Author: Steven Sahiounie

JERUSALEM: Palestinian medical sources said on Friday that eight Palestinians were killed in separate incidents in the West Bank overnight.One of them died of wounds from a previous incident, the said. Two people were killed during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said in a statement early Friday, as fighting there continues alongside the conflict in Gaza. A spokesperson for the Israeli military told AFP in a statement that the Israel Defense Forces were “currently conducting counterterrorism activities in the area,” without elaborating.The latest deaths in the West Bank come on top of three Palestinians killed by Israeli…

DUBAI: The UAE warned on Friday against the risk of a regional spillover from the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza, highlighting its efforts to secure an “immediate and full” humanitarian ceasefire to facilitate aid. Speaking at the World Policy Conference in Abu Dhabi, Noura Al-Kaabi, the UAE minister of state at the ministry of foreign affairs, said it was important to look at the war within the broader context of the rising geopolitical challenges and the underlying issue of terrorism. “As we continue working to stop this war, we cannot ignore the wider context and the necessity to turn down the…

LONDON: Veteran CNN journalist Wolf Blitzer confronted an Israeli Defense Forces official during an interview about the airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza this week that left at least 50 people dead. IDF officials insist the attack the Jabalia refugee camp on Tuesday was justified as the objective was to eliminate Hamas Commander Ibrahim Biari. But Blitzer pressed military spokesperson Lt. Col. Richard Hecht for more information about the decision to proceed with the strike, despite knowing that numerous civilians would be at risk. “But even if that Hamas commander was there amidst all those Palestinian refugees … Israel…

Palestinians and their supporters in Latin America have protested in solidarity with Gaza, but many faith leaders have refrained from demanding a ceasefire. (Supplied) Palestinians search for survivors in the rubble of a building in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023, amid relentless Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian enclave. (AFP)Next SAO PAULO: Amid the intensifying Middle East conflict and the subsequent rise in Islamophobia worldwide, Muslim leaders in Latin America have said they feel abandoned by their counterparts from other faiths at a time when interfaith solidarity is most needed to cut across religious…

Israel’s military has been put on high alert as the Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to give a televised speech, his first address since the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip began. Israeli media outlets are reportedly going to exercise a blackout on Nasrallah’s speech as part of desperate attempts by the Tel Aviv regime to ease the psychological burden on the residents of the occupied territories. The Hezbollah chief at 3 p.m. Beirut time (1300 GMT) on Friday will break weeks of silence since Gaza-based Palestinian resistance groups conducted Operation al-Aqsa…

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has strongly condemned the deadly Israeli airstrike against Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, stating that the United States and its allies have sacrificed international peace and human rights for the sake of Israel’s interests. “It is glaringly evident that the United States, alongside a limited number of countries, has effectively taken hostage the #UnitedNations and the Security Council, prioritizing the interests of the racist and criminal Israeli regime at the expense of international peace, security, and #HumanRights,” Nasser Kan’ani wrote in a post published on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Thursday…

Iran’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva has strongly denounced the Israeli regime’s efforts at displacement and forcible evacuation of the Gaza Strip’s Palestinian population. Mahdi Aliabadi made the remarks at a meeting of the Permanent Committee of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). “These (the Israeli regime’s) ruthless attacks [on Gaza] will lead to a new displacement crisis. The occupiers have resolved to [forcibly] evacuate Gaza’s population, [something] which serves as another example of crime against humanity by the Zionist regime,” he said. The remarks came amid a brutal war that the Israeli regime has…

The agenda of talks also includes discussions on Syria, Libya and the crisis in Yemen Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with his counterpart from Kuwait Sheikh Salem Abdullah AlJaber Al-Sabah in Moscow on Friday. The sides are expected to address ways of initiating the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and bilateral cooperation in various domains. The two countries regularly engage in contacts to discuss regional and international agenda. However, the latest round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the risks of it spilling to other countries in the region requires an additional synchronization of watches. The top Russian diplomat is expected…

The lists include citizens of the UK, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Germany, and the US The administration of the Rafah checkpoint has published lists of people who will be able to cross the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip on Friday. The lists published on the administration’s Facebook (a social media site banned in Russia since it is owned by Meta corporation deemed extremist by the Russian authorities) include citizens of the UK, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Germany, and the US. They also include Palestinians who hold dual citizenship. Russian citizens are not included on the lists. Earlier,…

Mohammed Abu Hattab and 11 members of his family were killed late on Thursday when an Israeli strike hit their home, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. Source: AlJazeera