Author: Steven Sahiounie

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…

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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…

The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has carried out rocket attacks on a town in northern occupied Palestine close to the border with Lebanon, in response to Israel’s continuous assaults against the Palestinian people in Gaza. A Hezbollah statement reported that the group fired salvos of artillery rounds and rockets toward the Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona at 12:15 am on Thursday. “In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and in solidarity with their brave and honorable resistance, and in response to the Israeli enemy’s persistent targeting of villages and civilian homes, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance at 12:15 am…

The United Nations has condemned as “sadistic” Israel’s attacks on the health sector of the besieged Gaza Strip, as the death toll in the war-torn Palestinian enclave exceeds 20,000 and the UN Security Council delays vote on desperately needed aid. In a post on X on Wednesday, Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, warned that the Tel Aviv regime’s attacks on the health system of the densely-populated Palestinian sliver had taken “the most sadistic forms.” “Israeli occupation forces’ assault on Gaza’s health system is taking the most sadistic forms. Hospitals & medical personnel are sacred, especially…

Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen’s threat of killing leaders of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas exposes the regime’s frustration over its defeat against the resistance forces, says a top Hamas official. In remarks cited by Al Jazeera on Wednesday, Cohen threatened Palestinian leaders with assassination, saying, “We will kill [top Hamas officials] Ismail Haniyeh and Khaled Meshaal and they will not die a natural death.” Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, rebuked the Israeli minister on Thursday, saying his remarks were “shameful” and indicated the regime’s desperation with its failure to achieve its proclaimed goals in…

Around 20 prison guards of the Israeli regime have severely beaten Palestinian inmate Thayer Abu Assab to death, the Tel Aviv regime admits, according to a report. In a report on Thursday, Palestine’s official Wafa news agency said that Israeli regime authorities had confirmed that 19 jailers of the Israel Prison Services (IPS) were involved in the severe beating of 38-year-old Abu Assab that led to his death last month. Citing a report by Israel Hayom Daily, Wafa added that the Palestinian prisoner from Qalqilya city in the northern parts of the occupied West Bank was murdered by regime’s guards in Israel’s Ktzi’ot Prison, which…

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the world is amazed by the resistance of the Palestinian people against the Israeli regime. Addressing a large crowd of people in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan on Thursday, Raeisi hailed the resistance of the strong Palestinian people in Gaza in the face of more than two months of unrelenting Israeli assaults. All in the world are surprised by the power and determination of the young Palestinians, he added, noting that heads of many countries officially acknowledge this power and wonder how the Palestinians have achieved it in a land that is described as the world’s…

The Palestine Red Crescent says it had received reports that Israel raided the centre two hours earlier. It said in a social media post that the forces “arrested crews and paramedics and took them to [an] unknown location” and that communication had been cut off. “Women and children remain trapped alone” inside the centre in northern Gaza, the humanitarian group said. source: alJazeera

Israeli prime minister reiterates his position of not allowing Hamas or Palestinian Authority to have control over Gaza in post-war period Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday reiterated his government position that the Israeli war on Gaza will not stop until the Israeli goals are achieved. “I will do everything in my power to ensure that Gaza does not pose a threat to Israel, neither Hamastan nor Fatahstan,” Netanyahu said in a televised speech, cited by the Haaretz daily. Netanyahu was referring to his position of rejecting to keep Hamas in power in Gaza, and also his rejection of…