Author: Steven Sahiounie

Those who pass judgment on human rights, freedoms have turned blind eye to children, babies, women brutally killed over last 105 days, says Recep Tayyip Erdogan Those who turn a blind eye to the massacres and atrocities committed by Israel will suffer great regret, the Turkish president said on Friday. Those who have caused the massacre of some 25,000 innocent people in Gaza, most of them women and children, will face the “burning consequences” of their actions, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a naval delivery ceremony in the northwestern province of Yalova. “To put it bluntly, Western countries and international…

The UK’s defense minister Grant Schapps has said that the country is exploring options for shipping much-needed assistance from Cyprus to Gaza, including offloading aid in Israel where it could pass through the Kerem Abu Salem (called Kerem Shalom by Israel) crossing with the Gaza Strip. Speaking on Friday, Shapps said the aid “could go to Israel directly and even through Kerem Shalom that the Israelis have opened”. Source: AlJazeera

Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that at least five Palestinians were killed and others injured when Israeli bombs targeted a house belonging to the Darwish family in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Two additional Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks on the al-Amal neighbourhood of Khan Younis. Wafa added that Israeli gunboats also carried out several attacks on the Shati refugee camp in southern Gaza. Source: AlJazeera

Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine, said yesterday that Israel has breached international law with its relentless bombardment of Gaza that has levelled entire neighborhoods and killed thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians. In a press conference held in the Spanish capital, Madrid, Albanese asserted, “Israel has done a number of things that are highly illegal, highly unlawful,” emphasizing the need to respect international humanitarian law to protect non-combatants, civilians, prisoners of war, and the sick and wounded. She clarified that this involves distinguishing between combatants and civilians and ensuring that military attacks are proportionate to avoid undue harm…

Danish shipping major AP Moller-Maersk has warned of significant disruptions to the global shipping network due to the elevated risk of attacks in the Red Sea.  

Germany has been hit hard economically over the past two years, including by the loss of cheap energy, former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer admitted in an interview with Augsburger Allgemeine released on Friday.  

In a statement on X, the Palestinian foreign ministry says it supports Chile and Mexico’s request for the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation crimes against civilians during the Gaza war. “The court must fulfil its mandate towards Palestinian victims and ensure justice for crimes committed by Israeli officials, without fear or favour,” the ministry said. The ICC is an independent judicial body that has jurisdiction over individuals charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Mexico and Chile, in their appeal, said there was “growing concern over the latest escalation of violence, particularly against civilian targets, and the alleged…

Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement has promised a “safe passage” for international ships sailing in the Red Sea as the country’s armed forces ramp up their retaliatory attacks on Israeli-owned and -bound vessels in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Mohammad al-Bakhiti, a member of Ansarullah’s politburo, made the statement in an interview published by the Russian daily Izvestia on Friday and said the Red Sea was safe so long as ships transiting the strategic waterway were not linked to Israel. “As far as ships from all other countries, including Russia and China, are concerned, their navigation in the region is…

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the official spokesperson for President Mahmoud Abbas, said tonight that “without the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital on the borders of 1967, there will be no security and stability in the region.” Abu Rudeineh was responding to remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who declared that “there will not be a Palestinian state.” “The entire region is on the verge of a volcanic eruption due to the aggressive policies pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights,” the presidential spokesman added. He…

Jordan’s Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah visited personnel from the Jordanian field hospital, team Gaza/76, on Thursday in Amman, Jordan News Agency reported. The team recently returned from the Gaza Strip after the transition of duties to their successors, team Gaza/77. During his visit, the crown prince relayed greetings from King Abdullah, who expressed his pride in their efforts over the past months. Crown Prince Hussein thanked the team for their significant humanitarian contributions, with special mention of the female personnel’s efforts during the challenging circumstances in Gaza. He emphasized Jordan’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people in the Gaza…