Author: Steven Sahiounie

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

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s tour continues with Qatar as a main stop on Sunday. Qatar has been mediating in the Israel-Hamas war along with Egypt and played a key role in securing the release of captives from Gaza. Blinken’s visit – which started with meetings with the leaders of Turkey and Greece – will take him to Jordan, Qatar , as well as Israel and the occupied West Bank. Citing an unnamed Qatari official and Israeli source, US news outlet Axios reported Qatar’s prime minister told family members of six US and Israeli hostages the assassination of Hamas’s Saleh…

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Sunday with Jordan ’s king and foreign minister and visited a World Food Program warehouse in Amman as he pressed ahead with an urgent Middle East diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from spreading.pital Amman. During his meeting with Blinken, Ayman Safadi, deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs and expatriates in Jordan , discussed the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and the need for an immediate halt to the aggression to ensure the protection of civilians. Safadi also stressed the need to remove obstacles placed by Israel to…

Two journalists were killed, including the son of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al- Dahdouh, and another journalist was injured today in an Israeli airstrike targeting their vehicle west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources. The sources reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile at a vehicle carrying journalists in al-Mawasi area to the west of Khan Yunis, leading to the death of journalist Hamza, 29, the son of Wael Al- Dahdouh, and journalist Mustafa Thraya. The airstrike also resulted in the injury of two journalists, Ahmed Al-Burash and Amer Abu Amr, both working…