Author: Steven Sahiounie

The top US diplomat called the killing of journalist Hamza Dahdouh an “unimaginable tragedy”. The son of Wael Dahdouh was killed along with fellow journalist Mustafa Thuraya in an Israeli attack southern Gaza. Previously, Israeli forces also killed several members of Dahdouh’s family in an air raid. “I can’t begin to imagine the horror that he’s experienced – not once, but now twice,” Blinken said. “This is why we are pressing the need – the imperative – not only of making sure that humanitarian assistance can get to people who need it, but that people are protected from harm from…

Mohammed Abdulsalam notes that more than 100 journalists have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza. He criticised what he insinuated was the double standards of Western nations in speaking about democracy, human rights and free expression, while continuing to support Israel, despite its actions in Gaza. “With the killing of each journalists of Gaza – Mustafa Thuraya and Hamza Dahdouh being the latest of them – Western propaganda falls and its falsity and lies are exposed,” Abdulsalam wrote in a social media post. Source: AlJazeera

Israel’s judge at the ICJ hearing on South Africa’s claim of genocide will be former Chief Justice Aharon Barak, Ynet reports. Barak, retired president of the Supreme Court, has long been accused by the Israeli prime minister of staging a “judicial coup” against his government and ostensibly, the reason for Benjamin Netanyahu’s “judicial reform” attempt. The “judge reform” led to months of anti-government protests when the prime minister attempted to push it through last year. Source: ALJazeera

A four-year-old girl and a young couple were killed this evening when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on them at the Beit Iksa military checkpoint, located northwest of occupied Jerusalem . Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces fired shots towards two vehicles passing through the checkpoint in Jerusalem , resulting in the injury of a Palestinian man who was driving his vehicle—under the pretext of attempting to ram his vehicle into the soldiers—accompanied by his wife. Additionally, a four-year-old girl present in another car was also injured. A few minutes later, local sources confirmed the tragic death of the…

Jordan’s King Abdullah has warned against the “catastrophic repercussions” of Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, calling on the United States to push for an immediate ceasefire in the besieged territory. King Abdullah made the remarks during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday while emphasizing the urgent need to address the tragic humanitarian crisis in Gaza. He also reiterated the important role Washington plays in bringing pressure for an immediate truce in Gaza, protecting civilians, and ensuring the efficient delivery of medical and humanitarian aid. King Abdullah further denounced as a “clear violation of international law” the forced…

Hamas has accused Israel of targeting a home sheltering civilians in Jabalia in northern Gaza, saying that Saturday’s attack killed dozens of people, mostly women and children. The Palestinian group said the bombing is a “new war crime” and “an extension of the genocidal war” Israel is waging against civilians in Jabalia and hole Palestine . Hamas also slammed the international community for its inaction to stop “what Palestinians are enduring”, and specifically hit out at US President Joe Biden, calling him the “chief partner” in Israel’s crimes. Source: AlJazeera

The Al Jazeera Media Network has strongly condemned the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of a Palestinian journalists’ car in northern Rafah that killed Al Jazeera’s Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, as well as seriously injuring fellow journalist Hazem Rajab. The latest killings demonstrate “without a doubt the Israeli forces’ determination to continue these brutal attacks against journalists and their families, aiming to discourage them from performing their mission, violating the principles of freedom of the press”, the network said, adding that the attacks also “undermine the right to life”. Al Jazeera called for “the International Criminal Court, governments, human rights…

Daoud Kuttab, a columnist for Al-Monitor news website, tells Al Jazeera the killing of two more journalists , Hamza Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya, is “a despicable act, one that has to be denounced by anyone”. “The journalism sector must demand an investigation into Israel and that Israel opens the border for international journalist, as well as for Israel to stop targeting journalist” he said from Jordan’s capital Amman. “It is a very sad day. Firstly because for 90-something days we have not been able to allow a single international journalist to enter Gaza. The Israelis have been blackmailing the Egyptians…

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Quds Force reminded the Zionist regime that their nightmare has begun after the assassination of Deputy Chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas Saleh al- Arouri . In a message to Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh, IRGC Quds Force Commander Brigadier General Esmaeil Qaani paid tribute to Arouri, who was killed in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh on January 2. “The enemy and the Zionists seek to downplay their heavy defeat in Gaza and the West Bank by assassinating resistance leaders,” the Iranian commander said. “The…

Gaza’s media office condemned the killing of two more Palestinian journalists, bringing the number of media workers killed to nearly 100 since the war began. The media office denounced “in the strongest terms this heinous crime” committed by the “Israeli occupation army against journalists ”. Israel aims to “intimidate journalists in a failed attempt to obscure the truth and prevent media coverage”, the office added. It also demanded “the occupation to stop the genocidal war against our defenseless people in the Gaza Strip”. Source: AlJaazeera