Author: Steven Sahiounie

JERUSALEM: The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels extinguished an hours-long fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said.

AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Houthi militia said on Saturday that the US and UK militaries carried out two airstrikes on the Red Sea Ras Isa port in Yemen’s western province of Hodeidah.

GAZA: Intense fighting raged Saturday in the Gaza city of Khan Yunis, the main theater of conflict where the Israeli army is targeting the Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas.

In the video, Hijazee pointed out that Israeli forces targeted Abu Sahloul despite his escort waving a white flag, which is shown in the recently published video. A journalist has shared a video on Instagram documenting the moment Israeli forces shot and killed a civilian in the al-Mawasi area, near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, three days ago. The video clip, verified by Al Jazeera and published by Ahmed Hijazee on his Instagram account, clearly shows Ramzi Abu Sahloul being shot in the chest while trying with four people to rescue a number of displaced people trapped in the area,…

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has criticised Peru for allowing its citizens to fight with the Israeli army in its war on Gaza. This statement followed Peru ’s condolences for a soldier killed during the war. In a tweet on its official account, Peru’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday: “The Peruvian government regrets the death of Yuval Lopez, a Peruvian-Israeli citizen who served as a reservist in the Israeli Defense Forces”. Palestine, in its statement, interpreted Peru’s acknowledgment as “permitting its citizens to participate in the genocide committed by the Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people in Gaza”. The Palestinian ministry…

Congratulating South Africa on its success in taking legal proceedings against the Zionist regime for its genocidal crimes in Gaza, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the Israeli regime’s officials must be brought to justice. “I would like to congratulate the South African government and people, the people of Palestine and South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on the country’s success in its lawsuit against the Zionist regime with the International Court of Justice,” the Iranian foreign minister said in a post on his X account on Friday. His comments came afterthe International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an interim…

Rawhi Fattouh, the president of the Palestinian National Council (PNC), has warned that Israel’s plans to reduce the area of the Gaza Strip under the pretext of expanding a “buffer zone” will reduce the territory’s area by 20 percent. In a news statement, Fattouh said that any action of this kind – which has seen the destruction of more than 1,200 Palestinian homes – is condemnable and a war crime. “This plan has a colonial goal, to implement the agenda of the right-wing extremist government. It also constitutes a tightening of the siege, collective punishment, and pressure on the Palestinians…

Decision taken by International Court of Justice yesterday echoes our motto that ‘the world is bigger than 5,’ Erdogan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed on Saturday the recent ruling by the International Court of Justice against Israel, stating that it reflects the sentiment that ‘the world is bigger than five.’ “The decision taken by the International Court of Justice yesterday echoes our motto that ‘the world is bigger than 5’,” Erdogan said. “We once again call on Israel to heed to the voice of the international community and institutions and to immediately cease its attacks and massacres,” he…

Syria welcomes the International Court of Justice ruling to order immediate temporary measures to protect the Palestinians as this ruling is the starting point for the path of putting an end to Israeli escape from punishment on its most heinous crimes it committed against the Palestinians. “The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the ruling issued by International Court of Justice on January 26th to try the genocide crimes committed by the Israeli entity in Gaza Strip.” Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement. “Syria also appreciates the ruling orders to implement a number of immediate temporary measures to protect the…

The legal team that defended Israel against the genocide charge at the ICJ on January 12 accused Egypt of being responsible for preventing the entry of humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing. Now, a new report by The Wall Street Journal says top Egyptian intelligence and security officials called a meeting on the same day to discuss withdrawing Egypt’s ambassador from Tel Aviv in response to the allegations. “After almost five hours of discussions, they decided it was best to instead issue a statement denying the claims, leading some who are familiar with the thinking of…