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In an address to the UN Security Council, Martin Griffiths has said that Israel’s campaign in Gaza is being waged “with almost no regard for the impact on civilian ”. “As ground operations move southward, aerial bombardments have intensified in areas where civilian were told to relocate,” Griffiths said, noting that UN facilities sheltering displaced Palestinians have come under “relentless attack”. Griffiths added that it’s difficult to imagine that Palestinians “would or could” move back to northern Gaza, which has been devastated by Israel’s assault. He also said that statements from Israeli cabinet members promoting the expulsion of Palestinian civilians…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said it concluded the two-day public hearing of South Africa’s case, which accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. ICJ said it will begin deliberations and will issue its decision in a public session, the date of which will be announced in due course. South Africa filed an 84-page application to the court in December, in which it accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The two-day hearing, which began on Thursday, dealt exclusively with South Africa’s request for urgent action to compel Israel to suspend its military operations in…

UNITED NATIONS, January 13. /TASS/. The US and British strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen are an “obvious armed aggression” and constitute a flagrant violation of the United Nations Charter, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said on Friday.

South Africa has stripped David Teeger of his duties as captain for the upcoming Cricket World Cup following his comments in support of Israel.

Iran strongly denounces the US’s earlier attacks on Yemen, which came in response to the Arab Peninsula nation’s strikes in support of the Gaza Strip that has come under a genocidal and Washington-backed Israeli war.

The US military say it has conducted a new missile strike on Yemen, targeting a radar site in the capital Sana’a in response to Yemenis’ pro-Palestinian strikes.

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations office in Geneva has slammed decades of Israel’s crimes against the Palestinians, urging the international community to raise voices for justice.

Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Fidan, British counterpart Cameron hold phone call, diplomatic sources say Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, in a phone call with his British counterpart David Cameron on Friday, urged the need to reduce tension in the Gulf of Aden, emphasizing that region is already facing many challenges, Turkish diplomatic sources said. Fidan expressed Türkiye’s readiness to meet its obligations on this matter, the sources said, adding that the situation in Gaza was also deliberated. The Turkish minister stressed the need for an immediate end to the war in Gaza, highlighting that the escalation poses a serious risk to…

Pat Ryder has said that the US is prepared for potential retaliation from the Houthis but does not seek further escalation in the region. Speaking with Al Jazeera, Ryder said that attacks by the US and the UK targeted “military targets inside Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen that included missile storage facilities, UAV storage facilities, coastal radar, all targets intended to degrade and destruct their ability to conduct these kinds of reckless attacks in the future”. “We haven’t seen any retaliation at this stage from the Houthis, something we’ll continue to closely monitor and be prepared to respond to as appropriate,”…

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on all sides “not to escalate” following attacks on the Houthis in Yemen by the US and the UK. “The secretary-general further calls on all parties involved not to escalate even more the situation in the interest of peace and stability in the Red Sea and the wider region,” Guterres ’s spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday. Read More: US, UK using disproportionate force in Yemen, Erdogan says Source: AlJazeera