Author: Steven Sahiounie

The United Nations children’s agency has strongly slammed Israel’s complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, which is under the regime’s genocidal war, calling it a death sentence for children in the territory. Adele Khodr, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, made the comment on Saturday, while explaining about the dire humanitarian situation across Gaza. “Our team on the ground describes meeting children with missing limbs and third-degree burns, and children left shell-shocked by the continuing violence that surrounds them,” Khodr said. Reflecting on the impact of Israel’s total siege of Gaza on children, the UNICEF official said, “Close to…

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised the Yemeni Armed Forces’ decision to prevent the passage of all ships bound for the occupied territories through the Red Sea as long as Israel maintains its all-out siege of the Gaza Strip. “We consider the decision to be a brave and bold decision,” Hamas said in a statement on Saturday. It added that Yemen’s decision “stands against the Zionist-American aggressors that have continued the war of genocide and massacres against all components of the human life of our Palestinian people over the past 64 days.” Hamas also called on Arab and Islamic countries to activate all their…

For the ninth Saturday in a row, pro-Palestine protests have taken place across the UK with more than one hundred thousand people turning out in London, calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. As Israeli bombs continue to shatter lives and limbs in Gaza, calls for them to stop continue to grow louder. More than one hundred thousand Britons in London joined protesters in other European capitals to repeat the same demands. A ceasefire, obviously, but obviously I want a political solution that means that everyone in the region can live with dignity. Protestor 01 This genocide has to stop.…

A fair world is impossible with America in it, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday, stating that it has become a “protector of Israel” due to the influence of Washington. This statement followed the US blocking a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. “Due to a veto by the US, no decision was reached. It’s essential for the UN Security Council to be reformed,” Erdogan stressed in his address at the World Human Rights Day event in Istanbul. The Turkish leader argued that the…

A senior advisor to Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended widely-bashed footage showing scores of Palestinian civilians stripped to their underwear by the Israeli occupation forces in the besieged Gaza Strip. Mark Regev downplayed the humiliating act in an interview with Britain’s Sky News television network on Saturday, claiming that the practice was “not the end of the world” as the weather is “warmer” in West Asia. “Remember, it’s the Middle East and it’s warmer here, and especially during the day when it’s sunny, to be asked to take off your shirt, it might not be pleasant but it’s not the…

Israeli forces have stormed the northern West Bank city of Tubas, triggering an intense exchange of gunfire with Palestinian resistance fighters. The occupation troops aboard military vehicles raided Tubas early on Sunday and their bulldozers closed off entrances to the city. Reports said the regime soldiers demolished a Palestinian house, leaving injuries at the site. Witnesses said that the Israeli forces might destroy two more homes and that the regime snipers took position on rooftops in the West Bank city. Meanwhile, Palestinian resistance fighters confronted the invasion and targeted Israeli vehicles with powerful explosive devices. Israeli forces regularly conduct violent raids on cities…

A coalition of Palestinian factions has called for an international strike in support of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, who have been under a war of genocide by the Israeli regime for more than two months. In a statement on Saturday, the National and Islamic Forces, which is an umbrella coalition for major factions in Palestine, called for an inclusive global strike on Monday in protest at the Israeli crimes against Palestinian people, especially in Gaza. Starting on October 7, the occupying regime launched a devastating war on Gaza following a surprise operation by the territory’s resistance groups, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa…

The Yemeni information minister in the National Salvation Government has stressed that the country’s Armed Forces are fully prepared for any possible military scenario, after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the regime will act militarily against the Arab country if the United States fails to do so. “We stand ready to confront any military action against ourselves,” Dhaifullah al-Shami stated late on Saturday. He added that Yemeni forces have employed anything at their disposal in solidarity with their Palestinian brethren in the Gaza Strip. “Any ship that seeks to deliver a consignment to Zionists will be in our crosshair,” Shami pointed out. According…

The Biden administration has bypassed Congress to provide tank ammunition for Israel’s war against Hamas US President Joe Biden’s administration has circumvented congressional authority over military aid to Israel by granting emergency approval for selling $106.5 million of tank ammunition needed for the war effort against Hamas in Gaza. The US State Department confirmed its decision on Saturday, saying it had notified Congress the previous day after Secretary of State Antony Blinken concluded that “an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale” of tank shells to Israel. The emergency determination was made in the context of protecting US national security interests, the…

Rights groups criticise the US after it vetoes UN Security plan for an immediate ceasefire. The United States has again vetoed a UN Security Council draft proposal for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. Washington’s move has been condemned around the globe. Jordan reflected the view of many critics, by calling the veto a licence for Israel to carry on with a massacre. How will the US’s stance affect its relations with Arab allies? And as some rights group say, does it risk being complicit in war crimes? Source: Al Jazeera