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In phone call, Fidan, Safadi exchange views on UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi on Friday discussed recent developments in Gaza, according to Turkish diplomatic sources. In a phone call, Fidan and Safadi exchanged views on a UN Security Council resolution on humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media. Amid continued questions about the body’s handling of international crises, the UN Security Council on Thursday postponed for the fourth…

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has denounced Israel’s persistent attacks on Palestinian health workers and facilities in the besieged Gaza Strip as “unprecedented major crimes” in the history of warfare.

Gilad Erdan, speaking during the council meeting, says “The UN’s focus only on aid mechanisms to Gaza is unnecessary and disconnected from reality.” He continued, saying that “Israel is already allowing aid deliveries at the required scale,” and that “The UN should have focused on the humanitarian crisis of the hostages.” Erdan also thanked the US for its support during negotiations on the resolution, which according to him kept in place Israel’s ability to continue inspecting aid that enters Gaza. Source: AlJazeera

The Israeli regime is trying to ‘deport the majority of the civilian population en masse’ as part of its plan to ‘permanently alter’ the composition of Gaza’s population, a UN expert has warned.

The media rights group has said the complaint relates to “probable war crimes” committed by Israeli forces in the deaths of seven Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Those include Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who was killed by an Israeli drone attack on December 15. The other reporters named in the complaint are Asem al-Barsh, Bilal Jadallah, Montaser al-Sawaf, Rushdi al-Siraj, Hassouna Salim, and Sari Mansour. RSF had previously filed a complaint to the ICC concerning the killing of seven other journalists in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said 61 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and three Lebanese reporters have…

Lana Zaki Nusseibeh said the text is the product of “extensive consultations and engagement”. “The purpose of this text is very simple,” she said. It seeks to respond to the “dire humanitarian situation on the ground for the Palestinian people bearing the brunt of this conflict, while protecting those who are trying to deliver life-saving aid”. She said all crossings must be opened to scale up aid to Gaza. Still, she added, “If deconfliction does not happen, aid simply cannot reach those who need it.” The draft resolution, which does not call for a ceasefire, comes up short, she said,…

Antonio Guterres tells reporters at the UN’s headquarters in New York that it would be a mistake to judge the effectiveness of the humanitarian aid operation in Gaza based on the number of trucks that enter the enclave. “The real problem is that the way Israel is conducting its offensive is creating massive obstacles to the distribution of humanitarian aid inside Gaza,” he said. “An effective aid operation in Gaza requires security, staff who can work in safety, logistical capacity, and the resumption of commercial activity. These four elements do not exist,” he continued, urging Israel to take measures that…

The United Nations Security Council has finally passed a resolution on the ongoing Israeli onslaught against Gaza, demanding increased aid deliveries to the besieged region but stopping short of calling for an immediate halt to the genocide.  

Israeli forces have killed hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the past two days, bringing the total number of people killed in the territory to more than 20,000, says the Gaza Health Ministry.

In a telephone conversation today, President Mahmoud Abbas and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed the latest developments in Palestine, especially in light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza. President Abbas emphasized the urgent need to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. He called for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire to spare civilians from the woes of the Israeli genocidal war and the destruction carried out by Israeli occupation forces. During the call, President Abbas reiterated the importance of swift humanitarian assistance, reinforced delivery of relief, medical, and food supplies, as well as the provision of…