Author: Steven Sahiounie

Some 1,200 people, among them about 500 minors, are believed to be trapped under the rubble in Gaza, according to health authorities. They based their estimates on distress calls they received. “So many times medics say they hear victims scream, but they cannot do anything about it,” said Mohammed Abu Selmia, general director of Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s biggest medical centre, told AP. Ali Ahad, a 37-year-old resident of Gaza City, said rescuers never came when Israeli air raids levelled the residential building next door. He and his friends sprinted outside in their slippers, sifted through the rubble and struggled to…

“There is justification for killing babies if it is clear that they will grow up to harm us [the jews], and in such a situation they may be harmed deliberately, and not only during combat with adults.”   Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira It is unbelievable to understand the zionist crimes of burning and killing the Palestinian children, it cant be justified but only in the minds of those mentally sick criminals. Burning the Palestinian toddler Ali Dawabsheh alive by zionist settlers last week wasn’t the first nor would be the last in the series of the zionist crimes against the Palestinian natives and specially…

Beijing said it will send humanitarian aid to the region as the violent escalation between Israel and Hamas continues China is concerned about the consequences of Israel’s siege of Gaza, and has announced it is sending humanitarian aid to those in need in the region, according to Beijing’s permanent representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun. Speaking on Monday, after the UN Security Council had failed to adopt a Russian-proposed resolution on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Zhang said that China will continue to call for an immediate end to hostilities in the Middle East in order to prevent them from spreading…

Tzipi Hotovely argued that Hamas was responsible for the wellbeing of Palestinian civilians The Israeli ambassador to London has denied that a humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, arguing that the Palestinian militant group Hamas must “pay the price” for attacking Israeli civilians. Asked by Sky News about the situation in Gaza on Monday, Tzipi Hotovely replied: “There is no humanitarian crisis.” “Israel is in charge of the safety of the Israelis. Hamas is in charge of the safety of Palestinians,” the diplomat said. “This is the time [when] Hamas needs to pay the price for … killing innocent Israelis and now preventing its…

The first day of his work schedule is dedicated mostly to bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other countries who are also taking part in the conference, including the presidents of Vietnam and Mongolia Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in China to attend a Belt and Road Initiative conference and hold a slate of bilateral meetings. The first day of his work schedule is dedicated mostly to bilateral meetings with his counterparts from other countries who are also taking part in the conference, including the presidents of Vietnam and Mongolia. Also on Tuesday, the Russian president will take part…

Israeli forces Tuesday carried out a wide-scale detention operation in several areas in the occupied West Bank, arresting 115 Palestinians, including 50 workers from the Gaza Strip. In Hebron, the soldiers detained 50 workers, including 50 workers from Gaza, who came to Hebron after Israeli forced them to leave the 48 territories. The soldiers detained 16 Palestinians from Ramallah, 15 people from Bethlehem, and two, including a former prisoner, from Nablus. The Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Authority said that the number of Palestinians detained by the occupation army in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, since October 7, and until Tuesday morning, reached…

The US will deploy yet another vessel to aid ‘Israel’s’ monstrous aggression against the Gaza Strip. US President Joe Biden will visit occupied Palestinian territories on Wednesday to meet with Israeli officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated Blinken spoke to the press after an extensive meeting with Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “The president [Biden]will reaffirm United States solidarity with Israel and our ironclad commitment to its security,” Blinken said after the meeting in “Tel Aviv”. He mentioned that the US President will discuss with Israeli officials means to further arm the occupation forces, adding that the Biden administration continues…

The UN says it is concerned by the risk of an outbreak of waterborne diseases in Gaza. “Concerns over dehydration and waterborne diseases are high given the collapse of water and sanitation services, including today’s shutdown of Gaza’s last functioning seawater desalination plant,” the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) said in a statement. It said parts of southern Gaza received water for three hours on Tuesday, adding that only 14 percent of the population in the Strip benefitted from it. Source: AlJazeera

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said on Sunday that 14 of the organization’s staff were killed in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the agency said that 12 of its employees were killed in Gaza. “We, as UNRWA, have already lost 14 staff members. They were teachers, engineers, guards and psychologists, an engineer and a gynecologist,” Lazzarini said in a statement, adding that most of the organization’s 13,000 employees in the Gaza Strip were forced to leave their homes. He also added that at least “400,000 displaced…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Fuel reserves in Gaza hospitals are expected to last another 24 hours, then the lives of thousands of patients would be at risk, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Sunday. “Fuel reserves at all hospitals across Gaza are expected to last for about additional 24 hours. The shutdown of backup generators would place the lives of thousands of patients at risk,” the agency said in a statement. Source: Sputnik