Israeli occupation military “attempts…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is giving a press conference after the G7 meeting in Tokyo, where members agreed on a unified response to the war in Gaza, including the call for “humanitarian pauses”. But Blinken laid out the diplomatic requirements needed to begin a path towards “durable peace and security”. “The United States believes key elements should include no forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza, not now, not after the war. No use of Gaza as a platform for terrorism or other violent attacks. “No re-occupation of Gaza after the conflict ends. No attempt to blockade or besiege…

Locals in northern Gaza say that massacres are taking place even in southern areas which have been alleged to be safe by the Israeli occupation. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are still residing in the northern Gaza Strip and suffering the joint aggression of the Israeli occupation infantry, artillery, and airforce, amid a rising number of casualties, and a severe resource shortage, The New York Times reports. Locals in northern Gaza explained to the newspaper that massacres are taking place even in southern areas which have been alleged to be safe by the Israeli occupation, pointing out that moving to the south…

The event will be held after an open session on Ukraine, to begin at 23:00 Moscow time The UN Security Council will convene on Wednesday, November 8, to discuss the sabotage of Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines, Brazil’s permanent mission to the UN said. “At the Russian Federation’s request, a closed meeting will be held on the issue of the Nord Stream pipelines,” the mission said. The event will be held after an open session on Ukraine, to begin at 23:00 Moscow time. It will be held on Russia’s initiative, in connection with the Ukrainian military’s latest deadly shelling attack on…

Israeli aircraft renewed their bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip at dawn on Wednesday, resulting in several deaths and injuries, according to the Wafa news agency. Local sources told Wafa that Israeli forces hit a residence belonging to the Wahba family in Nuseirat. Those killed and injured were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the centre of the Gaza Strip as surrounding areas continued to endure another night of intense bombardment. The same local sources said that there were people still trapped under the rubble of the destroyed residential building Source: alJazeera

It would be disrespectful to ‘our Palestinian siblings’ to talk about any project ‘in an environment of such great brutality,’ says Alparslan Bayraktar Türkiye will not discuss any energy-related projects with Israel without a cease-fire in Gaza as it would be disrespectful to its Palestinian brothers and sisters who are experiencing great brutality, the country’s energy minister said Tuesday. Referring to possible energy-related projects between Türkiye and Israel following Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on a private TV channel that “in such an atmosphere, in an environment of such great brutality, human drama,…

According to Politico, the US supports the Israeli objective of annihilating the Palestinian Resistance, despite the grave humanitarian costs. Contrary to the preponderant discourse that the Biden administration is trying to tame Netanyahu’s genocidal fervor, the US has no interest in stopping the Israeli aggression on Gaza, a recent report by Politico shows. “The U.S. agrees with Israel’s goal of destroying Hamas even if it’s not entirely clear what that will ultimately look like,” the report reads. According to Politico, the US supports the Israeli objective of annihilating the Palestinian Resistance, despite the grave humanitarian costs, not only out of regard for their Israeli…

The UN has confirmed that all bakeries in the north of Gaza have now closed due to “lack of fuel, water and wheat flour” as well as damage to many of the bakeries. The UN added that wheat flour is no longer available in the market in the north and that aid organisations have been unable to deliver any food there for seven days. In the south of Gaza, the UN said that only nine bakeries are still “intermittently” open, providing bread to shelters when flour and fuel are available. The update from the UN’s relief agency in the occupied Palestinian Territories…

Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers meeting for a two-day summit in Tokyo have discussed “day after” scenarios in the Gaza Strip once the war has ended, Reuters reports. The subject of what happens after Israel’s war on Gaza was brought up during a working dinner late on Tuesday night, meeting host Japan said in a statement, with the G7 ministers due to continue talks on Wednesday. The statement from Japan gave no details on the options being discussed regarding the bombarded Palestinian enclave where more than 10,000 people have been killed by Israeli forces in the past month, though…

Japan’s Asahi newspaper has reported that G7 foreign ministers are expected to mention the necessity of a humanitarian pause in Israel’s war on Gaza in their joint statement on Wednesday at the end of a two-day meeting in Tokyo, Reuters news agency reports. The statement will present the G7’s “united stance” on the Middle East situation, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said. Source: AlJazeera