Author: Steven Sahiounie

Hamas-affiliated Aqsa radio said four Palestinians were killed and several were wounded in the air strike GAZA – Several Palestinians were killed or wounded, including children, in an air strike on a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, Hamas media reported. Hamas-affiliated Aqsa radio said four Palestinians were killed and several were wounded in the air strike. Source: Zawya

President Mahmoud Abbas received today a phone call from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during which the two leaders discussed the latest developments in Palestine and the importance of an immediate end of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. During the conversation, President Abbas emphasized the urgent need to halt acts of aggression and the ongoing blockade in the Gaza Strip. He stressed the importance of delivering humanitarian aid, medical supplies, food, and ensuring access to water and electricity to the Palestinian people in Gaza. President Abbas underlined that the policies, programs, and decisions of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) represent…

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says the country fears the worst is yet to come in the Gaza war, with no signs of success in efforts to de-escalate. In remarks at a press conference with his German counterpart, Safadi said the war would have “catastrophic repercussions” and urged “protecting the region from the danger of its expansion”. Source: AlJazeera

Some 1,524 children and 1,000 women are among those killed in the relentless Israeli air strikes At least 3,785 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Thursday. Some 1,524 children and 1,000 women are among those killed in the relentless Israeli air strikes, the ministry said, adding another 12,493 people have been injured. Source: Zawya

Praising Saudi Arabia for its stances in support of the Palestinian people, the Iranian foreign minister called for collective efforts by the Islamic nations to stop the Israeli regime’s war crimes in Gaza. Hossein Amirabdollahian held a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Faisal bin Farhan on the sidelines of an emergency meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on Wednesday. Amirabdollahian appreciated the decision to hold the extraordinary OIC meeting, lauding Saudi Arabia’s support for Palestine since the onset of the crisis in Gaza. He described the recent telephone conversation between Iranian President…

“Our trucks are loaded and ready to go,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference on Wednesday LONDON – Five trucks of medical supplies are ready at the border between Gaza and Egypt, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, welcoming Israel’s announcement that it will not block the entry of aid into the Palestinian territory. “Our trucks are loaded and ready to go,” WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference on Wednesday. He said he hoped the supplies would be delivered as soon as the crossing opened, “hopefully tomorrow”. Source: Zawya

A UN flag will be raised at the Rafah border crossing to protect against Israeli air raids under a UN-brokered deal between Israel and Egypt to allow aid into the Gaza Strip, The Associated Press and the New York Times are reporting. An Egyptian official and a European diplomat also told The AP that UN observers will inspect aid trucks before crossing into the Palestinian territory. As we reported earlier, UN officials are hoping the aid trucks will be able to enter Gaza on Friday. Source: AlJazeera

Eighteen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air attacks on Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza City, the Interior Ministry says. In a post on Telegram, the ministry said dozens of people also were injured in the bombings, which targeted several homes. We will bring you more details as we get them. Source: AlJazeera

Berlin has deployed several Special Forces units to Cyprus as it prepares for “all scenarios” in the Middle East, the newspaper reports The German government has decided to deploy some of the nation’s top Special Forces units to Cyprus as it prepares for potential crisis situations in Israel, Gaza, and the Middle East, the tabloid Bild reported on Wednesday, citing security sources. The German Army’s Special Forces Command (KSK) has been deployed to the island nation in the Eastern Mediterranean, Bild said, adding that the Navy Special Forces (KSM) unit, also known as combat swimmers, was deployed to the area…

Amman will not allow another ‘Nakba’, the Jordanian foreign minister has said Jordan will not become complicit in another expulsion of Palestinians from their homes, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Wednesday. The Hashemite kingdom is doing all it can to stop the conflict but will treat any attempt to displace Palestinians as “a declaration of war,” Safadi vowed, as quoted by the Roya News outlet. Amman will not allow “a new catastrophe” nor will it let Israel “shift the crisis created and exacerbated by the occupation to neighboring countries,” he added. Catastrophe, or ‘Nakba’, is how the Palestinians refer to their 1948…