Author: Steven Sahiounie

Israeli occupation forces committed seven massacres against families in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, resulting in 86 documented Palestinian death and 131 others wounded, according to medical sources. Local health authorities in Gaza confirmed that the death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 29,692 reported Palestinian deaths, with an additional 69,879 individuals sustaining injuries. Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are facing difficulties reaching the casualties, with many dead bodies still trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads as Israeli occupation forces continue to target civil defense and medical personnel. In addition,…

Two Saudi aid planes, carrying trucks and forklifts to help relief efforts for Gaza, arrived in Egypt’s El-Arish International Airport, state news agency SPA reported. The two trucks and forklifts were delivered to the Egyptian Red Crescent to facilitate the loading and transportation of aid arriving at El-Arish for the people of Gaza. The aid marked the 39th and 40th Saudi relief planes dispatched by aid agency KSrelief since the launch of a national campaign in Saudi Arabia in November last year to support the Palestinian people in Gaza. Israel’s intense bombardment on Gaza since Oct. 7 has killed almost…

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mardawi confirmed to Al Mayadeen that the Palestinian Resistance has not yet received anything from the mediators regarding the Gaza ceasefire discussions in the French capital Paris to assess and build on them. He made it clear that the Israeli occupation entity is “weaving a narrative of negotiations that has no relevance to us [Hamas].” Al-Mardawi mentioned that the visit of the head of the political bureau of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh to Cairo did not delve into the details of the ongoing negotiations. The Palestinian official mentioned that Hamas’ delegation to Cairo discussed with the Egyptian officials the issue of…

Thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza have flocked to a central street near Gaza City for a possible delivery of flour and humanitarian aid a day after the UN refugee agency for Palestine, UNRWA, said it was no longer functional in northern Gaza amid Israeli restrictions on food aid access. On Sunday a two-month-old Palestinian baby died from starvation in northern Gaza, according to media reports. The Palestinians have been queueing in the area since the early hours of the morning, according to footage reviewed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency. Supplies of food and aid have long run dry…

Ukraine signed security cooperation agreements Saturday with Italy and Canada as it entered the third year of the war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X: “Our meetings with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni are always meaningful. Today we have an important result. We signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement between Ukraine and Italy,” Anadolu Agency reported. Zelensky and Meloni discussed further support for Ukraine in the context of Italy’s G7 Presidency. “I am grateful to Italy for its support of Ukraine and our defense capabilities, as well as recovery efforts and approval of military aid until the end…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent on Sunday a congratulatory telegram to Sheikh Mishal Al-Sabah, emir of Kuwait, on the occasion of his country’s National Day. King Salman and the crown prince wished the emir and the people of Kuwait good health and happiness. Kuwait celebrated its 63rd National Day and its 33rd Liberation Day from Iraq. Buildings around the country were covered in lights in the colours of Kuwait’s flag.  source: Arab News

Around 30,000 people will have access to voting stations in hard-to-reach distant areas ahead of the March presidential elections. Early voting for the Russian presidential elections kicked off in remote and hard-to-reach areas in the country’s far east, according to the Russian news agency TASS. Deputy head of the regional election commission in Kamchatka, Igor Shamrayev, stated that “around 30,000 people will be able to vote early.” He added that more than 120 polling stations will be opened for sailors and fishermen, including those on submarines currently servicing in the waters of the Kamchatka Peninsula and beyond. In Chukotka Autonomous Okrug…

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian called on all citizens to elevate the country’s standing in the international arena by participating in the upcoming elections. He also called for collective efforts to make Iran proud, saying every single ballot that will be cast in the nationwide elections on March 1 will hoist up the glorious flag of Iran higher in international arenas. Iran will hold the parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections on Friday. In remarks on February 18, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei described the elections as a reflection of the republican system and the Islamic Republic’s…

Iran strongly condemned the new military strikes that the US and the UK launched against Yemen on Saturday night. In a statement on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani condemned the “arbitrary and adventurous” strikes on Yemen that contravene internationally recognized rules and principles and have violated the Arab country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “The US and the UK proved once again that they are full-fledged supporters of the Zionist regime’s war crimes and genocide in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank,” he said. The Iranian spokesman noted that Washington and London give priority to the Israeli regime’s illegitimate…

Seven Palestinian infants have died of malnutrition and starvation in the war-torn Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours as the Israeli war has taken a heavy toll on Palestinian civilians, the Information Office of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip said. In a statement on Saturday, the information office announced that unless the Israeli war stops and the blockade of Gaza is lifted, a catastrophe would happen, blaming the United States for the famine in Gaza. One of the seven infants, a two-month-old baby, Mahmoud Fattouh, died of malnutrition in Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, the WAFA news agency reported, citing medical sources,…