Author: Steven Sahiounie

Pro-peace demonstrators have taken part in fresh protest rallies across the UK, demanding an end to Israeli atrocities in the Gaza Strip. The pro-Palestine demonstrators continue as the Stop the War Coalition titled Saturday as the “Day of Action.” The Stop the War Coalition organizers listed 57 separate pro-Palestinian events across the UK on Saturday, including assemblies and candlelit vigils. Protesters in north London gathered in Camden Town, calling for an end to the Israeli regime forces deadly attacks on Gaza. The weekly demonstrations in the UK are held amid growing concern in the international community about the Israeli regime’s brutal…

Israeli bulldozers have demolished tents of displaced Palestinians outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, “burying people alive” inside them, according to a report. Video footage from Al Jazeera showed mangled tents and belongings of Palestinians at the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza, on Saturday. The report said at least 20 bodies now lie in the yard. “Dozens of displaced, sick, and wounded people were buried alive. The occupation [Israeli] bulldozers trampled the tents of the displaced people in the hospital yard and brutally crushed them,” Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif reported. “A terrifying massacre and…

“Our people continue to be resilient with all the success we’re having on the battlefield thanks to the fighters. This is pushing many countries in the world to change their stances and a lot of politicians not to adopt the Israeli narrative that is filled with the blood of our civilians,” says Hamas official Osama Hamdan. “The Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian statements calling for a ceasefire, the vote at the UN General Assembly to stop the war in Gaza shows the enemy is being exposed in the international community. “The Unites States’s stance that is ‘shifting’ – we are…

The foreign minister of Iran sent his condolences to Kuwait on the passing of the Arab country’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. In a message on Saturday, Hossein Amirabdollahian offered his condolences to the Kuwaiti nation and government on the loss of the emir. He also wished success, dignity and security for Kuwait. The emir of Kuwait died at 86 on Saturday. Authorities gave no cause of death, but announced the start of a 40-day official mourning period and a three-day closure of government departments. Kuwait’s crown prince and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, 83, was subsequently named…

A senior Hamas official says more than 8,000 people are missing under the rubble from Israeli’s bombardment on top of the death toll of more than 19,000. He said 70 percent of the dead and missing are women and children. “The occupation has committed many massacres in the 71 days of war in Gaza. The aggression continues in the occupied West Bank where 300 deaths have been recorded since October 7,” Osama Hamdan said at press conference in Beirut, Lebanon. “This fascist failing government [in Israel] does not care about the lives of their own soldiers and just pushes them…

Israeli media report Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his security cabinet and deliver a televised statement on Saturday night. Netanyahu’s office did not immediately confirm that. The hostage crisis has become ever-more acute in Israel since its military disclosed troops accidentally killed three captives who approached them with a white flag after apparently having escaped their captors in Gaza. Hamas released a video showing hostages, some of whom had died, and ending with the Hebrew warning: “Time is running out.” Source: AlJazeera

In a phone call held this evening, President Mahmoud Abbas and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa engaged in a conversation addressing the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, particularly the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. President Abbas briefed King Hamad on the ongoing situation in Palestine, highlighting the Israeli attacks and emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts with the Arab brethren to ensure a halt to the Israeli aggression, prevent displacement of the Palestinian people, and facilitate the swift delivery of humanitarian aid, water, and electricity. The leaders discussed bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries,…

Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN agency that provides relief to Palestinians, says he is “horrified at the smear campaigns that target Palestinians and those who provide aid to them”. “I’m asking you to help us push back against misinformation and inaccuracies. As commissioner-general of UNRWA, I have experienced this more than once since our agency is also one of the targets of this war,” he said. Source; AlJazeera

David Barnea, the Israeli intelligence agency’s chief, and Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Qatari prime minister, are set to meet on Saturday in Norway’s capital, Oslo, to renew discussion for the release of captives, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The talks were described as “exploratory”, read the report, adding that Barnea is also expected to meet with Egyptian officials. Pressure on the Israeli government to find a deal for the release of the 129 remaining captives doubled down after Israeli soldiers mistakenly shot dead three Israeli captives in northern Gaza. Source: AlJazeera

Israeli forces have arrested 16 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has said in a statement. The group said the number of people detained in the occupied territory since the war began on October 7 has now risen to 4,520. source: AlJazeera