Author: Steven Sahiounie

The World Health Organization said on Thursday that northern Gaza has been left without a functional hospital due to a lack of fuel, staff and supplies. Only nine out of 36 health facilities were partially functional in the whole of Gaza, according to the WHO. All these facilities are concentrated in the enclave’s south.“There are actually no functional hospitals left in the north,” Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative in Gaza, told reporters via video link from Jerusalem.“Al-Ahli (Hospital) was the last one but it is now minimally functional: still treating patients but not admitting new ones.” Describing it as a “shell…

A report released Thursday by the UN finds that more than half a million people in Gaza are “starving” because of not enough food entering the territory since the outbreak of war more than 10 weeks ago.“It is a situation where pretty much everybody in Gaza is hungry,” said World Food Program chief economist Arif Husain. He warned that if the war between Israel and Hamas continues at the same levels and food deliveries are not restored that the population could face “a full-fledged famine within the next six months.” The report released Thursday by 23 UN and nongovernmental agencies…

called for immediate action to ensure aid is delivered to the people of Gaza

The UAE minister stressed the importance of prioritizing negotiations toward a framework for a two-state peace

Israel currently has no plans to reduce the intensity of combat operations in the Gaza Strip by the Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) against Palestinian movement Hamas, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said in an interview with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper. “Based on the latest results of a political discussion, decreasing the intensity of military activity, at least, in the next few weeks, is out of the question,” the top Israeli diplomat stressed. That said, the newspaper thinks that by mid-January, combat in the Palestinian enclave will gradually subside because a new humanitarian pause is likely. Most IOF reservists will be able to…

David Cameron has called for a “sustainable ceasefire”

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The Houthis are fighting in support of Gaza, by attacking Israeli owned and flagged ships that use the Red Sea to navigate toward the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea, bringing ships directly alongside the Yemeni coast. The Saudi-Yemeni war began in March 2016, and the US participated in support of Saudi Arabia, as one of the wealthiest countries on earth bombed and attacked one of the poorest countries on earth.The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is refusing to participate in the US coalition to fight Yemen, because of the new foreign policy of the…

The top Russian diplomat Lavrov stressed that the United States “has repeatedly vetoed even a simple resolution under decision in the [UN] Security Council, which calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian aid deliveries” Washington is trying to bury the idea of creating a Palestinian state, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. “Russia and Tunisia, as well as members of the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in general, are committed to consistent efforts to create conditions for the implementation of related resolutions. However, we get the impression that our Western colleagues aren’t eager to work hard for the…

n suspended until its infrastructure is repaired

The US missile destroyer Laboon has been deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure security in the Middle East, the US Central Command said. “USS Laboon transits the Suez Canal, December 18. Laboon is deployed to the US 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region,” the command said on X (formerly Twitter). On December 15, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered extending the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea for a few…