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  • Iran launches direct attack on Israel, upending decades of covert warfare

    Iran launches direct attack on Israel, upending decades of covert warfare

    Iran attacked Israel directly on the weekend, which is different from their usual way of fighting through other groups. This change could make it harder for them to avoid consequences for their actions. However, because of economic and political problems in the country, the Shiite leaders have decided to make changes in the Islamic Republic.

    That plan was different on Saturday. After being warned for many days, Iran sent 170 drones carrying bombs, more than 30 cruise missiles, and over 120 ballistic missiles towards Israel, as counted by Israel. Iran gave Russia the same drones that carry bombs, which they use in their long-lasting war in Ukraine.

    Iran spent a lot of money to support militia forces in the region. They used these forces to trouble Israel and to try to control the United States. They also used these forces to plant explosive devices that killed American soldiers during the Iraq war. This also happens in poor Yemen. Iran gave weapons to the Houthi rebels, who then took over the capital city and stopped the Saudi-led coalition from winning the war that has been going on for many years.

    Although Israel and the US say they shot down 99 percent of the projectiles, Iran says the attack was successful. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Monday that the attack was meant to stop, punish, and warn Israel. Iran’s leader, Khamenei, also said that Iran should punish Israel.

    The attack happened on April 1 when Israel bombed a building near Iran’s Embassy in Syria, killing at least 12 people, including a top commander of Iran’s Quds Forces.

    For a long time, Iran and Israel have been attacking each other’s interests in the Middle East.

    Israel is thought to have killed Iranian nuclear scientists and damaged atomic sites in Iran. In Syria, Israel has bombed airports to stop Iran from sending weapons and has also killed some Guard officers. Meanwhile, people think Iran has been doing lots of bombings and gun attacks on Jewish people and things related to Israel for many years.

    The Iranian government was really upset by the embassy attack.

    “Khamenei said on April 10 that attacking our consulate is the same as attacking our land. ”

    It also comes at a time when Iran is facing a lot of uncertainty. As Khamenei gets older, he has more and more control over the country.

    Extreme conservatives have all the control in the security and political groups in Iran, and there are no more moderate people who used to help make the nuclear deal with other countries.

    This includes the old President Hassan Rouhani, who was in charge of the effort. Officials stopped Rouhani from trying to be a part of the group of 88 religious leaders who will choose Iran’s next top leader.

    The strict leaders in power have caused fewer people to vote than since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Their strong control also makes them the only group to be responsible as the public is angry about Iran’s failing economy.

    The nuclear deal fell apart after President Trump pulled the US out in 2018. This caused Iran’s currency to drop in value. The value of the rial has dropped close to the lowest it has ever been. On Monday, it was worth 658,000 to the dollar, which is a lot lower than the 32,000 it was worth almost ten years ago.

    In Tehran, prosecutors are investigating the Jahan-e Sanaat newspaper and a journalist for a story about how Iran’s attack on Israel could hurt the economy. The Mizan news agency of the judiciary said the report is upsetting and will make people worried and affect the country’s economy.

    His situation is happening as other journalists and activists say they have been called to meet with the authorities, which suggests that the government is getting tougher on anyone who shows disagreement in the country.

    Authorities seem to be getting ready to enforce the law that requires women to wear headscarves in the country.

    “The head of the Tehran police said that they will enforce the law about wearing the hijab in all provinces. ”

    In Tehran, some women still walk in the streets without covering their hair. They are doing this to protest against the arrest of Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for not wearing a hijab that the police liked. This protest started during the demonstrations in 2022. Investigators from the United Nations found that Iran caused Amini’s death and used force to stop mostly peaceful protests. This crackdown lasted for months and resulted in the deaths of over 500 people and the detention of more than 22,000.

    A new effort to make women wear hijab may make people angry again, especially in Tehran. At the same time, there are rumors that the government might increase the low-cost gasoline prices in the country soon. In 2019, when the prices went up, people all over the country protested against the government. More than 300 people were killed and thousands were arrested during the protests.

    The conflicts and the influence of strict leaders, along with Khamenei getting older, show that more changes are coming for the country. Iran said it had finished its attack on Saturday, but that doesn’t mean they won’t attack again.

  • Iran and Israel’s covert conflict exposed

    Iran and Israel’s covert conflict exposed

    Iran did something new and different by directly attacking Israel on Sunday. This is a change from what they usually do, which is to use other groups to fight for them in the Middle East. This change happened after the war between Israel and Hamas started in October. Now everyone is waiting to see if Israel will do more fighting, while the United States wants to use peace talks to make the situation in the region calmer.

    Iran says they attacked in retaliation for an airstrike that they believe Israel did. The airstrike destroyed what Iran claims were consular offices in Syria and killed two generals from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. This happened earlier this month.

    Israel said that their defense system, supported by the US and Britain, was able to shoot down almost all of the 300 drones and missiles launched by Iran last night. A girl in southern Israel got hurt and a missile hit an Israeli airbase, but it didn’t cause much damage.

    However, the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said that the mission was a success.

    According to Mona Yacoubian, Iran has been able to find a way to respond to the attack in Damascus without making the situation worse with Israel. This could help prevent a bigger conflict from happening.

    Yacoubian said that both Iran and Israel can say they won and back down from fighting, especially because no Israeli civilians were killed.

    The whole world was still waiting to find out what happened at a meeting of top Israeli leaders on Sunday. Some people in Israel want to act tough, but others think they should be careful and focus on building good relationships with Arab countries.

    “We are going to team up with neighboring countries and make Iran pay for what they’ve done, on our terms and when we decide. ” said Benny Gantz, a member of the War Cabinet.

    Experts believe that Iran has shown it is ready to increase the intensity of its conflict with Israel and might change how it fights.

    “It’s a message to Israel that if they don’t follow the rules, there will be consequences,” said Magnus Ranstorp, who works at the Swedish Defense University.

    Iran’s attack has increased worries about the war in Gaza causing problems in the region.

    Iran says it doesn’t want a big war in the region. Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on social media that Iran does not plan to keep defending itself unless it is attacked.

    Iran said it only attacked places in Damascus that were connected to Israel, not regular people or places where money is made.

    When Israel started attacking Hamas in Gaza, groups supported by Iran joined in the fighting, but Iran did not take part directly. Hezbollah, a group from Lebanon, shot rockets into the northern part of Israel. Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked ships from the West on the Red Sea. A group of militia from Iraq, supported by Iran, attacked the U. SSoldier jobs in Iraq and Syria.

    Tehran is now ready to increase its efforts without using other groups, said Maha Yahya, director of the Carnegie Middle East Center.

    However, Iran only made a limited effort.

    “They warned us this was going to happen, and I think they knew their drones and missiles would be stopped before they could reach Israel,” Yahya said.

    She also said that the recent increase in pressure on Israel for its actions in Gaza has now changed to trying to reduce tensions in the region.

    Yacoubian believes Washington needs to act to stop things from getting worse.

    Eldad Shavit, who leads the Israel-US alliance, said that Israel’s allies, including the United States, do not support more military action. Study program at an Israeli organization called the Institute for National Security Studies.

    John Kirby, a spokesperson for national security at the White House, told NBC that President Joe Biden does not want the fighting in the region to get worse or for there to be a bigger war with Iran. He is personally working on finding a peaceful solution through diplomacy.

    The G7, which includes countries like the United States, United Kingdom, and France, and the UN Security Council, had important meetings on Sunday.

    All the people at the G7 meeting agreed that they strongly disagree with Iran’s attack. They are prepared to take more action if Iran continues to do things that make the situation worse.

  • Justin Trudeau denounces Iran’s aggression against Israel

    Justin Trudeau denounces Iran’s aggression against Israel

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has stated that Canada strongly condemns Iran’s attacks on Israel, as tensions between the two countries continue to rise, increasing the risk of a broader conflict in the Middle East.

    Trudeau said this after Iran’s government-controlled media said Iran shot big missiles at Israel on Saturday. This was Iran’s first direct military attack on Israel.

    Once again, these attacks show that the Iranian government does not care about peace and stability in the region. “We believe Israel has the right to protect itself and its people from these attacks,” Trudeau said at a dinner for the press at Parliament.

    He said he’s getting regular updates from important people in charge of national security and intelligence.

    Israel said that Iran had shot over 100 drones carrying bombs towards them.

    US officials, who didn’t want to say their names, said they stopped some of the missiles that were on the way.

    Israel stopped all planes from flying on Saturday because they thought Iran might attack. On Sunday morning, loud noises and warning sirens were heard all over the country.

    The Israeli military’s spokesperson, Rear Adm Daniel Hagari, said that Iran launched many drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. Most of them were stopped before reaching Israel’s borders. He said that warplanes stopped more than 10 cruise missiles, even outside of Israel’s airspace.

    He said only a few were able to arrive in Israel.

    Tensions between the two countries got worse after an airstrike, thought to be from Israel, destroyed Iran’s consulate in Syria and killed two Iranian generals. Tehran promised to get back at someone.

    Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said on Friday that it’s better for Canadians to not travel to Israel because it’s not safe right now.

    She said Canadians in Israel should go home by regular airplanes.

    Pierre Poilievre, who is against the government, said on Saturday that Canada needs to work with other countries to make Iran take responsibility for their actions.

    “The Canadian government needs to quickly make a law to stop the IRGC, a terrorist group controlled by Tehran. This will keep our people safe and prevent the regime from using our country for fundraising, planning, and organizing,” he wrote in a statement.


    The government has been asked to call the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is part of Iran’s military, a terrorist group.

    NDP politician Heather McPherson, who is her party’s spokesperson for foreign affairs, said Canadians are concerned about the impact of a war in the region.

    “Negotiation is the only way to solve this. ” Canada and other countries need to make the situation better now,” she wrote on X, which used to be called Twitter.

    Many countries are criticizing Iran for their actions, and the United Nations leader is asking for the fighting to stop right away.

    The ambassador from Israel to Canada said thank you to Trudeau and Joly for their kind words of support.

    Israel will keep protecting itself from attacks by Iran and its allies in the area. Iran is trying to cause problems in the area and we are grateful for our friends’ help during these events,” said Iddo Moed in a statement.

    Air Canada said they won’t fly to Tel Aviv on Saturday. The airline flies back and forth between Toronto and Tel Aviv four times a week without any stops. The next one will happen on Monday.

    “We have a new flexible policy for customers who need to change their booking. We will keep an eye on the situation to make sure everything is okay. ” The spokesperson said they will change our schedule to fit the region’s needs.

  • World leaders beg Israel not to attack Iran in retaliation

    World leaders beg Israel not to attack Iran in retaliation

    Leaders from around the world are telling Israel not to fight back after Iran attacked with many drones, missiles, and cruise missiles.

    British Foreign Secretary David Cameron spoke to the BBC on Monday about the United Kingdom. It means that the US doesn’t want to attack back, and France is going to try to stop Israel from making things worse.

    Iran attacked Israel on Saturday, less than two weeks after Israel’s suspected attack in Syria that killed two Iranian generals. This was the first time Iran has directly attacked Israel, even though the two countries have been enemies since 1979.

    According to an Israeli military spokesperson, almost all of the drones and missiles sent by Iran were stopped.

    Israel and Iran have been heading towards a conflict while Israel has been fighting against Hamas in Gaza for six months. The fighting began when two aggressive groups, supported by Iran, attacked across the border. A bomb killed 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others.

    The attack by Israel in Gaza has caused a lot of damage and resulted in the death of over 33,700 people, as reported by local health officials.

    The leader of Germany has asked Israel to help reduce tension.

    German leader Olaf Scholz wants Israel to help reduce tension in the Middle East after Iran attacked them.

    Scholz said in Shanghai that Iran needs to stop its aggressive behavior.

    He was asked if he will try to stop Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from using military force to respond to the attack on Saturday night. He said many people agree that Israel did a really good job at defending against the attack with help from its allies.

    He said, “This is a success that maybe shouldn’t be wasted. ” So we recommend that people help to calm things down on their own.
    Germany strongly supports and is a close friend of Israel.

    African leaders want Israel and Iran to stop fighting.

    A few African governments are asking Israel and Iran not to make the conflict worse.

    Iran attacked Israel and it’s a big threat to world peace. But Israel should be careful in how they respond, said President William Ruto of Kenya on social media.

    South Africa’s government said on Sunday that the sides fighting in the conflict need to be very careful and not do anything to make the situation worse in a delicate area.

    Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry asked Israel and Iran to think about the universal promise to solve conflicts peacefully.

  • Iran strikes Israel directly for the first time in military history

    Iran strikes Israel directly for the first time in military history

    Iran attacked Israel’s military directly for the first time on Saturday. The Israeli army says Iran sent over 100 drones carrying bombs towards Israel. Several hours later, Iran said they had also fired even more powerful ballistic missiles.

    Iran was saying they would attack Israel because Israel bombed Iran’s consulate in Syria earlier this week. Twelve people, including two important Iranian generals, were killed in the bombing.

    The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning that most of the missiles fired from Iran were stopped before they could reach Israel. Israel considers defending against missiles and drones very important. They have different systems to shoot down any incoming threats.

    Israel and Iran have been heading toward a conflict during Israel’s six-month war against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. The fighting started when Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two groups supported by Iran, launched a big attack across the border in October. 7 attacks happened in Israel. 1,200 people died and 250 people were taken by force.

    The Israeli attack in Gaza has caused a lot of damage and killed more than 33,000 people, according to local health officials.

    Israel says that they stopped most missiles that were sent from Iran.

    Israel’s army says most of the missiles fired from Iran were stopped before they reached Israel.

    The Israel Defense Forces said that Iran launched many missiles towards Israel, but most of them were stopped by Israel’s defense system and its allies before reaching Israel.

    “A few hits were found, one at an IDF base in southern Israel, where only a little damage was done to the buildings,” the statement said.

    The report said that many enemy airplanes and missiles from Iran were coming towards Israel, but they were stopped.

    Many Israeli fighter jets are working to stop any threats coming from the sky towards Israel.

  • Mike Johnson to advocate for help to Israel and Ukraine

    Mike Johnson to advocate for help to Israel and Ukraine

    On Sunday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he will work hard to get help for Israel during the war. He will also try to get support for a national security plan that gives money to Ukraine and other allies in Asia.

    Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, is facing a lot of pressure from other Republicans as he tries to balance the party’s differing opinions on supporting Kyiv against Moscow’s invasion. The Republican leader has not taken action on a $95 billion package that would help US allies and provide aid to civilians in Ukraine and Gaza. It would also give money to replace weapons given to Taiwan.

    Iran attacked Israel on Sunday, putting more pressure on Johnson. But it also gave Johnson a chance to show how important it is to approve the funding.

    Johnson spoke to Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures” and said that he and the Republicans know it is important to support Israel. He said he will work to approve the aid this week.

    “He said they are putting together the details of that package right now. ” “We’re checking the choices and extra problems. ”

    Senate leader Chuck Schumer said President Joe Biden talked on the phone Sunday with the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress, including Johnson. The New York Democrat said that all the leaders agreed to help Israel and Ukraine, and hopefully we can figure it out and get it done next week.

    “It’s very important for Ukraine, Israel, and the Western countries’ future,” Schumer said.

    The White House said Biden talked about how important it is for the House of Representatives to quickly pass the national security supplemental.

    Johnson has told other House Republicans that he plans to put together the help for Israel, Ukraine, and Asian allies and get it approved by the House this week. This was stated by a Republican representative. Mike Turner, from Ohio, is the leader of the House Intelligence Committee, and he was on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.

    The person speaking wants to pass a law that would give some money to Kyiv as loans, allow the US to use Russian bank money that is frozen, and make other changes to policy. Johnson wants the Biden administration to allow Liquefied Natural Gas exports to be approved again. He also wants changes to be made at the US border with Mexico.

    Currently, the only plan that most people in Congress agree on is the one the Senate passed. It includes about $60 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.

    John Kirby, who works for national security at the White House, asked the speaker to bring that package to a vote in the House as soon as possible.

    Kirby said on NBC that we already know what’s happening in Ukraine and don’t need any reminders. “But last night really showed how much danger Israel is in because of where it is located. ”

    Johnson is talking to the White House and Donald Trump about getting more money for Ukraine. Trump is likely to be the Republican presidential nominee.

    Johnson went to Florida to meet Trump at his club because he was worried about losing his job. Trump said he likes and supports Johnson and they have a good relationship.

    “Johnson said that he and I completely agree on these important agenda items. ” “When discussing help for Ukraine, he has introduced the idea of loaning them items instead of giving them aid, which is an important concept and I think many people agree with it. ”

    However, Trump’s “America First” agenda has encouraged many Republicans to support a more isolationist approach. Support for Ukraine has been decreasing for the past two years since the war started. This was once a popular cause, but now it is one of Johnson’s biggest challenges.

    When he comes back to Washington on Monday, Johnson will also have to deal with a group of conservatives who are already upset with how he has been leading the House. They are not happy with how much money the government is spending or with a tool the US government uses for surveillance.

    Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia who supports conservative ideas, wants Johnson to be removed from his position. She left the Capitol on Friday and told reporters that more people were starting to support her cause. On Sunday, Johnson wanted to give aid, but Greene said it was wrong to make aid for Israel depend on aid for Ukraine.

    No other Republicans have said they want to remove Johnson from his position like Greene did, but more and more very conservative people are openly criticizing Johnson and not following his leadership.

    At the same time, older GOP politicians who want to help Ukraine are getting impatient because it’s taking a long time to bring the aid to a vote in the House. Kyiv’s soldiers don’t have enough bullets and Russia is gaining confidence as it tries to take over more land in a planned attack. A big missile and drone attack destroyed a big power plant in Ukraine last week. Other power plants were also damaged.

    “The same thing that happened in Israel last night happens in Ukraine every night,” said the Congressman. Michael McCaul, a Republican leader of the group that oversees foreign affairs, was on CBS’s “Face the Nation. ”

    The differences in opinions have made Johnson work hard to create a plan that both Republicans and Democrats like. Democrats have asked the speaker many times to bring the $95 billion package passed by the Senate in February for a vote.

    Progressive Democrats don’t want to send help to Israel because they’re worried it will help their mission.

  • Palestinian villages in West Bank attacked by hundreds of Israeli settlers

    Palestinian villages in West Bank attacked by hundreds of Israeli settlers

    Hundreds of Israeli individuals have visited Palestinian settlements in the West Bank and inflicted harm on the inhabitants there. This happened after a young Israeli boy from a settlement was found dead.

    Binyamin Achimair, who was 14 years old, was found dead in the Malachei Ha’Shalom area. The Israeli military said he was killed in a “terrorist attack. ”

    It is still not known what caused the death, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has not shown proof that it was a “terrorist attack. ”

    Shortly after that, videos from CNN show people burning houses and cars in the village of Duma, which is southeast of Nablus. Video shows a lot of smoke in the air and people shooting guns. People who saw it happen said that the settlers went into the houses of other people and there was fighting with Palestinians.

    In a video from Duma, a man said it was like a war on the streets.

    Videos on websites like Facebook and Twitter show fights between Palestinians and Israeli settlers in the villages of Deir Dibwan and Beitin, east of Ramallah. Palestinians are throwing rocks at the settlers, and Israeli military vehicles are using tear gas to break up the crowds.

    The new attacks by settlers happened the day after a big attack in the village of Al-Mughayyir, which is east of Ramallah. One Palestinian man was killed in the attack, while they were looking for Achimair. Around 25 more people got hurt in the attack, as stated by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that they are looking for the person who killed Achimair and asked Israelis to cooperate with the authorities.

    “The horrible killing of Binyamin Achimair is a very bad crime. ” I feel really sorry for his family,” said the Israeli Prime Minister’s office in a statement.

    “The IDF and Shin Bet are working hard to catch the bad murderers and anyone helping them,” it said.

    The prime minister said that Israeli security forces are doing a lot of work in the area and in Palestinian villages. He asked the citizens of Israel to let them do their work without any problems.

    Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant encouraged people to not break the law on their own.

    “I am asking the public to support the security forces in finding the terrorists quickly. Taking revenge will make it hard for our soldiers to do their job. We should not take the law into our own hands,” Gallant said in a post on X.

    Videos filmed by CNN show more Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah.

    The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Saturday that more than 12 Palestinians went to hospitals in the West Bank, with most of them injured by gunshots.

    Violence has been going up in the areas of the West Bank and East Jerusalem that are controlled by others since the October 7 attacks. The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah said that at least 462 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces or settlers.

  • Israel silent over its next moves against Iran

    Israel silent over its next moves against Iran

    Israeli leaders said on Sunday that an international military group helped stop a planned attack by Iran using many drones and missiles. They called the joint response the beginning of a “strategic alliance” against Iran in the region.

    Israel’s government officials gathered to deliberate on their next course of action, though they did not come to a conclusion.The world is worried about the situation getting worse.
    The United States, Britain,France, and some Middle Eastern countries teamed up to help Israel during its war with Hamas in Gaza. Israel was feeling alone in the fight,but now it has some powerful allies backing it up. The group of countries working together could show other places how to have good relationships with each other after the war is over.

    “The Israeli military spokesman said it was the first time a group worked together to fight against the threat of Iran and its allies in the Middle East. “

    One thing we don’t know is which of Israel’s nearby countries helped shoot down most of the 350 drones and missiles that Iran launched. Israeli soldiers and an important member of the War Cabinet mentioned more “partners” but didn’t say who they are. When asked, spokesman John Kirby from the White House’s national security team also didn’t say who they were.

    But one seemed to be Jordan, and it said it was acting to protect itself.

    “It was thought that there was a serious risk of Iranian marches and missiles hitting Jordan, so the military took action to address this danger. “”If Israel is the threat, Jordan will do the same thing,” said Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi in an interview on Al-Mamlaka state television. On Sunday, President Joe Biden talked to King Abdullah of Jordan.

    The United States. For a long time, Israel has been trying to make friends with the Arab countries in the region to work together against Iran and strengthen their relationship with each other. The work includes the 2020 Abraham Accords, which made it so Israel and four Arab countries are now friends, and having Israel in the US military’s Central Command, which looks after missions in the Middle East and works closely with the armies of moderate Arab states.

    The US was trying to make Israel and Saudi Arabia become friends before October. The war in Gaza started because Hamas attacked Israel. The war has caused many Palestinian deaths and has stopped efforts to make peace because people are very upset in the Arab world. However, it seems that there has been ongoing cooperation behind closed doors, and the White House is hopeful about creating ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia after the war.

    Right before Iran’s attack, the leader of CENTCOM, Gen Erik Kurilla, went to Israel to plan a strategy.

    Israel’s top military leader,Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, thanked CENTCOM for working together to defend against threats on Sunday. Both Jordan and Saudi Arabia are part of CENTCOM. The Israeli military released a map showing missiles going through the airspace of both Iran and Israel, but neither country admitted to being involved in stopping Iran’s missile launches.

    “Arab countries helped Israel stop the attack because they know they need to work together against Iran, or they could be the next target,” Amos Yadlin, a former leader of Israel’s military intelligence, wrote on X, a social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

    Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defence minister, said he talked to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about working together to prevent the danger from Iran. They want to create a group of countries to protect against Iran’s threat.

    The White House wants to work together with others and has asked Israel to be very careful before attacking Iran. US leaders said Biden told Israel’s leader Netanyahu that the US wouldn’t join in any attacks on Iran.

    Israel’s leadership met to talk about how to respond to a possible conflict, but they haven’t made any decisions yet. He talked without saying his name because he was talking about private discussions.

    When asked about what he will do in response, Hagari chose not to give a direct answer. “We are ready for anything,” he said.

    Benny Gantz, a key member of the War Cabinet, said that we will form a group with nearby countries and make Iran pay for what they did, in our own way and when we want.

    Iran attacked because Israel attacked an Iranian building in Syria and killed two Iranian generals.

    On Sunday morning, Iran stated that the attack had ended, and Israel allowed flights in its airspace again. Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, said Iran had taught Israel a lesson and warned that if they try anything else against Iran, they will have a stronger and regretful response from Iran.

    The enemies have been fighting secretly for a long time, but on Sunday Iran attacked Israel directly for the first time, even though they have been enemies since 1979.

    Iran attacked Israeli buildings in the Damascus strike and told the White House that it would be a small operation.

    US officials said Iran wanted to “destroy and hurt people” and that if the attacks had worked, they would have caused a big problem that would have been difficult to control. At one time, there were at least 100 missiles flying towards Israel, and they would reach there in just a few minutes, officials said.

    Israel stated that they were able to stop more than 99% of the missiles that Iran fired, only a few missiles were able to get through. An Israeli airbase got a little damaged.

    Israel has built a strong defense system with help from the US. It can stop different kinds of attacks, like missiles, drones, and rockets.

    That system, working together with the US and other countries, stopped a very bad attack from happening. This is important because Israel is already involved in fighting in Gaza and on its northern border with Lebanon’s Hezbollah militia. Iran supports both Hamas and Hezbollah.

    Stopping the attack from Iran could make Israel look better after the Hamas attack in October. People in the Middle East and in Western countries will be paying close attention to what the powerful army of Israel does next, as they try to build the coalition they talked about on Sunday.

    In Washington, Biden promised to gather friends to come up with a united plan. Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said that the US will have discussions with its friends. After a sudden meeting, the Group of Seven countries all agreed that they were against Iran’s attack and were willing to take more action if needed.

    Israel and Iran have been on a path to conflict during Israel’s fighting in Gaza.

  • Israel struck and killed three of my sons – Hamas leader Haniyeh

    Israel struck and killed three of my sons – Hamas leader Haniyeh

    Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh have been killed in an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday according to their father. Haniyeh blamed Israel for acting out of revenge and killing.

    Haniyeh said his sons died in an interview on Al Jazeera. He said they died trying to free Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

    The Israeli army did not respond right away.

    Biden has strongly supported Israel in its fight against Hamas. But recently, he has been less patient with Netanyahu and his government has been tougher on Israel. This has caused tension between the two countries and has made Israel more isolated on the world stage.

    The biggest argument is about Israel’s plan to attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah. An Israeli attack last week made the separation even worse. The attack killed seven workers with the World Central Kitchen charity, most of them were from other countries. Israel said they did not mean to cause the deaths, but Biden was very angry about it.

    In a recent interview, Biden talked about the differences between the US and Israel when it comes to giving help to people in Gaza. Gaza is facing a shortage of food because of the war, and more than a million people are in danger of going hungry.

    “He is making a mistake. ” Biden said that he doesn’t like how Netanyahu is doing things. He thinks Netanyahu is more focused on staying in power than what’s best for Israel.

    “He said in the phone interview that the criminal is driven by a desire for revenge and murder and doesn’t care about following rules or laws. ”

    Ismail Haniyeh lives in Qatar, where Al Jazeera is located.

    He said that the killings would not make Hamas change their mind. The two groups have been working on stopping fighting for several months.

    “The enemy thinks that if they attack the families of our leaders, they will give in to what they want,” he said. “Anyone who thinks that attacking my sons will make Hamas change its mind is crazy. ”

    Hamas’ TV station, Al-Aqsa, reported that Hazem, Ameer, and Mohammed Haniyeh, along with other family members, were killed in a strike close to the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Ismail Haniyeh comes from Shati.

    The brothers and their family were in one car when an Israeli drone attacked them, according to Al-Aqsa TV. Six people died, including Hazem Haniyeh’s daughter, and Ameer’s son and daughter.

    The strike happens while people from other countries are trying to help make a new agreement to stop the fighting. We didn’t know right away how the strike would affect the negotiations.

    Before, Benny Gantz, an Israeli war minister, said that Hamas has lost in a fight, but he also said that Israel will keep fighting against them for many years.

    “From a military standpoint, Hamas has lost. ” “Israel’s fighters have been killed or are in hiding, and their abilities are weakened,” Gantz said in a statement to the media in Sderot.

    However, he said that it will take a while to fight against Hamas. Middle school boys will continue to have fights in Gaza Strip.

    Gantz said that the Israeli government is committed to entering Rafah, a city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip where many people are seeking shelter. “Wherever terrorists are, the IDF will go there,” he said.

    The attack happened while people in Gaza were celebrating the end of Ramadan and visiting the graves of family members who had died in the war. In the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City, people were sitting quietly next to graves that were surrounded by buildings that were destroyed by Israel’s attack after Hamas’s deadly attack in October. Rewrite this text in an easy way:

    “The United States is doing its own thing. ” President Joe Biden said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a mistake in handling the war in Gaza. He wants the government to give a lot of aid to the troubled area. This is putting more pressure on Israel to stop fighting and causing a bigger disagreement between the two countries.

    Biden strongly supports Israel’s battle against Hamas. In the past few weeks, the president has become less patient with Netanyahu. His administration is being stricter with Israel, causing tension in their long-standing alliance and making Israel more isolated internationally because of the war.

    The biggest argument is about Israel’s plan to attack the city of Rafah in Gaza. The disagreement got even worse when Israel bombed a group giving aid, killing seven workers from a charity called World Central Kitchen. Most of them were from other countries. Israel said they did not mean to cause the deaths, but Biden was very angry about it.

    Biden recently said in an interview that Israel and the US disagree on giving aid to people in Gaza. The war there has led to a risk of famine for over a million people.

    “He is making a mistake. ” “I don’t like the way he’s doing things,” Biden told the Spanish TV station Univision. He was asked if Netanyahu was more focused on keeping his job than on what’s best for Israel.

    Israel stopped giving aid to Gaza when the war started, but because the US asked them to, they have slowly started to allow more trucks to bring aid into the area. However, aid organizations say that necessary supplies are not getting to people in need fast enough. They are pointing the finger at Israeli restrictions and pointing out that many trucks are stuck waiting to enter Gaza. Countries have tried other ways to give aid that are not as good, like dropping supplies from airplanes or delivering them by boat.

    Israel has opened more ways for trucks to go into northern Gaza, which was hit hard in the war. Israel thinks that aid groups take too long to give help to people in Gaza after they bring it there.

    The delivery of aid is made difficult by problems with organization and safety, especially because of the recent WCK strike.

    Israel and Hamas are talking to try to make a deal to stop fighting. Hamas wants Israel to release some people they took captive on Oct 7. However, the two sides still disagree on important issues, such as whether Palestinians should be allowed to return to northern Gaza. Netanyahu’s group of top officials met on Tuesday night to talk about the hostage negotiations, but it seems like they didn’t decide anything.

    Netanyahu promised to win completely by destroying Hamas’ military and government so that the Oct 7 attacks don’t happen again and the hostages can come back. He says that to win, they need to attack Rafah, which Israel says is the last big place controlled by Hamas. But more than half of the 2. 3 million people in Gaza are hiding there.

    Six months after the war started, Israel is becoming more and more alone. Even its closest friends are speaking out about being unhappy with how the war is going. Turkey, a country Israel has traded with for a long time, is also taking actions that could hurt Israel’s economy to show how upset they are.

    Netanyahu is being accused of doing bad things and now people want him to say what he thinks about Gaza after the war. Critics say that he is taking a long time to make a decision because he doesn’t want to upset his very patriotic partners in the government who want to move people back to the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Netanyahu has already said he is against this idea.

    Netanyahu’s partners in government also don’t want to give in to Hamas and have said they might leave the government. If they do, the ruling group would fall apart and new elections would need to happen.

    Israel started the war because Hamas attacked them from another country. The militants killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and took about 250 people as hostages, according to Israel.

    Over 33,400 Palestinians have been killed in the on-going fighting. Gaza’s Health Ministry doesn’t separate civilians and soldiers in their count, but they claim that most of the people who died were women and children. Israel claims to have killed about 12,000 fighters, but has not shown any proof.

    The war has caused a big disaster for people who need help. Most of the people in the area had to leave their homes because of the fighting, and many parts of Gaza are now too damaged to live in.

  • Israel threatens to immediately attack Iran if it launches an attack

    Israel threatens to immediately attack Iran if it launches an attack

    Israel’s foreign minister Yisrael Katz has said that if Iran attacks Israel from its land, Israel will attack Iran back.

    He made these comments when things were very tense between the two countries because some Iranian generals were killed in a blast at the Iranian consulate in Syria.

    “Iran attacks, Israel will attack back,” said Israel Katz in a post on X in Farsi and Hebrew.

    Earlier on Wednesday, Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei repeated a pledge to take revenge on Israel for the attack on its consulate in Damascus.

    Tehran blames Israel for the attack that destroyed the building and killed 12 people. Israel has not admitted that it was involved, but it is preparing for a possible attack from Iran in return. This would be a big increase in their ongoing secret conflict.

    The attack ended Gen’s life. Mohammad Reza Zahedi was an important leader in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard. He was in charge of the Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria until 2016. 11 people died, including 6 guards, 4 Syrians, and 1 member of Hezbollah.

    Israel has been attacking many places in Syria that are connected to Iran. They are doing this to stop weapons and other joint efforts with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which is supported by Iran. The Israeli army doesn’t usually talk about these attacks. For the past six months, there has been almost daily fighting between Israel and Hezbollah along the border between Israel and Lebanon. This started when the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza began.

    Hamas leaders in Gaza started the war by attacking southern Israel on Oct 7. They are also supported by Iran. Tehran supports a group of Iraqi militias that are aiming to harm the U. SMilitary bases and locations in Syria and Iraq belonging to The Islamic Resistance of Iraq.

    Khamenei said at a prayer ceremony for the end of Ramadan that the strike on its consular was like an attack on Iran’s land.

    “When they attacked our consulate area, it was like they attacked our land,” Khamenei said on Iranian state TV. “The bad government will be punished, and it must be punished. ”

    Katz and the Ayatollah did not explain how they would strike back.

    Khamenei criticized the US and Britain for helping Israel in the war against Hamas in Gaza.

    “They were expected to help Israel in this disaster. ” They didn’tHe said the Western governments did not do their jobs.

    Iran doesn’t accept Israel.

  • Police in Toronto looks into vandalised posters depicting Israeli children abducted

    Police in Toronto looks into vandalised posters depicting Israeli children abducted



    The police in Toronto are looking into drawings of swastikas on posters of children who were kidnapped by Hamas. This happened on the same day a new campaign to raise awareness about hate crimes was started.

    Pictures of the damaged posters were posted on X by Friends of Simon Wiesenthal. The group says they found the posters in Cedarvale Park this morning.

    The police in Toronto know about the incident and are investigating it.

    Mayor Olivia Chow described the graffiti as “awful” in a post on X.

    “I have been talking to the Parks, Forestry, and Recreation department. ” “They will take down the messed up posters fast,” Chow wrote in her post. “This is a terrible thing, and I strongly oppose antisemitism in our city. ”

    The city’s Jewish community had a big gathering on Sunday at Nathan Phillips Square to remember six months since the Oct 7. During the massacre, Hamas fighters went through a barrier from the Gaza Strip and killed about 1,200 Israelis. They also took hundreds of others as hostages.

    Israel’s attack after the October 7 incident. According to the Gaza health ministry run by Hamas attacks have killed over 33,000 people.

    The posters were damaged in a park in Toronto on the same day that a new campaign to raise awareness about hate crimes was started by Toronto Crime Stoppers and the Toronto Police Service.

    “The campaign aims to stop and get rid of acts of hate that are hurting communities. ” The campaign wants to teach and motivate people in the community to tell the police or Toronto Crime Stoppers about hate crimes and other crimes.

    Hate-motivated crimes have a big effect on many people. Deputy Chief Robert Johnson said in a statement that the impact of the trauma goes beyond just the victim and affects everyone in the community and even further. “People who are worried about something they see can help stop crime by calling the police or giving information to Crime Stoppers. This is really important for keeping our city safe. ”

    The posters say that hate crimes can make people feel lonely, can lead to more violence, and have a big impact on our communities.

    They want people to “see it, say it, stop it” and tell the police or use Crime Stoppers to report any incidents.

    Toronto police have noticed that there have been more hate crimes during the Israel-Hamas war.

  • Dozens of Israeli forces pulledout from southern Gaza

    Dozens of Israeli forces pulledout from southern Gaza

    Israel’s army said on Sunday that they have taken their soldiers out of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. This is an important part of their mission against the Hamas group. Now, they have fewer soldiers in Gaza than they did before.

    Defence officials said soldiers were getting ready to move into the last place controlled by Hamas, called Rafah. “The fighting in Gaza is still going on, and we are a long way from ending it,” said the military leader, Lt. Write in simple words: Gen. Herzi Halevi is an Israeli general.

    Channel 13 TV said that Israel will start moving people out of Rafah in a week and it could take a few months.

    Nevertheless, the withdrawal was an important event as Israel and Hamas reached six months of fighting. Military officials, who want to keep their names secret, said a big group of soldiers is still in Gaza to do planned operations, including in a place called Khan Younis where the leader of Hamas, Yehya Sinwar, is from.

    A video in Khan Younis showed people going back to a place with broken tall buildings and climbing over wreckage. Cars were flipped upside down and burned. The main hospital in Southern Gaza, called Nasser, was in very bad condition.

    Ahmad Abu al-Rish said sadly, “It’s all just broken pieces. ” “Animals can’t survive here, so how can a person. ”

    Israel has promised to send soldiers to fight in Rafah soon. But there are 1. 4 million people living in the city, which is more than half of the population of Gaza. The idea of an attack has made the whole world worried, even Israel’s closest friend, the US, wants to see a good plan to keep civilians safe. Letting people go back to Khan Younis might help ease some stress on Rafah.

    John Kirby, who speaks for national security at the White House, said again on Sunday that the US doesn’t support an attack on Rafah. He told ABC that the US thinks the Israeli soldiers leaving Rafah is just a break for them to rest and get ready to go back, and not a sign that they are planning a new attack.

    Israel’s military withdrew some of its troops from the badly damaged northern Gaza during the war, without making much noise about it. It keeps doing airstrikes and attacks in places where it thinks Hamas is back, like Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa. The head of the World Health Organization said the hospital is now empty and destroyed.

    After six months, many people in Israel are feeling more and more upset. There are big protests against the government and people are getting angrier because they think the government is not doing enough to free around 130 hostages. The government says that about a quarter of the hostages have died. Hamas fighters took around 250 people captive when they went from Gaza to Israel on October 7 and caused the deaths of 1,200 people, mostly innocent civilians.

    Thousands of people protested outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, demanding that the government make a deal to free hostages. The protest was organized by the families of the hostages. In the south part of Israel, sad family members came together at a music festival where over 300 people died on October. Reworking the sentence would allow me to comprehend it better, so I could try to help you further if you provide more information.

    “We cannot believe this is real and the people in Gaza and our country also cannot believe it’s real. ” “We just want to stay alive,” said a person named Talia Ezrahi who was protesting.

    Another protester, Michal Fruchtman, said she would agree to anything in order to bring back the hostages and stop the mass killings in Gaza.

    Talks were supposed to start again on Sunday in Cairo to try to make a deal to stop fighting in exchange for letting the hostages go. An Israeli group, led by the head of the Mossad intelligence agency, was going to Cairo, as told by an Israeli official who wanted to keep their identity a secret. They were not allowed to talk about it with the media.

    There was a lot of pressure to take action right away.

    “This doesn’t look like a war against terror. ” This no longer looks like a war to protect Israel. Chef Jose Andres said it seems like a war against humanity. Seven of his colleagues were killed in Gaza. Help deliveries to the area were stopped on a very important new path by the sea.

    “Gaza has been left alone by most of humanity,” according to a statement from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

    The UN and other groups are saying that a lot of people in Gaza will soon not have enough food. They want Israel to allow more aid to be brought in by land so that people can get the food they need. Some Palestinians are even looking for plants to eat because there isn’t enough food. Many trucks full of help have been stuck outside Gaza, waiting to go in.

    “People are slowly dying because they are not getting enough food and water. This has been happening for the last six months,” said Avril Benoit, the head of Doctors Without Borders USA, in an interview with CBS.

    Mothers who have had babies in Gaza since the war began are at high risk.

    The Gaza Health Ministry reported that 38 people who were killed in Israel’s bombing were brought to the hospitals in the last day. It was reported that 33,175 people have died since the war started. It doesn’t tell the difference between regular people and fighters, but it says that two-thirds of the people who died are children and women.

    Israel’s army kept losing soldiers, including four who died in Khan Younis. More than 600 Israeli soldiers died since October. 7, as per the government of Israel.

    Worries about a bigger fight in the area kept going as a high-ranking Iranian military adviser cautioned Israel that none of its embassies were secure after a strike in Damascus last week – said to be done by Israel – that killed two important Iranian generals and destroyed an Iranian consular building. Israel has not admitted to being involved.

    “No Israeli embassies are safe anymore,” General said. Rahim Safavi, a military advisor to Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was quoted by the semi-official Tasnim agency.

  • Iranian diplomat alerts Israel to dangers facing its embassies after attack in Damascus

    Iranian diplomat alerts Israel to dangers facing its embassies after attack in Damascus

    A high-ranking Iranian military leader has said that Israel’s embassies are not safe after a recent attack in Damascus that Iran blames Israel for. The attack killed 12 people, including two important Iranian generals. Troubles between countries in the Middle East might lead to a bigger fight as Israel continues to fight against Hamas for six months.

    Israel has been getting ready for Iran’s response to the attack, but they have not admitted that they were involved. The comments made by General are being evaluated. Rahim Safavi said that if someone attacked a diplomatic mission, they might get the same kind of attack in return.

    “Safavi, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, says that none of the Israeli embassies are safe anymore. ” This was reported by the semi-official Tasnim agency.

    Safavi talked at a gathering in Tehran to honor the Iranian Revolutionary Guard generals who died in the attack that destroyed an Iranian office in Damascus.

    Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is ready for any reaction.

    “He said that if someone hurts us or wants to hurt us, we will hurt them back,” he said at a meeting with his advisors. “We always follow that rule, in everything we do, including lately. ”

    Regional tensions increased after six months of war. The war started when Hamas militants attacked Israel from Gaza, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and capturing about 250 others. Israel attacked by bombing and sending soldiers to fight on the ground. This has led to the deaths of over 33,000 Palestinians, with most of them being women and children, as reported by local health authorities.

    On Sunday, Israel’s military said it was moving its troops out of the area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. The troops were from the 98th paratroopers division. Israel has been focusing on attacking the main area where Hamas has control in recent months.

    This means there are fewer Israeli soldiers in Gaza now, and people are wondering what will happen next in the war, especially for the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.

    Israel says that Rafah is the last place where Hamas is strong and the war will not be finished until Hamas is defeated. However, the area is now home to about 1. 4 million people, which is more than half of Gaza’s population. The possibility of Israel starting a war has made many people around the world worried. Even the US, which is a big supporter of Israel, wants to see a good plan for keeping civilians safe.

    It wasn’t clear how intense the war might become. Israel keeps soldiers in the damaged area of northern Gaza and can move them to the southern area when necessary.

    People in Israel are getting more and more frustrated because the government is not doing enough to free about 130 hostages. Some people think that the government is not doing anything to help them. This has led to protests against the government.

    Talks for a truce and the release of hostages were supposed to start again in Cairo on Sunday. There was a lot of pressure to make something happen soon.

    “People in Gaza have been left alone by humanity,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said in a statement after six months of war.

    The UN and its partners are saying that more than one million people in Gaza might not have enough food soon. They are asking Israel to make it easier to deliver aid to these people. Right now, the only way to bring in enough aid is by land. Some Palestinians are even looking for weeds to eat because they don’t have enough food.

    Women who have had babies in Gaza since the war started are at a greater risk.

    The Gaza Health Ministry said that 38 people who died from Israel’s attacks were taken to the hospitals in the area in the last day. Hospitals got 71 injured people, it said.

    The government said 33,175 people have died since the war started. The ministry doesn’t separate civilians from fighters, but it says that most of the people who died are children and women. Another 75,886 people have been injured.

    Israel’s soldiers kept dying in battles. In Khan Younis, four soldiers were killed in a fight with militants.

    More than 600 Israeli soldiers have died since October. The Israeli government says that 7 people, including 260 in the Gaza ground operation, have been killed.

  • UN court to hear in a case accusing Germany for supporting Israel during Gaza crisis

    UN court to hear in a case accusing Germany for supporting Israel during Gaza crisis

    The United Nations court will start hearings on Monday in a case that wants Germany to stop giving military and other help to Israel. The case says Germany is helping in acts of genocide and breaking international laws in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

    Israel says that its military actions do not break the Genocide Convention.

    Nicaragua’s case is mainly about Germany, but it also criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza after the deadly Oct. incident. In 2007, Hamas militants attacked southern Israel, and about 1,200 people were killed. Over 33,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. The toll doesn’t care if someone is a civilian or a fighter, but it has been reported that most of the people who have died are women and children.

    “We are peaceful and we will explain our side in court,” said Sebastian Fischer, a spokesperson for the German Foreign Ministry, before the hearings.

    “We do not agree with Nicaragua’s accusations,” Fischer told reporters in Berlin on Friday. Germany did not break the rules about genocide or international humanitarian law, and we will explain this in detail at the International Court of Justice.

    Nicaragua asked the court to order Germany to stop giving military aid to Israel because it may be used to violate international law.

    The court will probably need a few weeks to make its first decision, and Nicaragua’s case could take many years to be resolved.

    On Monday, there was a meeting at the world court about the need for countries to stop giving weapons to Israel. This is because Israel has been attacking Gaza for six months and causing a lot of damage.

    The attack has forced most people in Gaza to leave their homes. There is not enough food, the UN says that a famine is coming, and only a few Palestinians have been able to leave the area that is surrounded by enemies.

    Mary Ellen O’Connell, a professor at the University of Notre Dame thinks that the upcoming court case in The Hague will probably make more people against giving any support to Israel.

    On Friday, the highest group that looks after people’s rights at the United Nations asked countries to stop sending weapons to Israel. The United States and Germany were against the resolution.

    Many British legal experts, including three former Supreme Court judges, want their government to stop selling weapons to Israel after three U. KPeople from World Central Kitchen charity were killed in Israeli strikes, along with other aid workers. Israel said that they attacked the aid workers by accident because they thought they were someone else.

    For many years, Germany has strongly supported Israel. Days after October. Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that because of Germany’s history and responsibility from the Holocaust, they will always support and protect the state of Israel’s security.

    Berlin changed its opinion because many innocent people in Gaza have been hurt. They are now very concerned about the people in Gaza and are against a military attack in Rafah.

    Nicaragua’s government has connections to Palestinian groups since the 1979 Sandinista revolution. UN experts accused the government of committing serious human rights abuses this year, but President Daniel Ortega denied the allegations.

    In January, the ICJ ordered Israel to do everything it can to stop people from dying, things from being destroyed, and genocide from happening in Gaza. South Africa filed a case accusing Israel of breaking the Genocide Convention.

    Last week, the court told Israel to do more to help the people in Gaza. They need more ways to get food, water, fuel, and other things they need.

    On Friday, Israel announced that it is opening a border crossing into northern Gaza to help get more aid to the people living there.

    Nicaragua is saying that by helping Israel with political, financial and military support and by stopping funding for the United Nations aid agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, Germany is making it easier for genocide to happen. And Germany has not done enough to stop it.

    Israel says it’s not committing genocide, they are just defending themselves. In January, Israeli legal advisor Tal Becker told judges that the country is fighting a war that they did not begin or want.

  • Israel discovers body of hostage killed in Gaza as ceasefire negotiations continue

    Israel discovers body of hostage killed in Gaza as ceasefire negotiations continue

    Israel’s army said on Saturday that they found the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was kept captive in Gaza. Negotiators are getting ready to start talking again to try to make a truce and free the other hostages. This has been going on for six months since the war started.

    Israel’s military found the body of Elad Katzir and thinks he was killed by fighters from Islamic Jihad, one of the groups that came into southern Israel in October. 7 attacks, killed over 1,200 people, and held about 250 people as hostages. Katzir was taken from Nir Oz, a community near the border that was hit hard.

    The finding put more pressure on Israel’s government to make a deal and free the rest of the hostages. Families are worried that time is running out. At least 36 people who were held as captives have been confirmed to have died. About half of the original number of hostages have been set free.

    “If a deal had happened in time, he could have been saved,” said Katzir’s sister Carmit in a statement. “Our leader is afraid and only thinks about politics, that’s why (a deal) didn’t happen. ”

    Some Israelis disagree with the way Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government are handling the ceasefire negotiations, which have not been successful so far. Last week, many Israelis gathered in central Jerusalem for a big protest against the government, which was the largest protest since the war started.

    In Gaza, many people have been killed and over a million Palestinians have been forced from their homes because of Israel’s attack.

    “We have reached a really bad point,” said Martin Griffiths, the head of UN humanitarian. “It’s been six months and there might be a terrible famine soon. The situation in Gaza getting worse is not acceptable. ”

    The talks to stop fighting will start again on Sunday, as per an Egyptian official and Egypt’s state-owned Al Qahera TV. The official spoke without giving their name because they were not allowed to talk about the negotiations in public.

    The US President Joe Biden has asked CIA Director Bill Burns to go to Egypt and have more discussions about the people who are being held captive, stopping the fighting, and making sure the border between Egypt and Gaza is safe.

    A group from Hamas will come on Sunday to join the talks, said the militant group.

    Hamas says they won’t agree to end the war in stages unless hostages are released. It said it will release 40 people as part of a 6-week ceasefire deal, and also release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Hamas wants the people who had to leave their homes in northern Gaza to come back, and they want more help. Israel said they would let 2,000 people come back each day for six weeks, but only women, children, and older people.

    Israel said they will let 2,000 Palestinian people, mostly women, children, and older people, move to the north each day for six weeks.

    The discussions happened a few days after people all around the world criticized Israel for bombing and killing seven people who were working to help others with a charity called World Central Kitchen. The Israeli military said they made a mistake with the strike and it’s sad. Aid groups say that this mistake is not unusual.

    Some of Israel’s friends are thinking about stopping selling weapons. Biden told Netanyahu that the US will only keep supporting the war if they take quick action to protect civilians and aid workers.

    “Marika Guderian from the World Food Program said we need to be sure we’ll be safe while we help people in Gaza. ”

    The violence stopped help from being brought by ship to Gaza, which was an important new way to bring food and supplies. The UN and its partners are worried that there could be a severe lack of food.

    In Jabaliya, a place where people who had to leave their homes live near Gaza City, families looked for mallow leaves to make a light soup to have when they finish fasting for Ramadan every day. Life is very unhappy. My daughters tell me, “Dad, you keep giving us mallow to eat every day. ” We want to have fish, chicken, and canned food for our meal. Wael Attar, who is staying in a school with 1. 7 million other people who had to leave their homes in Gaza, said, “We really want some eggs, or anything to eat. ” The Health Ministry in Gaza said that 33,137 people have died in the war. The toll doesn’t care if people are civilians or soldiers. But it has said that most of the dead are women and children.

    The ministry said 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and their bodies were brought to hospitals in the past day. This is the lowest number of deaths in months.

    Israel says that Hamas is responsible for the deaths of civilians in Gaza. They say that Hamas is working in areas where civilians live and in places like hospitals.

    The UN said it was able to get into Gaza’s biggest hospital, Shifa, after an Israeli attack, and the head of the World Health Organization called it “completely destroyed” with most of the buildings ruined. The WHO found many shallow graves and bodies that were only partly buried outside the emergency department after the Israeli siege.

    The hospital in southern Gaza, Nasser, was destroyed and it has made the already struggling health system even worse, according to the WHO.


    The city of Rafah in Gaza has more than half of the area’s 2. 3Israel has promised to launch a ground attack there, causing fear and warnings even from the United States.

  • Israeli hostage on October 7 probably killed by friendly fire – Investigation

    Israeli hostage on October 7 probably killed by friendly fire – Investigation

    The military announced on Friday that it is probable that an Israeli helicopter gunship killed 7 people as a reaction to the attack. A person was taken captive by Hamas fighters when they attacked Israeli towns near Gaza in October.

    For a few weeks, the military has been looking into reports that some of the 1,200 Israelis and foreign victims of the attack were accidentally killed by their own side during the confusion. More than 250 people were also taken as hostages during the chaos.

    An investigation looked into what happened when Efrat Katz was kidnapped in Kibbutz Nir Oz. They looked at videos and listened to witnesses to find out what happened.

    It was shown that a helicopter shot at a vehicle with gunmen inside, and it seemed like there were also hostages in the vehicle.

    “The fire killed most of the terrorists in the vehicle, and it’s likely that Efrat Katz also died. ” “He also died,” the statement said.

    The investigation found that the existing surveillance systems could not tell the hostages apart.

    “The air force commander said the helicopter crew did a good job following orders in a difficult war situation. “

  • Two Israeli military officers fired for using drones to kill relief workers in Gaza

    Two Israeli military officers fired for using drones to kill relief workers in Gaza

    The Israeli military has fired two officers and gave warnings to three others for their part in drone attacks in Gaza that killed seven aid workers. The military said they mishandled important information and broke the rules.

    The investigation by a retired general found that Israel was embarrassed to admit that it is not doing enough to protect civilians in Gaza from its conflict with Hamas. The US and other important allies are accusing Israel of not taking proper steps to safeguard the people in Gaza.

    The results will probably make people doubt the choices made by the Israeli military. Palestinians, aid groups, and human rights organizations keep saying that Israeli forces shoot at civilians without being careful, but Israel says this is not true.

    “It’s a very sad event,” said the military’s spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari spoke to the reporters. “We are responsible for a serious event that should not have happened, and we will make sure it doesn’t happen again. ”

    Israel is being told to take responsibility for what it did. Hagari and other officials told reporters the results of the military’s investigation on Thursday night.

    It’s not certain if the punishments and apology will make people feel better about the workers who died, or make aid groups feel safe to come back to Gaza, where many people don’t have enough to eat.

    According to what the people who speak for the Israeli army said, targets have to be seen as dangers for many reasons before they can be attacked. But the investigation found out that a colonel gave permission for several drone attacks on the group of vehicles because a major saw, in blurry footage from a drone camera, that someone in the group had a weapon. The military officials said that the observation was not true.

    The army said the colonel and the major were fired, and three other officers were told they did something wrong. It said the investigation results were given to the military’s advocate general. The advocate general will decide if the officers and others involved in the killings should get more punishment or be prosecuted.

    Israel’s friends were very upset about the killings and they criticized Israel for how they have been acting in the war with Hamas, which has been going on for almost six months.

    The aid workers were five people from different countries who worked for a charity called World Central Kitchen, which was started by a famous chef named José Andrés. The driver from Palestine was also killed.

  • Israel supporters petition court to stop Canada’s funding of UNRWA

    Israel supporters petition court to stop Canada’s funding of UNRWA

    Those in favor of Israel are pushing for the Federal court to nullify the government’s decision to persist in funding the principal UN agency aiding Palestinians.

    The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs is asking the Canadian government to stop giving money to UNRWA, as it is what people whose family members were killed in the Hamas attack want.

    A document says that if UNRWA workers were involved in the Hamas attack, it goes against Canada’s law on giving aid to other countries. This law says aid should be given in a way that follows Canadian beliefs.

    Canada stopped giving money to UNRWA in January because the agency is looking into whether some of its employees were involved in an attack. The United States is investigating 12 staff members.

    The Liberals gave back the money in March because they said the situation in the Gaza Strip was really bad and all the workers were being looked into.

    CIJA thinks it’s not fair to give back the money until the investigation is finished.

    The application also mentions that Israel says UNRWA has worked together with Hamas lately. But UNRWA denies this, and it says Canadian money is illegally helping a terrorist group.

    Lawrence Greenspon filed a request and believes that the government can give money to help Palestinians in need through different organizations.

    “He said to turn on the tap again, but use a different water fountain,” in an interview.

    The UNRWA helps Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, but it’s not the same as the UN agency that helps refugees around the world. Some Jewish groups and Conservatives have criticized UNRWA for a long time.

    They are saying that the agency’s staff’s social media posts are not neutral. Israel says that many workers are part of Hamas, but they have not shown the evidence to the public.

    The Canadian government stopped giving money to UNRWA in 2010 because they thought it was too connected to Hamas.

    Supporters of UNRWA believe it is the best organization for giving out help in Gaza and for keeping the refugee status for Palestinians who were forced to leave their homes when Israel was created and their children and grandchildren.

    Last November, Melanie Joly, who is a Minister for Foreign Affairs, said good things about UNRWA for helping the people in Gaza by giving them the things they need to live. She said UNRWA is the only group that can actually do this.

    The United Nations says that the recent fighting in Gaza has caused the deaths of over 175 of its aid workers. This is the highest number of aid workers killed in any conflict in the history of the UN.

  • 106 people killed in Israeli attack on building in Gaza – Human rights group

    106 people killed in Israeli attack on building in Gaza – Human rights group

    A recent report found that an Israeli attack in Gaza in October killed 106 civilians, including 54 children. The investigation did not find any evidence that the building targeted was used by militants, making the attack seem like a war crime.

    International rules say that it’s not allowed to attack military places if it will probably hurt a lot of innocent people. The 31 attack was one of the worst since the war began about six months ago.

    Human Rights Watch reported that four different airstrikes destroyed a building in central Gaza where about 350 people were living. Around one-third of these people had left their homes in other parts of the territory.

    The people who died were children playing soccer outside and others were charging their phones in the grocery store on the first floor.

    The group says that 34 women, 18 men, and 54 children were killed in the attack. They checked their list with a group in London to make sure it was correct. The people who died were from 22 different families. The Abu Said family lost 23 of their family members in the attack.

    The news reported that four brothers and sisters, including 18-month-old twins, were killed in the attack in October.

    “They didn’t have enough time here,” said Sami Abu Sultan, their uncle, one day after the building was destroyed. “It was what God wanted. ”

    Human Rights Watch collected information for the report by talking to 16 people, including family members of those who died in the attack. They also looked at satellite pictures, 35 photos and 45 videos of what happened afterwards. I couldn’t go to the site because Israel doesn’t allow people to easily enter Gaza.

    People who saw the attack told the organization that there was no warning before it happened. Human Rights Watch says Israel has not given any information about the supposed target and did not answer their requests for information.

    The Israeli military did not reply right away when the Associated Press asked for a comment on Thursday.

    Israel says it tries not to hurt innocent people and says it’s Hamas’ fault that civilians are dying because Hamas operates in crowded neighborhoods. The military doesn’t often talk about specific attacks that kill many people, including women and children, every day.

    Israel is getting more and more criticism from other countries because it killed seven aid workers in recent attacks. Israel has been attacking Gaza very strongly and has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, says the Gaza Health Ministry. This has been happening since Hamas attacked in October. Seven attackers caused the death of 1,200 people and held about 250 people as hostages. The attack on the strip is one of the most serious air attacks of the 21st century.

  • Netanyahu promises to shut down Al Jazeera

    Netanyahu promises to shut down Al Jazeera

    Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu said he will close Al Jazeera in Israel because he believes it spreads dangerous ideas. The parliament passed a law to make this possible.

    Netanyahu promised to increase Israel’s conflict with Al Jazeera. This may also make tensions with Qatar, which owns the channel, worse. This comes at a time when Qatar is trying to help stop the fighting in Gaza. Neither Qatar nor the broadcaster said anything right away.

    Israel and Al Jazeera have not gotten along for a while. Israel says Al Jazeera is not fair to them. Relationships between two parties became very bad almost two years ago when a journalist from Al Jazeera, Shireen Abu Akleh, was killed during a military operation by Israel in the West Bank.

    The journalist was famous in the Arab world for talking about Israel, and the channel said Israel purposely killed her. Israel said they didn’t do it and that the Palestinian woman was probably accidentally shot by Israeli soldiers.

    The relations got even worse after Israel started a war against Hamas in October. In 2007, a militant group attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping 250 others.

    In December, an Israeli attack killed a cameraman from Al Jazeera while he was covering the war in southern Gaza. The leader of the news team in Gaza, Wael Dahdouh, got hurt in the attack too.

    The network said Israel is responsible for killing Dahdouh’s son in an attack in January. Hamza Dahdouh was working for Al Jazeera when a car he was in got hit by a strike. The army said that Hamza Dahdouh was in Islamic Jihad, a militant group in October. 7 attacks by Hamas.

    Last October, Wael Dahdouh lost his wife, daughter, another son, and his grandson in an Israeli attack. The TV showed Dahdouh going into the hospital and looking very sad as he looked at his dead son. Israel has not told us who they were aiming to hit with that attack.

    Al Jazeera is one of the few news outlets from other countries that stayed in Gaza during the war. They showed videos of airstrikes, crowded hospitals, and said that Israel was killing a lot of people. Israel says that Al Jazeera is working with Hamas.

    Al Jazeera caused damage to Israel’s security and was involved in the October incident. 7 attacks where a lot of people were killed and angry fighting started against Israeli soldiers. “It’s time to get rid of Hamas in our country,” Netanyahu said on X, which used to be called Twitter.

    He said he was going to start following the new law right away. “He said Al Jazeera won’t show news from Israel anymore. ”

    Al Jazeera cannot be watched in some countries in the Middle East because their governments have stopped it.

    Egypt stopped Al Jazeera from operating in their country in 2013. It started taking strong action after the military took control in 2013 and removed a government led by the Muslim Brotherhood group. Egypt thinks the Brotherhood is a bad group and said Qatar and Al Jazeera help them.

    In Washington, a person from the State Department called Matthew Miller said the US may not always like what Al Jazeera reports, but still thinks their work is important.

    “We help the independent news organizations all over the world,” he said. “We know about what’s happening in Gaza because there are reporters there, including ones from Al Jazeera, telling us what’s going on. ”

    Israel has said it might close Al Jazeera before, but it hasn’t actually done it. Monday’s law did not close the station right away, but it allows officials to do it later after getting permission from legal and security officials. Any order will only be valid until July 31 or the end of the war in Gaza.

    Israel’s Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karhi, said he plans to go ahead with the closure. He said Al Jazeera has been working as a tool for spreading biased information for Hamas, by promoting using weapons against Israel.

    “He said it’s impossible for a media outlet, which has press credentials from the Government Press Office and offices in Israel, to act against us from within, especially during wartime. ”

    His office announced that they want to stop the channel from being shown in Israel and stop it from working in the country. The rule will not affect the West Bank or Gaza.

    Walid Al-Omari, who is in charge of the Al Jazeera office in the area, said on Monday night that they have not received any communication from the Israeli authorities. “But it’s obvious that they will make the decision in a few days,” he told The Associated Press.

    However, penalizing the channel might be dangerous. Qatar has been helping to make peace between Israel and Hamas. It helped arrange and support a week-long break from fighting in November, and has been holding discussions on and off for weeks to try to arrange another break from fighting.

    Israel may be trying to push Qatar to make Hamas agree to something by focusing on Al Jazeera. In the past, Netanyahu said Qatar is not doing enough. However, this could also make Qatar unhappy. Qatar is a rich country in the Gulf with a lot of oil and gas. It is one of the only countries that has power over Hamas.

    During the war, press freedom groups have criticized Israel a lot. The Committee to Protect Journalists says that 90 Palestinian journalists and two Israeli journalists have died in the war. Israel has not allowed foreign journalists to go to Gaza on their own to report on the war. The army let a few journalists go into Gaza for short visits with strict control and protection from the military.

    people with disabilities to live in dignity and equality. ” Shechter believes the law is unfair and does not treat people with disabilities fairly.

  • Ireland to defend Israel in South African genocide case

    Ireland to defend Israel in South African genocide case

    Irish Remote Serve Micheal Martin said on Wednesday (27 Walk) that Hamas’s assault and current occasions in Gaza speak to a infringement of universal helpful law.

    The UN secretary common said it was time to surge Gaza with life-saving help, and the circumstance €œcould not be more stark€ as half of the populace of Gaza faces inescapable starvation and 100 per cent confront intense nourishment uncertainty.

    The Israeli government has proceeded to besiege and bar Gaza, putting its 2.3 million Palestinians in indeed more risk than some time recently the World Court€™s authoritative arrange.

    At slightest 32,490 Palestinians have been murdered since Israel propelled its attack on 7 October 2023.

    Martin did not say what frame Ireland’€™s intercession might take. Still, he said the nation chosen to move after conducting legitimate and approach investigation and counseling with a few accomplices, counting South Africa.

    Israel has expressed that it has executed a assortment of measures to avoid civilian casualties within the Gaza war.

    Prime Serve Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected South Africa’€™s genocide charge.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • Seven Lebanese and one Israeli killed in shootout at Israel-Lebanon border

    Seven Lebanese and one Israeli killed in shootout at Israel-Lebanon border

    The Israeli military has bombed a building where paramedics from a Sunni Muslim group in Lebanon were working. Seven people were killed in the bombing. In response, Lebanon fired rockets into northern Israel, killing one person.

    The village of Hebbariye was attacked after a day of fighting between Israel’s military and Lebanon’s Hezbollah group. This raised worries that the situation along the border might get even worse, as there has been ongoing conflict there for the past five months during the Israel-Hamas war.

    The bombing happened late on Tuesday and targeted an office of the Islamic Emergency and Relief Corps, as reported by the Lebanese Ambulance Association. It was one of the deadliest attacks in a conflict along the border.

    The paramedics group shared the names of seven people who volunteered and died in the attack. It said the strike was a clear violation of helping people in need.

    Ali Noureddine, a resident of Hebbariye, told The Associated Press that seven people were found dead in the rubble before sunrise on Wednesday.

    The Israeli military attacked a military building in Hebbariye and killed a member of Lebanon‘s Sunni Muslim al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, or the Islamic Group, and some other fighters. It said the man was part of attacks on Israel.

    Several hours later, Hezbollah said it struck back at the airstrike by shooting many rockets on Wednesday morning at the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona and a military base there.

    Rescue workers in Israel reported that a 25-year-old man died when a fire broke out in an industrial park in Kiryat Shmona after it was hit directly. Video from the place showed a lot of black smoke coming out of a building.

    Another person got a small injury. The Israeli military said that about 30 rockets were fired from Lebanon towards the northern part of Israel.

    Nada Khleif was in her little bakery in Hebbariyeh when the strike caused a lot of damage to her business and a nearby apartment. Fortunately, two of her relatives in the apartment were not hurt.

    “The bakery was the only way I could make money to survive. ” “It’s not there anymore,” she said.

    Lebanon’s Hezbollah fighters started shooting rockets at Israel one day after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel on Oct. The seventh text will be rewritten in simple words. There has been a lot of fighting lately along the border between Lebanon and Israel. International mediators are trying hard to stop a big war between Hezbollah and Israel.

    The fighting in Israel has caused the deaths of nine civilians and 11 soldiers. Around 240 Hezbollah fighters and 40 civilians have died in Lebanon.

  • Israel and Hamas intensify their efforts as global pressure increases for Gaza ceasefire

    Israel and Hamas intensify their efforts as global pressure increases for Gaza ceasefire

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to continue with Israel’s attack. He criticized a UN resolution that called for a break in the fighting. He said the resolution made Hamas more confident and made them refuse a different proposal for peace and releasing hostages.

    As the fighting continues in Gaza for six months, each side says they can win and doesn’t want outside help to stop the fighting.

    Netanyahu thinks that Israel can reach its goals of breaking up Hamas and bringing back many hostages if they send more troops to the city of Rafah in the south. Rafah is where more than half of Gaza’s people are staying, and many are living in crowded tent camps.

    Hamas said it will keep the hostages until Israel agrees to a long-term peace deal, removes its soldiers from Gaza, and sets free many Palestinian prisoners, including important fighters. It was announced on Monday that they turned down a recent offer because it didn’t meet their demands. If their demands were met, it would be very expensive for the other party.

    Netanyahu said that Hamas does not want to keep talking about making a deal and that this announcement shows how the Security Council decision has caused harm.

    “Israel will not give in to Hamas’ unrealistic demands. They will keep fighting to achieve all their goals in the war: freeing all the hostages, destroying Hamas’ military and governing abilities, and making sure Gaza can never harm Israel again. ”

    The war has caused the death of more than 32,000 people in Gaza. Most of those who died were women and children. The war has destroyed a lot of Gaza Strip, forcing many people to leave and causing a lot of people to not have enough food.

    A building in Rafah was hit by Israel Monday night. At least 16 people were killed, including nine children and four women. They were staying in the building because they had been forced from their homes. This information comes from hospital records and family members of the people who died. A reporter from the Associated Press saw the dead bodies being brought to a hospital.

    On Monday, the Security Council made a decision to stop fighting, but the United States didn’t vote yes or no, which made Israel very upset. This caused even more tension between the two countries. The resolution says that hostages in Gaza should be set free, but it doesn’t say that the ceasefire depends on it.

    Israel’s foreign minister said that the resolution made Hamas feel stronger because it signaled that international pressure would stop the war without Hamas having to give up anything.

    “The message sent to Hamas yesterday is that they don’t need to rush,” Katz said.

    The war started on October. In 2007, a group of militants led by Hamas invaded Israel and attacked towns in the south. They killed about 1,200 people, mostly regular people, and kidnapped about 250 others. It is thought that there are still around 100 people being kept against their will, and the bodies of 30 others, after most of the other hostages were let go in November in return for setting free some Palestinian prisoners.

    The United States, Qatar, and Egypt have been trying for a few weeks to make a deal to stop fighting and to free hostages, but it seems like they are not making progress. Hamas told the mediators that it will continue to support its previous position, according to a statement it issued on Monday night.

    Hamas said that Israel has not agreed to stop fighting, leave the area, let people go back home, and exchange prisoners.

    Hamas has suggested a step-by-step plan. They would let all the hostages go in exchange for Israel leaving Gaza, aid and rebuilding help, and letting many Palestinian prisoners go, especially those who are leaders of violent groups.

    Netanyahu promised to continue attacking Israel’s enemies after any hostages are freed. He will keep fighting until Hamas is defeated, because he believes this is the only way to stop another attack like the one in October.

  • Israel postpones its travel to Washington after US allows UN resolution on Gaza truce

    Israel postpones its travel to Washington after US allows UN resolution on Gaza truce

    The US and Israel found themselves at odds on Monday when the UN Security Council approved a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, with the US opting not to intervene.

    The US chose not to vote, so Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a trip planned for two of his top advisers to go to the US, according to two Israeli officials.

    The US has said no to resolutions asking for a ceasefire before. Last week, it changed its position on Friday when it suggested a ceasefire resolution connected to freeing hostages. The decision failed because Russia and China said no to it. The US chose not to vote on Monday, so the latest resolution passed because the other 14 members of the 15-strong council voted yes.

    The US Ambassador to the United Nations named Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that the US asked for changes to the latest resolution, but still couldn’t vote yes because they disagreed with some parts of it.

    “The ambassador said that a ceasefire could have happened a while ago if Hamas had let go of the hostages. He wants member states and the UNSC to tell Hamas to agree to the deal that is being offered. ”

    “She said that if there is a ceasefire, all hostages should be set free. ”

    The 10 countries on the Security Council want fighting to stop during Ramadan. They also want hostages to be released right away and for more aid to be sent to Gaza quickly.

    The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, said it would be very bad if the resolution is not put into action.

    The Security Council just agreed on a resolution for Gaza. It asks for a quick ceasefire and for all hostages to be released right away and without any conditions.
    This decision needs to happen. “Guterres said on X, that failure would be really bad. ”

    The UN voted on Monday when tensions were increasing over a potential Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah. The US wants Israel to tell them how they will keep 1. 4 million Palestinians safe as they are expected to attack. The US thinks it would be a bad idea to attack the Palestinians.

    Tzachi Hanegbi and Ron Dermer were supposed to go to Washington to talk about Israel’s plans for war and what the US could do to help. But they canceled the trip because of the vote.

    John Kirby, who speaks for National Security, said that the US was not happy about Netanyahu canceling the trip.

    “We’re upset that they won’t come to Washington, DC, so we can talk about other options instead of sending troops to Rafah. ”

    Israel agreed to a deal about prisoners and hostages proposed by the US, as reported by CNN analyst Barak Ravid from recent talks in Doha. The agreement could lead to the freeing of about 700 Palestinian prisoners, including 100 who are serving life sentences for killing Israelis. In return, 40 Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza would be released.

    However, Hamas said there are still other issues that need to be resolved, apart from the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails. Hamas leader Basem Naeim told CNN that the Israeli and American media were putting pressure on the negotiations.

    “He said the negotiations are not just about the prisoner exchange deal for us. ”

    Naeim said that Israel has not agreed to any of Hamas’ requests for a full ceasefire, pulling out all of its troops from the Gaza Strip, even if done gradually, and allowing all displaced people to go back to their homes.

  • Ocasio-Cortez defends her floor speech accusing Israel of genocide

    Ocasio-Cortez defends her floor speech accusing Israel of genocide

    Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said it is justified to criticize Israel for the high number of Palestinian casualties and to push for limits on funding for Israeli military until Gaza receives the necessary assistance.

    According to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, she thought very carefully before using the word genocide in her speech on Friday.

    Even though she has criticized the fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, Ocasio-Cortez is careful about calling Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians genocide. She tends to use softer language when talking about Israel, unlike some of her friends who are more critical.

    The situation in Gaza is getting worse and worse. Ocasio-Cortez said said to the media that it has reached a critical point.

    “Right now, 1. 1 million people in Gaza are close to starving,” Ocasio-Cortez said in her speech on Friday. “A famine is being caused on purpose by the Israeli government leaders blocking food and help from reaching people in need. ”

    “If you want to see what a genocide looks like as it happens, just look around you,” the New York Democrat said.

    Over 32,000 people in the coastal area have died since the war between Israel and Hamas started, says the Gaza Ministry of Health.

    All 22 million people in Gaza don’t have enough food to eat, with half of the population close to starving. There could be a famine in the north between March and May 2024, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.

    Ocasio-Cortez said, “I think we can’t ignore or explain away the suffering caused by this famine. ” “Hamas is not being specifically attacked to cause a famine that could affect a million people, including many children. ”

    Her remarks come as the Biden government is becoming more firm before important meetings this week between US and Israeli officials.

    Vice President Kamala Harris said on Sunday that the US might punish Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if they attack Rafah with their military. Rafah is a place where more than a million people live in a big tent city. Harris said this would be a big mistake.

    “We have told you many times that a big military move in Rafah would be a bad idea. ” I have looked at the maps and want to tell you something. “There is no place for those people to go,” she said on the TV show “This Week” on ABC.

    Harris is going to make a speech while the national security adviser and the Israeli defense minister are meeting at the White House on Monday. They need to keep trying to free the rest of the people held by Hamas and make sure that the people in Gaza get the help they need.

  • Israel’s arms embargo still “being refined” – Ambassador

    Israel’s arms embargo still “being refined” – Ambassador

    A leader in Canada’s international affairs says the government is still figuring out what it means to stop selling weapons to Israel in the future.

    Global Affairs Canada regional head Alexandre Leveque told senators on Wednesday that this is being improved right now.

    Many Liberal Members of Parliament (MPs) decided to support the NDP’s motion on Monday to stop giving new military permits for weapons going to Israel.

    Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, says that Canada has stopped giving permission for Israel since early January because of concerns about human rights.

    Joly’s office says the rule applies to more than just guns. It also includes weapon technology and equipment.

    Leveque, who works for the Canadian government, said he wasn’t completely sure how the new rule would affect weapons sales in the Middle East.

    This includes looking at the possible effect on exports that can be used for civilian and military purposes, and also whether Israel has to agree to certain things before selling weapons can start again.

    “Some things are being improved,” Leveque said.

    Ottawa wants to restrict exports that could be used in weapons or conflicts until they know more about the volatile situation.

    Businesses can still ask for permission to send weapons overseas, but the government won’t make any decisions for now.

    Israel makes a lot of weapons and gets parts from Canada to put in the things they sell. This includes stuff that Canada buys for themselves.

    “Supply chains, like many other industries, rely on each other. ”

    The words used in the motion have made Liberal and NDP MPs confused. Some people think it’s like stopping the sale of weapons, while others think it’s just keeping the same rules that have been in place for two months.

    Global Affairs Canada said that the motion does not stop current permits to export goods. If we did that, it could harm Canada’s friendships with other countries.

    Despite being asked by groups like Project Ploughshares to stop sending exports that already have permission, they argue that the worries about human rights are still important for those shipments.

    The NDP wants the Liberals to explain what weapons are still being sent to Israel.

    Joly’s office gave copies of the permits for Israel to a group of government officials after the war with Hamas started in October. 7, but that information has not been made available to the public.

    Not all members of parliament (MPs) agreed with the decision. The Conservatives said no to it, and three Liberals also said no. One person named Anthony Housefather is thinking about leaving the party. Niki Ashton, the only New Democrat who didn’t vote, didn’t say why on Thursday.

    Israel’s representative in Ottawa did not say if the motion has a big impact on his country, but he emphasized that it is worrying for many Israelis.

    Israel’s foreign minister said that the vote would weaken Israel’s ability to protect itself, but ambassador Iddo Moed was cautious in an interview on Wednesday.

    Moed said that he doesn’t want to talk about that topic right now.

    “In any case, we are a powerful country with a strong military. I believe we can easily keep defending ourselves. ”

    Moed said that Israelis are still very upset and scared because of Hamas, a group that Canada has said is a terrorist organization.

    Before the decision was made on Monday, Joly told the Parliament that Canada has not given permission for any military goods to be sent to Israel since January. Rewrite this paragraph in simple words: “8. The infinitesimal calculus is a mathematical theory that involves the limits, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. It was developed in the 17th century and has since become an important tool in many fields including physics, engineering, and economics. ”

    She said that the reason is because we can’t make sure that human rights are being protected and that our export rules are being followed.

    When asked about this, Moed said he can’t speak for how Canadian authorities see this, but he believes Israel is respecting human rights.

    Moed said that he doesn’t think the situation on the ground has changed much since the January policy change.

    Health officials in Gaza, controlled by Hamas, say almost 32,000 people have died in the fighting that started in October. Seven incidents where armed groups killed 1,200 people and held 240 others captive.

    Even before the fighting started, Canada was trying to gain the trust of the area so they could work towards peace in the future, said Leveque.

    “He said that once the first domino falls, it will create a small amount of confidence. This can then lead to more trust and confidence-building measures. ”

    “That’s the only solution, but it won’t happen quickly. ”

    Leveque said that when Joly visited the area recently, she wanted to see Palestinian leaders making real efforts to stop the hate and violence in their society.

    In Israel, she looked for a small chance of peace in the future.

    “We think that the best way to make this happen is for two separate states to live next to each other,” he said.

    “Some people in Israel are saying that they don’t think a two-state solution is possible anymore. ”

    Leveque said that Joly talked about that in her speeches, even in Jerusalem last week.

    “Canada has a plan and has some experience in making things right,” he said.

    “Without making unfair comparisons, we offered that as a unique Canadian idea that could also help bring about a peaceful agreement in the future. ”

    He said that when the Senator mentioned it. Margo Greenwood, who is Cree, wanted to know if we could learn anything from how First Nations govern themselves in Canada.

  • UN agency head claims Israel prevented him from reaching Gaza

    UN agency head claims Israel prevented him from reaching Gaza

    The leader of the organization that helps Palestinian refugees says he can’t go to Gaza. Philippe Lazzarini said it was the first time this had ever happened to a leader of UNRWA.

    Speaking to the media, Mr. Lazzarini said it would be easy to send a lot of food to Gaza, but he couldn’t go there this week.

    He said that Israel picked only him and he disagreed with their reason for not letting him in.

    Mr Lazzarini, who has visited Gaza many times before, says he was the only one in his group who was not allowed to enter by the Israeli defence body COGAT on Monday.

    Israel is feeling pressure from its Western allies. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is determined to invade Rafah, where he believes there are still Hamas soldiers.

    The country has been blamed for stopping aid from reaching Gaza, but it says it didn’t do that. The UN said this could be considered a war crime.

    Mr Lazzarini said it’s simple to send lots of food to Gaza and to change things for the better.

    He said, “I was supposed to go to Gaza on Monday. ” I was in Cairo when the Israeli authorities told me I couldn’t go to Gaza, even though the rest of my group could.

    “This is the first time ever that the boss of the agency was not allowed to go into Gaza on purpose. ”

    UNRWA is the biggest help group in Gaza. Israel says that the agency is protecting Hamas and claims that 12 UNRWA workers were involved in the attack on southern Israel on October 7th.

    When someone asked Mr. Miliband what he would tell Israeli officials, he said, “I would tell them to allow more trucks to go in. ”

    “Simplify the process for checking things, once the UN has checked the food, you need to make sure everything runs smoothly. ”

    “We also need to open more ways for people to cross into Gaza so that everyone there can get food help. ”

    “Up in the north of Gaza, there are people who were thought to be safe from the fighting after the first few months. ”

    “Al Shifa hospital is seeing more fighting, but it’s not okay to block food aid for military reasons. “

  • Canada rejects permit for arms export to Israel

    Canada rejects permit for arms export to Israel

    Canada has not given permission to sell weapons to Israel since January. “Ottawa has to make sure the weapons are used correctly before the freeze can end,” Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Wednesday.

    Export permissions that were given before January are no longer valid. 8 things are still happening, she said in an email.

    The minority Liberal government needs help from the left-leaning New Democrats to stay in power. The New Democrats want the government to take a stronger stand against Israel for the conflict in Gaza.

    “Canada has very strict rules for allowing products to be shipped out of the country. ” Joly said there are no permits to send dangerous things to Israel.

    From January onwards. The government has not allowed any new weapon exports to Israel. This will continue until we can make sure that they are following our rules for exports.

    The law in Canada does not allow the export of weapons if they could be used to hurt or harm women, children, or break international rules about how wars should be fought.

    Canada’s government agreed on Monday to stop selling weapons to Israel as a way to help with the conflict in Gaza.

    Canada, which doesn’t supply a lot of weapons to Israel, stopped sending non-lethal military equipment in January because of the quickly changing situation there.

    Earlier this month, some people who support Palestine and human rights filed a lawsuit to stop Ottawa from sending weapons and technology to Israel.

    After the serious Hamas attacks on Oct 7, Canada has given permission for at least $28. 5 million worth of new things to be done, which is more than what was allowed in the previous year.

  • Those fighting for Israel in Gaza should be detained – South African minister

    Those fighting for Israel in Gaza should be detained – South African minister

    The foreign minister of South Africa says that people from her country who fight in the Israeli army or with them in Gaza will be arrested when they come back. This has made the relationship between the two countries even worse, especially after South Africa accused Israel of genocide at the United Nations.

    Earlier this week, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor spoke at a Palestinian solidarity event that was attended by officials from South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party.

    She told people to protest outside the embassies of five countries that support Israel and its military actions in Gaza. She didn’t say their names but she was probably talking about the United States and the U. Kand also Germany and other countries.

    “I have already warned South Africans who are fighting with or in the Israeli Defense Forces: We are prepared. ” “When you get home, we’re going to catch you,” Pandor said, and the audience clapped loudly.

    In December, the South African government said it was worried that some of its citizens or residents had joined the IDF to fight in Gaza. They warned that these people could get in trouble if they didn’t have permission to do so under South Africa’s laws.

    People who have citizenship in both South Africa and Israel may lose their South African citizenship, according to the foreign ministry.

    Pandor’s comments showed that the government is taking a stricter position.

    It’s not known how many people from South Africa have fought for Israel in the current Gaza war. South Africa has a lot of Jewish people, about 70,000.

    South Africa’s government has always supported the Palestinian people and criticized Israel, even before the recent war.

    Many South Africans and the ruling ANC party see similarities between how Israel treats Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and how non-whites were treated during apartheid in South Africa.

    Israel says no to South Africa’s accusation that it is treating Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in a way that is similar to apartheid. Israel also strongly disagrees with South Africa’s claim in the International Court of Justice that it is committing genocide in Gaza. The decision in that case might not come for a very long time.

    Israel said that South Africa is supporting the Hamas group that attacked southern Israel on Oct. and is not on their side. The fighting between Israel and Gaza started when 1200 Israelis were killed and 250 hostages were taken back to Gaza.

    Israel’s attack on Gaza has caused a lot of damage. More than 31,000 Palestinians have died, and many of the 2. 3 million people who live there have been forced to leave their homes. This has caused a big problem, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in danger of starving.

    Pandor asked people at the event to make signs that say “Stop Genocide” and protest outside the embassies of the countries that support Israel.

    “Don’t just come to this dinner. “Be seen supporting the people of Palestine,” she said.

  • Israeli president’s attendance to Holocaust museum opening ceremony met with protest in Netherlands

    Israeli president’s attendance to Holocaust museum opening ceremony met with protest in Netherlands

    The National Holocaust Museum in the Netherlands had its grand opening on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by the Dutch king and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Some people protested because of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

    The people leading the protest said they didn’t want Herzog to be there, but they didn’t have a problem with the museum and what it stands for.

    The museum in Amsterdam exhibits the histories of 102,000 Jews who were deported from the Netherlands and murdered in Nazi camps.It also tells about how they were persecuted by the German soldiers during World War II.

    The museum helps people remember and understand the Jewish people who were treated badly in the Netherlands, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander said at the opening ceremony on Sunday. He also said it “teaches us about the serious results of hating Jews. “

    The king said we need to keep remembering how things started and got even worse. Before, the king and the president of Israel went to the well-known Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

    Herzog praised the Netherlands for starting a new Holocaust museum because he thinks there is more antisemitism in the world.

    “At this very important moment, this institution is making a strong statement,” Herzog said. “Don’t forget the terrible things that happen when people hate others because of their religion or race. We should never let that happen again. “

    The ceremony on Sunday happened while Israel was attacking Gaza after Hamas attacked southern Israel in October. “

    Thousands of people who support Palestine came together at Waterloo Square in Amsterdam. They were waving Palestinian flags, shouting “Never again is now,” and asking for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands to stop and for the fighting in Gaza to end right away.

    Joana Cavaco, who is against war,spoke to the crowd before the ceremony and said that these museums are important to the history of Jewish people. She said: “How is it possible that people are using such a holy place to make genocide seem normal today. “

    Ninety percent of Dutch Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II.

    The United Nations court told Israel to stop any killing,destruction, and genocide in Gaza. Herzog, an Israeli leader, was mentioned in the order. He said the International Court of Justice didn’t understand what he meant in the decision. Israel said no to accusations from South Africa in court that their military actions in Gaza are breaking the Genocide Convention.

    “I felt really upset because they changed my words and only used small parts of what I said to support their case without any evidence,” Herzog said a few days after the decision.

    A Dutch group, The Rights Forum, who support the Palestinians, said that Herzog’s visit is hurtful to the Palestinians who are unable to do anything while Israel hurts them and damages their land.

    Before the museum opens on Sunday, the Jewish Cultural Quarter is worried about the war and its effects on the people in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.

    It is worrying that the National Holocaust Museum is opening while the war is still going on. Our mission becomes even more urgent.

    The museum is in a building that used to be a school for teachers. It was also used as a secret way for around 600 Jewish children to escape from the Nazis.

    The exhibit has a big picture of a boy walking past dead bodies at Bergen-Belsen after the camp was freed, and things that remind us of the people who died there: a doll, a dress made from parachute material, and 10 buttons found at the Sobibor camp.

    In one room, the walls are covered with lots of laws that were unfair to Jews. These laws were made by the German rulers of the Netherlands. They wanted to show how the Nazis, with help from Dutch workers,treated Jews as less than human before they were rounded up.

    The museum tells the stories of people who were taken away from society, had no rights, were not protected by the law, were put in prison, separated from their families, and killed, said the king of the Netherlands.

  • Holocaust museum opens in Netherlands amidst protests against presence of Israeli president

    Holocaust museum opens in Netherlands amidst protests against presence of Israeli president

    The National Holocaust Museum in the Netherlands was opened on Sunday. The Dutch king and Israeli President Isaac Herzog were at the ceremony. Some people protested because of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.

    The museum in Amsterdam shows the stories of 102,000 Jews who were taken from the Netherlands and killed in Nazi camps. It also tells about how they were persecuted by the German soldiers during World War II.

    The museum helps people remember and understand the Jewish people who were treated badly in the Netherlands, the Dutch King Willem-Alexander said at the opening ceremony on Sunday. He also said it “teaches us about the serious results of hating Jews. ”

    The king said we need to keep remembering how things started and got even worse. Before, the king and the president of Israel went to the well-known Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

    Herzog praised the Netherlands for starting a new Holocaust museum because he thinks there is more antisemitism in the world.

    “At this very important moment, this institution is making a strong statement,” Herzog said. “Don’t forget the terrible things that happen when people hate others because of their religion or race. We should never let that happen again. ”

    The ceremony on Sunday happened while Israel was attacking Gaza after Hamas attacked southern Israel in October. “Rewrite this text in easier words. ”

    Thousands of people who support Palestine came together at Waterloo Square in Amsterdam. They were waving Palestinian flags, shouting “Never again is now,” and asking for the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands to stop and for the fighting in Gaza to end right away.

    The people leading the protest said they didn’t want Herzog to be there, but they didn’t have a problem with the museum and what it stands for.

    Joana Cavaco, who is against war, spoke to the crowd before the ceremony and said that these museums are important to the history of Jewish people. She said: “How is it possible that people are using such a holy place to make genocide seem normal today. ”

    Ninety percent of Dutch Jews were killed by the Nazis during World War II.

    The United Nations court told Israel to stop any killing, destruction, and genocide in Gaza. Herzog, an Israeli leader, was mentioned in the order. He said the International Court of Justice didn’t understand what he meant in the decision. Israel said no to accusations from South Africa in court that their military actions in Gaza are breaking the Genocide Convention.

    “I felt really upset because they changed my words and only used small parts of what I said to support their case without any evidence,” Herzog said a few days after the decision.

    A Dutch group, The Rights Forum, who support the Palestinians, said that Herzog’s visit is hurtful to the Palestinians who are unable to do anything while Israel hurts them and damages their land.

    Before the museum opens on Sunday, the Jewish Cultural Quarter is worried about the war and its effects on the people in Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank.

    It is worrying that the National Holocaust Museum is opening while the war is still going on. Our mission becomes even more urgent.

    The museum is in a building that used to be a school for teachers. It was also used as a secret way for around 600 Jewish children to escape from the Nazis.

    The exhibit has a big picture of a boy walking past dead bodies at Bergen-Belsen after the camp was freed, and things that remind us of the people who died there: a doll, a dress made from parachute material, and 10 buttons found at the Sobibor camp.

    In one room, the walls are covered with lots of laws that were unfair to Jews. These laws were made by the German rulers of the Netherlands. They wanted to show how the Nazis, with help from Dutch workers, treated Jews as less than human before they were rounded up.

    The museum tells the stories of people who were taken away from society, had no rights, were not protected by the law, were put in prison, separated from their families, and killed, said the king of the Netherlands.

  • Iranian man detained in Peru on charges of plotting to attack citizen of Israel

    Iranian man detained in Peru on charges of plotting to attack citizen of Israel

    Peru police arrested an Iranian person who they say is part of a group that planned to kill an Israeli in Peru.

    General Peru’s top police officer, Óscar Arriola, announced in a meeting with reporters that Majid Azizi, who is 56 years old, was taken into custody in Lima on Thursday, along with two people from Peru.

    Arriola said the authorities stopped the attack on the Israeli person. He didn’t say who the target was for safety.

    The police are searching for another person from Peru who they believe was responsible for the murder of the Israeli man.

    Arriola said that Azizi came to Lima on March 3, and they were warned about him by other countries’ intelligence agencies.

    The Associated Press wasn’t able to make sure if Azizi is part of the Quds Force on its own. The officials in Iran have not said anything.

    The Quds Force is a special part of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that manages operations in other countries.

    Peruvian officials have arrested a person they believe is a member of that group for the first time.

    Arriola mentioned that Azizi was caught after taking money from an ATM. Azizi and the two Peruvians who were arrested will stay in jail for at least 15 days for charges related to terrorism.

    The general said the man planned to go back to Iran on the day he was caught.

    Azizi said he is married to a woman from Peru.

  • U.S aid policy for Gaza “illogical” considering its military support for Israel – UN expert

    U.S aid policy for Gaza “illogical” considering its military support for Israel – UN expert

    The United Nations expert has criticised the United States’ actions for attempting to increase help for people in Gaza, like setting up a temporary port and dropping supplies from the air, were called “ridiculous” and “sneaky” as long as Israel keeps receiving military assistance.

    Despite warnings of a potential famine five months into Israel’s fight against the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza, the U.S The military has dropped food from the air to help people in Gaza. They also want to make a temporary port to bring in more help by boat.

    Air drops of food will not help much to reduce hunger and malnutrition, and they won’t stop famine, according to Michael Fakhri, who works for the UN and talks about people’s right to food. He said this to the media in Geneva.

    He said things could get messy when hungry people fight for food. Regarding the port, he said nobody had requested it. He said using the port and air drops methods should only be done if there are no other options left.

    “He said that countries use air drops and maritime piers when they want to deliver aid to enemy territory. ”

    The United States The diplomatic office in Geneva was not able to reply right away to the comments made late on Friday.

    Fakhri, a law professor from Lebanon and Canada, was asked by the UN Human Rights Council to write about and give advice on food security around the world. He said it didn’t make sense to do this while the US is still helping Israel with its military.

    The United States The new law proposes giving Israel an extra $17. 6 billion in military help as they continue to fight against Hamas after their deadly October attack. 7 times people have been hurt.

    “That’s more than just supporting a friend. ” That’s a wedding. “It’s nearly impossible to understand,” he said about the U. SThe US is giving help to Israel and some people think it’s just for show to please people in the US. “The presidential elections are coming soon. ”

    “That’s the only logical way to understand these aid announcements because from a humanitarian, international, and human rights perspective, it’s absurd in a dark and cynical way,” he said.

    Fakhri, who often says bad things about Israel on social media, told a group in Geneva that Israel is ruining Gaza’s food supply on purpose. Israel says this is not true and they are not stopping aid from getting to Gaza.

  • Israel under pressure to expand its humanitarian access to Gaza

    Israel under pressure to expand its humanitarian access to Gaza

    The European Union is pushing for a sea route from Cyprus to Gaza, and the British Foreign Minister is saying that Israel’s friends are getting tired of waiting for the aid to get through.

    Aid groups say that Gaza is in a very bad situation, but the north part is especially bad. Many of the around 300,000 people still living there have to eat animal food to stay alive. The United Nations States that one out of every six young children in the northern region is suffering from severe malnutrition.

    In response to the crisis, Israel has agreed to let aid go directly to northern Gaza and help with a sea route from Cyprus.

    Israel said that on Friday, they will let 20 to 30 trucks with aid go into northern Gaza from Israel. This will happen more often in the future. They will start checking aid in Cyprus on Sunday before sending it to Gaza by sea, the official said. The ship will be used in a test to see if it’s possible to use the sea route. The help is funded by UAE and made possible with US involvement.

    The officials talked without giving their names because they were not allowed to talk about the upcoming deliveries to the media.

    Charities say it’s really hard to bring in supplies to most of Gaza because it’s tough to work with the Israeli military, there’s still fighting, and it’s chaotic. It is even harder to get help to the north.

    Trucks with aid need to drive from the south of Gaza through the conflict zone to reach the areas in the north that are hard to reach. They can go through either the Rafah crossing with Egypt or the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel.

    The Israeli military tried to help with aid last week, but it ended in a tragedy. Over 100 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces or trampled in a fight.

    On Wednesday, many people ran by the sea in Gaza City to get bags of flour, water, and canned food given by Turkey and Egypt. It was part of a delivery brought from southern Gaza.

    David Cameron, the British Foreign Secretary, talked to Benny Gantz, who is a member of Israel’s war Cabinet. He asked him to send more help to Gaza.

    “We still aren’t seeing things getting better in the area. ” “This needs to change,” Cameron said in a statement on X, which used to be called Twitter.

    South Africa asked the court to make Israel allow aid for hunger in Gaza.

    Meanwhile, a top leader from the European Union, Ursula von der Leyen, will go to Cyprus on Friday to see the port of Larnaca and decide if they can send help to Gaza from there. Cyprus government spokesman Constantinos Letymbiotis said this.

    The EU spokesman Eric Mamer said the group is optimistic that the corridor will open “very soon. ”

    The United States, Jordan, and other countries are dropping food and supplies from airplanes because many people don’t have enough to eat. But, aid groups say that using airplanes can only help a small amount of the people who need it.

    The fighting started when Hamas attacked southern Israel on October. Seven Palestinian militants killed about 1,200 people and took about 250 hostages. Over 100 of them were let go during a week where fighting stopped in November.

    The attack made Israel go into the area with 2. 3Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday that 30,717 Palestinians have died in the war. The ministry is part of the government led by Hamas and keeps careful track of people who have been hurt or killed. It doesn’t separate between regular people and fighters in its counts, but it says that around two-thirds of those who are killed are women and children.

    Israel claims to have killed more than 13,000 Hamas soldiers, but has not shown any proof.

    Charity organizations say that the fighting has forced most of the people in the area to leave their homes, and that a quarter of the population is very close to not having enough food to eat.

    So far, the attempts to agree on a break from fighting before the start of Ramadan have not been successful.

  • Mideast Starbucks franchisee terminates employees over Israel-Hamas war protest

    Mideast Starbucks franchisee terminates employees over Israel-Hamas war protest

    Starbucks in the Middle East is letting go of its employees because people protested against the brand during the Israel-Hamas war.

    The Alshaya Group, a company in Kuwait, owns the rights to open stores for companies like The Cheesecake Factory, H&M, and Shake Shack. They released a statement admitting that they fired people at their stores in the Middle East and North Africa.

    “Because it has been hard to make money lately, we have to let some of our Starbucks workers go. It’s a tough decision and we feel sad about it,” the statement said.

    Alshaya refused to say how many workers it was letting go. Reuters was the first to report that more than 2,000 employees will be laid off. A lot of the workers in the Gulf Arab states come from countries in Asia.

    Alshaya has around 1,900 Starbucks stores in 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The Seattle company had hired more than 19,000 workers.

    ”Our troops have made significant progress in pushing back enemy forces. They have successfully gained control of several strategic locations and have greatly weakened the enemy’s stronghold.”

    Starbucks is one of the Western brands that pro-Palestinian activists are protesting against because of the war. The company is working hard to stop false and misleading information about Starbucks from spreading on the internet.

    Starbucks said they are not trying to influence politics. We do not give our money to governments or military operations anywhere, and we never have.

    In October, Starbucks took legal action against Workers United for organizing workers in 370 U.S locations, a message supporting Palestine was posted on a union’s social media account.

    Starbucks wants the union to stop using its name and image because it sparked protests from supporters of Israel. Those who boycotted also thought the company wasn’t giving enough help to Palestinians in Gaza.

    Starbucks made a lot of money in the last three months, reaching a record of $9. 43 billion, which is 8% more than before. However, the amount was less than the $9. 6 billion that analysts had predicted, possibly because of activist boycotts.

    Activists are also targeting other brands, not just Starbucks, in the war. Some people want to stop going to McDonald’s because a local store in Israel is giving free food to Israeli soldiers.

  • Seven detained by Turkiye for selling information to Israel’s espionage service

    Seven detained by Turkiye for selling information to Israel’s espionage service

    Turkish police arrested seven more people they believe were selling information to the Israeli spy agency Mossad. This is part of a series of arrests in Turkiye for the same reason.

    The police arrested the suspects at the same time in Istanbul. The Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced this on the social media site X, which used to be called Twitter. The raids were a team effort with Turkey’s spy agency.

    Yerlikaya said that the people who were arrested are believed to have been gathering information about people and businesses in Turkey and then selling it to a spy agency in Israel. “We won’t let anyone spy in our country. ”

    It is not known yet if there are any charges, and the authorities did not give any more information.

    Last month, seven more people, including private detectives, were arrested for the same suspicions. In the beginning of January, Turkish police arrested 34 people for possibly spying for Israel.

    The people who were arrested in January are being accused of planning to do things like watching and attacking foreign people who live in Turkey.

    At that time, the Minister of Justice Yilmaz Tunc said that most of the people accused were charged with doing spying for Israel.

    The government’s Anadolu Agency reported that on Tuesday, some people were arrested, including a former civil servant who now works as a private detective. It is said that he was trained by Mossad in Belgrade, Serbia. He gathered information about companies and people in the Middle East, and also put tracking devices in the vehicles of people that Israeli intelligence was keeping an eye on, according to Anadolu.

    In 2022, Turkey and Israel became friends again after many years of arguments. They did this by sending ambassadors to each other’s countries. However, the relationship quickly got worse after the war between Israel and Hamas. Ankara became one of the most vocal critics of Israel’s military operations in Gaza.

    In December, the leader of Israel’s security agency said they were ready to attack the militant Hamas group in Lebanon, Turkey, and Qatar.

    The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, told Israel that there will be bad results if they go through with their plan to attack Hamas members in Turkey.

  • Israel intensifies its criticism of Gaza-based UN organisation

    Israel intensifies its criticism of Gaza-based UN organisation

    Israel has increased its criticism of the struggling UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Monday. They said that 450 of its workers in Gaza are part of militant groups, but they did not show any proof for their claim.

    Many big donors have not given a lot of money to UNRWA because Israel said 12 of its workers helped in a bad event. Israeli authorities say that Hamas has attacked Israel 7 times, killing 1,200 people and holding 250 others hostage in Gaza.

    Philippe Lazzarini, the leader of UNRWA, said at a press conference on Monday that he has never been told or shown any evidence of Israel’s claims, and this isn’t the first time.

    Each year, he stated that UNRWA gives Israel and the Palestinian Authority a list of its employees. He never received any worries about the staff they hire.

    He was told that 12 UNRWA workers were accused of being involved in the October incident. He said there have been 7 attacks that seemed really serious, so they have been reported and two investigations by the UN are happening now.

    The UN representative for sexual violence in war, Pramila Patten, said on Monday that there is evidence to believe that Hamas committed rape and other forms of cruel treatment towards women during the attack.

    The attack caused Israel to invade the area where 2. 3 million people live, called Gaza. Gaza’s Health Ministry says more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed. Help organizations say that ongoing battles have forced almost all the people living in the area to leave their homes, causing a big human crisis.

    UNRWA is the largest organization that helps people in Gaza, and it has about 13,000 workers there.

    On Monday, the accusations against the agency got much more serious. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, who is in charge of Israel’s military, did not give any names or proof to support the claim that a lot more UNRWA employees are militants.

    More than 450 UNRWA workers are involved in terrorist groups in Gaza. This is not just a random event. This is organized and follows a specific system. Hagari said we can’t say “we didn’t know” to avoid taking responsibility.

    UNRWA said that Israel has arrested some of its workers and made them confess to untrue things by torturing them. They said that Israel is trying to link UNRWA, Hamas, and an event in October. 7 violent attacks on Israel.

    The Israeli authorities are making people say things they don’t mean because they are hurting them. They are doing this to make people believe that UNRWA is not a good organization. They want to get rid of UNRWA. “This is making our staff in Gaza unsafe and has a big impact on our work in Gaza and the surrounding area. ”

    After Israel accused UNRWA, the agency fired the accused employees and many countries stopped giving money. UNRWA lost about $450 million, which is almost half of its yearly budget.

    Juliette Touma, who is in charge of talking to the public for UNRWA, did not directly respond to the new claims made by Israel.

    “UNRWA wants anyone with information about the serious allegations against UNRWA staff to tell the UN investigation. ”

    The EU said it will give 50 million euros to UNRWA after the agency agreed to let EU experts check how it checks its staff for extremists. This happened while two UN investigations into Israel’s accusations were already happening.

    Hagari shared a recording of a phone call where a teacher from UNRWA talked about what he did in the October. There were 7 attacks.

    “We have women who are held captive. ” “I got one,” a man’s voice said in Arabic. A man who is said to be a member of Islamic Jihad and also a teacher for UNRWA, was heard on a second phone call saying “I’m inside with the Jews. ”

    The military identified the men, even though the man in the first call said a different name. The army said that the name might have been a nickname. The military did not show proof that they worked for UNRWA.

    Benny Gantz, a top leader in Israel during war, met with U.S while facing accusations. “Government leaders in Washington were meeting while negotiations were happening in Egypt to stop the fighting in Gaza before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts next week. ”

    At the same time, fighting broke out between Israel and Lebanon, as tensions got worse in the area.

    A missile shot from Lebanon into northern Israel killed a person who was not from Israel and hurt seven others on Monday, according to Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service. The Hezbollah group in Lebanon has not said they did the attack on Monday.

    Later, a bombing by Israel in southern Lebanon killed three paramedics from Hezbollah’s health group, as reported by Lebanon’s state media.

    United States Amos Hochstein came to Beirut on Monday to talk to Lebanese leaders and try to calm things down.

    Fights happen often between Hezbollah and Israeli soldiers, and more than 200 Hezbollah fighters and 37 civilians in Lebanon have been killed. About 20 people, including civilians and soldiers, have been killed in Israel.

  • American worker at US Embassy in Israel dies

    American worker at US Embassy in Israel dies

    An employee who worked at the US Embassy in Jerusalem has passed away, the embassy said on Monday.

    “We can confirm that a worker from the United States has passed away. ” The place in Jerusalem where a country’s government has its offices. “The US did not do it. ” An ambassador is a person who represents their country in another country. No one thinks there was cheating. “We don’t have any more information to tell,” the spokesperson said.

    The embassy spokesperson said an American worker at the U. S embassy has died. The place where ambassadors work in Jerusalem. We don’t have more information to tell you.

    They said they don’t think anything bad happened, but they haven’t given any more details yet.

    Reporter Dimi Reider from The Lead says that the diplomat was found dead in their apartment.

    A person from the US State Department said on Monday that we will know more once the deceased employee’s family has been told.

    An American embassy worker in Jerusalem has passed away, the embassy said on Monday.

    In 2018, President Trump’s government moved the US embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, where it was for about 50 years.

    In 2017, Trump changed the long-standing US policy by saying that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.

    The decision made Trump supporters and Israelis happy, but it made Palestinians and some of the Arab world very angry.

    The embassy move was a key part of Trump’s plans during his 2016 campaign. The proposal was liked a lot by evangelical Christians, who also supported Trump’s campaign and his choice of Mike Pence as VP.

    Since the mid-90s, US presidents from both political parties didn’t move the embassy to Jerusalem, even though Congress passed a law in 1995 saying they should.

  • Food aid arrives in northern Gaza for first time in several weeks

    Food aid arrives in northern Gaza for first time in several weeks

    Israeli officials has announced that this week, trucks carrying food arrived in northern Gaza.  It is the primary substantial delivery to reach the area, which is completely disconnected from the outside world and in dire condition.This is good news for the people living there since the situation was getting worse for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians because of Israel’s attack.

    Growing concern about hunger in Gaza has led to demands from other countries for a truce between Israel and Hamas. The US, Egypt, and Qatar are working to make a deal for a break in fighting and the release of some hostages taken by Hamas in October. Seven people attacked.

    Mediators want to make a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins on March 10. So far, Israel and Hamas have not agreed on what they want.

    Families of hostages are putting more pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make a deal. They started a march from southern Israel to Jerusalem to ask for their loved ones to be released. Some of the nearly 100 people who were kidnapped and then set free are now joining a protest march. The march will finish close to where Netanyahu lives.

    The situation of the hostages has really upset Israelis. They see the hostages as a symbol of the state’s failure to protect its citizens from Hamas’ attack. “In October” During the 7 attack, the Palestinian group took about 250 people, including men, women, children, and older adults, according to Israeli authorities. After the events in November, there are still about 130 hostages, and Israel believes that around a quarter of them have died.

    Israel attacked Gaza to destroy Hamas after they attacked Israel, and it has killed over 29,900 Palestinians. The United Nations Authorities are saying that many more people could get hurt or killed if they attack the southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s 2. 3 million people are staying. They also say that an attack in Rafah could make it harder to help people in need.

    In Gaza, over 576,000 people, which is a quarter of the population, are very close to not having enough food to eat, according to the U. NIt is said. But people in northern Gaza are really suffering from not having enough food. The north has been blocked and a lot of it has been destroyed since Israeli troops entered in late October. Many thousands of Palestinians still live there, and many have to eat animal food to stay alive. The United Nations One out of every six young children in the northern region is not getting enough food and is very thin.

    A group of 31 trucks bringing food went into northern Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military office that looks after Palestinian civilian matters. The office called COGAT said that almost 20 trucks went into the northern area on Monday and Tuesday. Video from the Associated Press showed people taking bags of flour from the place where it was given out.

    It was not clear right away who did the deliveries. The United Nations Eri Keneko, a spokesperson for the U. N’s humanitarian coordination office, said they were not involved.

    On Sunday, the United Nations (U. N) Hadn’t been able to bring food to northern Gaza since January. organization responsible for assisting Palestinian refugees, the situation in Gaza is dire and without immediate action, the region faces a humanitarian crisis. 23, Philippe Lazzarini, who is in charge of the UNRWA, which helps Palestinian refugees, says the situation in Gaza is very bad. If we don’t do something right away, there will be a big problem for the people living there. Organization helping Palestinian refugees during the war.

    The attack on Gaza by Israel began after Hamas’ Oct. uprising Israel has stopped food, water, medicine, and other supplies from coming into the country, except for a small amount of aid coming from Egypt and Israel’s Kerem Shalom crossing in the south. Even though many countries want to send more help, the amount of trucks bringing supplies has decreased a lot in the past few weeks.

    COGAT said on Wednesday that Israel allows all the aid to come through without any limits. Israel said the U. N is to blame. Organizations are having a hard time getting through because a lot of trucks are waiting on the Palestinian side of Kerem Shalom for aid workers to pick them up.

    The United Nations Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Wednesday that big trucks going into Gaza have to be taken off and put onto smaller trucks, but there aren’t enough of them, and it’s not safe to give out aid in Gaza. The police in Gaza stopped guarding convoys because Israeli airstrikes hit convoys near the crossing. Israel is not coordinating well on security and making sure there are no conflicts, which is putting the lives of U. N people at risk. Workers and other people who help others in need are in danger.

    “We have asked many times for a ceasefire to help people in need,” he said. The United Nations has asked Israel to open up the northern crossings so that aid can be delivered and to make sure that convoys can travel safely.

    The boss of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza said that four children have passed away in the last few days because they were very hungry and thirsty.

    Dr means doctor Hussam Abu Safiya said that the hospital will stop working on Wednesday because there isn’t enough fuel. “Dialysis, ICU, child care, and operations will be halted. ” So, he said more people will die soon.

    But many people in Gaza feel pain because there aren’t enough supplies. Project Hope, a group that helps people, runs a clinic in the town of Deir al-Balah. They said that 21 out of 100 pregnant women and 11 out of 100 children under five years old they have treated in the last three weeks are not getting enough food and are not healthy.

    The Gaza Health Ministry said that 29,954 people have died and 70,325 people have been injured in Israel’s attack. The government doesn’t see a difference between people who fight and people who don’t, but it says that most of the people who died were children and women. 22, the Palestinian militant group fired over 200 rockets towards the area. 7, Hamas and other Palestinian fighters killed about 1,200 people, most of them were not soldiers.

  • Health ministry run by Hamas accuses Israel of committing “massacre” in northern Gaza

    Health ministry run by Hamas accuses Israel of committing “massacre” in northern Gaza

    Ashraf al-Qudra, who speaks for the health ministry in Gaza, said that over 100 people were killed while waiting for help to arrive in northern Gaza, and more than 700 others were injured. He said the event happened at the Nabulsi roundabout, on Rashid Street, on Thursday and he said Israeli forces were responsible for what he called a “massacre”.

    Mr Ashraf al-Qudra said many seriously injured people were brought to the nearby al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The doctors couldn’t handle so many severe cases.

    At the same time, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli soldiers shot at many people in Gaza City and other northern areas while they were waiting for trucks with aid to arrive.

    As we mentioned before, we are still getting more information and we will keep you updated with the latest news.

    This news story is still being updated. Come back later for more information.

  • UN Supreme Court to hear major case pertaining to Israel’s occupation in Palestinian Territories

    UN Supreme Court to hear major case pertaining to Israel’s occupation in Palestinian Territories

    The International Court of Justice, which is a part of the UN, is to listen to the last reasons in a case that questions Israel’s 56-year control of the West Bank and Gaza.

    This week’s hearings will focus on the legal impact of Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories.

    Renowned lawyer Philippe Sands told the BBC that this issue is very important and the solution is crucial. Even though it may not be as dramatic as other Court cases, it is still very significant.

    This situation started because of a decision made by the United Nations in December 2022, before the attacks by Hamas on October 7th last year, and Israel’s military reaction in the Gaza Strip.

    What have people said in favor of their opinions.

    Last week, the Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister accused Israel of being like a colonial power that treats Palestinians unfairly.

    He used a lot of maps to show how the land in Palestine is getting smaller and smaller.

    Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel, showed a picture at the UNGA in September. In the picture, he held up a map of the Middle East without any Palestinian territory. He called it the “new” Middle East.

    Mr al-Maliki said there is no Palestine on the map, only Israel. It includes all the land from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

    “This shows that the long-lasting Israeli control of Palestine aims to make Palestine disappear and destroy the Palestinian people. ”

    Paul S Reichler, a lawyer who works internationally, told the ICJ that permanent occupation doesn’t make sense according to the law. “If a job keeps going on and on, it becomes like adding on extra territory,” he said.

    Philippe Sands, who worked for the PA’s legal team, said to the judges: “The right for people to decide their own future. UN member states must make Israel stop occupying immediately.

    “No help, no support, no involvement, no help with using force, no money, no weapons, no trade. ” I don’t know anything.

    Many countries said that Israel’s occupation was violating the Palestinian people’s right to decide things for themselves. They talked about this for 30 minutes.

    Israel said no to being in the meetings. They gave a written statement instead. They said the meetings would make it harder to fix the problem. They didn’t like the questions from the UN.

    However, Israel’s best friends did take part.

    The US told the ICJ that pulling out without security promises would hurt talks for peace. It requested the judges to make sure that their decision would support, not harm, the possibility of a two-state solution.

    The UK asked a group of judges not to give their opinion because Israel did not agree to it.

    This might have something to do with another case at the ICJ. Mauritius is suing the UK over the Chagos Islands, and the UK made the same argument and lost.

    Many countries said the Hamas attacks, which killed about 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages in Gaza, showed that Israel needs to be safe. They said if Israeli forces leave, there must be guarantees for safety.

    Why is this important.

    If the ICJ gives an opinion that is not a law, it goes to the UN General Assembly, and they make a decision. That would be important and could start talks and create the rules for a future agreement.

    If the court says Israel’s control of the land is against the law, it will tell the UN and other countries not to help or support the current situation.

    This decision could have a big impact on trade and on Israel’s position. Countries such as the US might struggle to keep helping Israel.

    The UNGA’s current case is the first time since the 1940s that the highest UN court will be able to address all of these issues.

    In recent weeks, some ICJ presentations have become really popular on TikTok. It shows that even legal arguments, which usually seem far away and not relevant, are connecting with people outside of the ICJ’s Great Hall of Justice.

    At the same time, Human Rights Watch says that Israel is not following a court order to allow food and supplies into Gaza. This is putting 2. 3 million Palestinians in danger of not having enough food.

    Israeli officials said that they have given a response to the ICJ about the court’s request on January 26th. The court wanted Israel to report on the actions they are taking to stop genocide in Gaza.

    The Israeli government hasn’t said what they will do in response yet.

  • Israel Gaza: Biden anticipates truce by next week

    Israel Gaza: Biden anticipates truce by next week

    The President of the United States, Joe Biden, wants the fighting in Israel and Gaza to stop by next Monday.

    His remarks came as reports surfaced about potential advancements in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas representatives in Qatar.

    My national security advisor informs me that we are nearly at our goal. Biden added.

    Israel started a big air and ground attack in Gaza after Hamas fighters killed around 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October.

    The bad people took 253 people as captives, but some of them have been let go.

    The Gaza Strip’s Health Ministry,controlled by Hamas, says that 29,782 people have died in the area, with 90 deaths on Sunday.

    President Biden, who is a close friend of Israel, was talking to reporters in New York City about the chance of stopping the fighting.

    “We’re near,” he said on Monday. “We still have more to do. “I hope that by next Monday there will be a ceasefire.

    A person from the US State Department said that there has been some progress in talks to free the Israeli hostages. But it’s still not clear if Hamas will agree to the new deal.

    Matthew Miller, the spokesperson, said that we have made progress in the talks between Egypt, Israel, the United States, and Qatar.

    Last week, many people were up set with the US for saying no to a UN request to stop fighting in Gaza right away. Instead, it suggested a short-term agreement to stop fighting, and also cautioned Israel not to attack the city of Rafah in the south of Gaza.

    Israel is getting ready to send its soldiers to Rafah to fight with Hamas fighters. On Sunday, the prime minister’s office announced that the military has made plans to help people leave the city.

    Many countries are telling Israel not to attack Rafah, where 1. 5million Palestinians are living after fleeing fighting in the north.

    In another news, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mohammed Shtayyeh, and his government in the West Bank have stepped down.

    President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to his decision, which could make it possible for a government of experts to be formed.

    The US wants Mr Abbas to make changes in the PA so that it can control Gaza after the war between Israel and Hamas is over. Mr Abbas is feeling stressed about this.

    Last week, Mr. Netanyahu shared a plan for the land that did not include any involvement from the PA.

  • Gazan man loses 103 relatives in Israel-Hamas war

    Gazan man loses 103 relatives in Israel-Hamas war

    Ahmad al-Ghuferi managed to survive the bomb that killed his family.

    103 of his family members died in an attack on their home in Gaza City. He was 50 miles (80km) away in the town of Jericho in the West Bank.

    Ahmad was working on a construction site in Tel Aviv when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7th. Because of the war and Israel’s military blockade, he couldn’t go back home to his wife and three young daughters.

    Every day, he talked to them at the same time when the phones worked. On the evening of December 8th, he was on the phone with his wife, Shireen, when the attack happened.

    “She knew she was going to die,” he said. “She asked me to forgive her for anything wrong she may have done to me in the past. ” I told her she didn’t have to say that. “And that was the final time we spoke to each other. ”

    That night, a big bomb exploded at his uncle’s house and it killed his wife and three young daughters – Tala, Lana, and Najla.

    It also killed Ahmad’s mother, four of his brothers, and their families, as well as many of his aunts, uncles, and cousins. Over 100 people have died. It has been over two months, and some of their bodies are still stuck under the collapsed buildings.

    He celebrated his youngest daughter’s birthday last week. Najla would have been two years old. Ahmad is still having a hard time dealing with the loss.

    He can’t hold his kids or be at their quick funerals. But he still talks about them like they are here, and he doesn’t show any emotion on his face even though he’s crying.

    “He said his daughters are like little birds to him. ” I feel like I’m in a dream. I feel like I’m dreaming. I can’t believe what has happened to us.

    He deleted the girls’ photos from his phone and computer screens, so he doesn’t see them unexpectedly.

    He has to figure out what happened by asking some family and neighbors who are still alive.

    They said a missile hit the front of his family’s house first.

    “He said they quickly left and went to my uncle’s house close by. ” “Fifteen minutes later, a military airplane crashed into that house. ”

    A family was killed in a four-story building near Sahaba Medical Centre in Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

    It’s a pile of broken concrete with bits of colorful things in it, like a green cup and torn clothes.

    The smashed up silver car with a twisted windshield is sitting under some concrete rocks.

    Ahmad’s family member, Hamid al-Ghuferi, said to the BBC that people who ran up the hill when the strikes started lived, but those who stayed in the house died.

    “It was a belt of fire,” he said. “There were bombs hitting the four houses beside ours. ” They were attacking a house every 10 minutes.

    “He said 110 people from our family were there – including our kids and other relatives. ” “Almost all of them were killed, only a few survived. ”

    Survivors said the oldest person who died was a 98-year-old grandma, and the youngest was a baby boy who was only nine days old.

    Another family member, a cousin named Ahmad, talked about two large explosions from a bombing.

    He said they didn’t tell us ahead of time. “If some people hadn’t left this area, I think hundreds would have died. ” The place looks very different now. There was a place to park cars, a place to store water, and four houses; three small houses and one big house. The explosion destroyed an entire neighborhood full of homes.

    Hamid told that the people who lived through the accident had worked late into the night to get the bodies out from the fallen buildings.

    Airplanes were flying in the sky, and small helicopters were shooting at us while we tried to get them down, said Ahmad.

    “We were sitting in the house and then we were trapped under the debris,” Umm Ahmad al-Ghuferi said to the BBC. I was tossed back and forth. I don’t understand how they managed to rescue me. We saw someone die right in front of us.

    It has been two and a half months, and they are still trying to reach some of the bodies that are buried under the collapsed buildings. The family saved money to rent a small machine to remove the rubble.

    “We found four bodies today,” Ahmad said to the BBC. “This includes my brother’s wife and my nephew Mohammed, who was found in pieces. ” They were trapped under the fallen building for 75 days.

    Their temporary graves are on a piece of empty land close by, and they are marked with sticks and plastic sheets.

    Ahmad hasn’t been able to visit them in Jericho.

    “Why can’t I be with my mom, wife, kids, and brothers. ” he wondered “They were all regular people. ”

    We talked to the Israeli army about the family’s claim that they were attacked with air strikes. The army said it didn’t know about the attack and that they did their best to avoid hurting civilians in their fight against Hamas.

    Israeli soldiers and Hamas gunmen fought very hard in the area of Shejaiyya, not far from the al-Ghuferi house, around the time when Ahmad’s family was killed.

    On December 9th, the army said that they found some terrorists with missiles getting close to the soldiers in Shejaiyya. They called in a helicopter to attack them.

    It also said that military planes had been attacking places where terrorists are.

  • U.S. Air Force man dies after setting himself on fire in protest of civilian deaths in Gaza

    U.S. Air Force man dies after setting himself on fire in protest of civilian deaths in Gaza

    An airman, identified as Aaron Bushnell, 25, from San Antonio, passed away on Sunday night after setting himself on fire in protest of civilian deaths in Gaza outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

    The incident, confirmed by the U.S. Air Force spokeswoman Rose M. Riley, occurred amid ongoing protests against Israel‘s military offensive.

    The man setting himself on fire was captured in a livestream on Twitch, where Mr. Bushnell expressed his opposition to the conflict and shouted, “Free Palestine!”

    In the video, Mr. Bushnell, dressed in military outfit, declared his refusal to be complicit in what he referred to as genocide.

    The act of protest unfolded as he doused himself in a clear liquid from a metal bottle, igniting the flames while proclaiming his support for Palestine.

    Law enforcement officers rushed to the scene, attempting to extinguish the fire before he fell to the ground.

    The Secret Service was the first to respond, and Mr. Bushnell was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

    The video, later removed by Twitch for violating platform guidelines, featured a Palestinian flag as its header image.

    The Israeli Embassy reported no injuries among its staff, and authorities, including the Secret Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, are collaborating with the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate the incident.

    While protests against Israel have become frequent since the military offensive began, instances of violence, such as self-immolation, remain rare.

    The Israeli Embassy has been a focal point for demonstrations, but they have generally resulted in arrests rather than violent acts.
    This tragic event follows a similar incident in December when a protester self-immolated in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, described by police as “likely an extreme act of political protest.”

    Authorities continue to address the escalating situation and protests related to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

  • Israel considers cease-fire plan as reports of development come in

    Israel considers cease-fire plan as reports of development come in

    Israel’s group of leaders for war has been given information about discussions for a ceasefire agreement in Gaza. There are reports that progress has been made in the discussions that took place in Paris on Saturday.

    The police stopped protests in Tel Aviv where people were asking Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down.

    Police on horses attacked people protesting as they were trying to go to Democracy Square.

    The Paris talks are for discussing ways to make peace and bring back the hostages.

    The agreement would also include letting Palestinian prisoners go free from Israeli jails.

    On Saturday night, the leaders of Israel discussed the talks in Paris with people from Egypt, Qatar, and the US.

    Mr Netanyahu wrote that we are trying to get a new plan to release our hostages.

    That’s why I sent a group of people to Paris, and tonight we will talk about what to do next in the negotiations.

    Israel will send a group to Qatar for more talks this week.

    People in Israel protested against their government a lot before Hamas attacked on October 7. They really didn’t like Mr. Netanyahu and his strict cabinet for over a year.

    However, this Saturday was the first time since October that police have used harsher actions to control the situation.

    The protesters are motivated by the war in Gaza and the concern that their government is focused on defeating Hamas instead of saving hostages.

    The Justice Ministry is looking into a video where an officer used a horse’s reins to hit a protester on the ground. The video is being shared a lot.

    Yair Lapid, who is the main leader against the government, said the police were too rough with the people protesting outside the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) headquarters.

    He said that protesting is a right that should not be stopped by using batons and water cannons.

    At least 21 people were arrested and many people were hurt.

    In addition to the protest against the government, the families of the Israeli hostages came together in the city to ask for a peaceful solution to the war and to bring their loved ones back home.

    Earlier on Saturday, Israeli news said that the talks in Paris about a deal to release hostages and stop fighting had gone well.

    Israel’s top spy, David Barnea, met with diplomats from Egypt, Qatar and the US in Paris on Saturday.

    They apparently agreed on a rough plan for a deal to use as a starting point for more talks. This plan was then shared with the Israeli war cabinet on Saturday night.

    The Israeli government is sending a group of people to Qatar to talk about making a deal. The deal would mean stopping the fighting for a few weeks and releasing some hostages in exchange for letting go of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

    However, Tzachi Hanegbi, the Israeli national security adviser, said in a TV interview on Saturday evening that the agreement doesn’t mean the war is over.

    A high-up Palestinian official who knows a lot about the talks had told the BBC before that not much progress was made in Paris. They also said that the negotiators were sharing wrong information on purpose to put more pressure on Hamas.

    Hamas has not said anything about the recent reports of making a deal.

    Meanwhile, there is still fighting and air strikes in Gaza that are causing people to die.

    Mr Netanyahu said he will get his team together to talk about a plan for a mission in Rafah in Gaza. A lot of people live in a small area there. More Israeli air strikes are making it harder to help people in need.

    Organizations that help people and some Western governments have said that if Rafah is attacked, it could be very bad.

    The UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees has stopped giving aid in northern Gaza because people are stealing the supplies. On 5 February, one of its trucks was also shot at by the Israelis.

    The UN says there is a greater chance of not having enough food in Gaza. There are videos of people in Jabalia waiting for food in really bad situations.

    The news says that a two-month-old baby from Palestine died because he didn’t have enough food at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Friday.

    The health ministry run by Hamas says that at least 29,600 Palestinians have died in Israeli attacks, and there are probably many more people who have died but their bodies have not been found yet under the collapsed buildings in Gaza.

    Israel promised to defeat Hamas after the attacks on southern Israeli towns near Gaza. About 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 250 were taken hostage.

  • PM Netanyahu of Israel outlines after-war strategy for Gaza

    PM Netanyahu of Israel outlines after-war strategy for Gaza

    The Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has outlined his aspirations for the post-war transformation of Gaza.

    In his plan, Israel will keep security control for a long time, and Palestinians without ties to groups against Israel will govern the area.

    The US, who is a big supporter of Israel, wants the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank to rule Gaza after the war.

    However, the brief paper that Mr. Netanyahu showed to ministers last night does not talk about the PA.

    He has said before that the internationally supported group will not have a role after the war.

    He imagines a Gaza Strip without any military equipment. Israel would have to make sure there is only enough military equipment for keeping public order.

    A “Southern Closure” will be set up on the border with Egypt to stop people from smuggling things in and out.

    And we will encourage programs to help people who have been radicalized to let go of those beliefs in religious, educational, and welfare organizations. The paper says that Arab countries that have done similar programs before might help, but Mr. Netanyahu did not say which ones.

    Under the plan, Israel will have control over the entire area west of the Jordan River to ensure security from land, sea, and air.

    Mr Netanyahu is being asked to share his plans for Gaza because people are worried about the situation there. This is happening both in his own country and in other countries. It started when he began his military operation. He really wants to fix his bad reputation and show that he can make Israel safe. He also wants to get support from the very conservative people in his government.

    A person who speaks for Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, said that Mr Netanyahu’s plan was going to fail.

    Nabil Abu Rudeineh said that to have peace in the region, the world should stop Israel from controlling Palestinian land and accept Palestine as its own country.

    Mr Netanyahu again said he does not agree with Western countries recognizing a Palestinian state on their own.

    At the same time, people who are trying to make a deal for a short break in fighting and the freeing of Israeli hostages are planning to meet in Paris.

    The US wants to have a deal before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan starts in a little over two weeks.

    The situation is getting worse in Gaza, and people around the world are putting pressure on both sides to stop the war. The Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas says that over 29,500 people, mostly women and children, have died since the war started in October.

    Israel’s military started fighting because Hamas attacked on 7th October. The attack killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and 253 people were taken as hostages to Gaza.

    Last night, the leader of the UN group in charge of helping Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) said that Gaza is in big trouble and this could cause problems for peace, safety, and human rights in the region.

    Mr Netanyahu wants to shut down Unrwa and replace it with other international aid groups because he believes Unrwa workers were involved in the October attacks. This is part of his plan after the war.

    He said he will keep fighting until Israel destroys Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza and all Israeli hostages are released.

  • Alleged allusion to Hamas casts doubt on Israel’s Eurovision participation

    Alleged allusion to Hamas casts doubt on Israel’s Eurovision participation

    Israel said it will quit the Eurovision Song Contest if the organizers try to limit or control its song.

    Eden Golan’s October Rain lyrics were shared with the media this week.

    According to the Israel Hayom newspaper, the song is about the people who were hurt in the Hamas attacks on October 7th. The lyrics say, “They were all good children, each one of them. ”

    The group that puts on Eurovision, the EBU, is currently looking at the song.

    The competition’s rules say no political messages are allowed to be fair.

    In the past, the EBU made national representatives change their song lyrics. In 2009, Georgia left the contest because their song, “We Don’t Wanna Put In,” was not allowed because it mentioned the Russian president.

    In a statement about Israel joining a competition in 2024, the organisers said they are currently looking carefully at the song’s words. This is a secret process between the organisers and the broadcaster until they make a final decision.

    “If a song is not allowed for some reason, broadcasters can send a different song or new words to use instead. ”

    KAN, Israel’s public broadcaster, stated that it would not change the lyrics even if asked to.

    “The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation has no plans to change the song. ”

    “This means that if Israel’s entry is not accepted by the European Broadcasting Union, they cannot compete in the contest happening in Sweden next May. ”

    Controversial choice

    KAN also said that the leaked words for October Rain were right, and showed them all on its website on Wednesday.

    The song is called a “touching and strong slow song” and it repeats the line “I’m still soaking from this October rain. ”

    Golan sings in the song: “Don’t believe people who say boys don’t cry/ Life is tough and not a game for the scared ones. ”

    Israel Hayom says that the mention of flowers is important because it is a military term for soldiers who have died in war.

    The song finishes with these words in Hebrew: “I can’t breathe, there’s no place, and I feel lost every day. ”

    KAN said that Israel’s culture minister Miki Zohar asked the President of the EBU to approve the song.

    Mr Zohar thinks it would be very wrong to disqualify the song. He called it “scandalous. ”

    “Eden Golan will sing a song about Israel that expresses the feelings of the people and the country. It’s not a political song. ”

    We want Eurovision to be about music and culture, not politics. Each country should show their own style and pride through their songs.

    “I ask the European Broadcasting Union to keep doing their job well and not let politics interfere with art. ”

    Asking to be disqualified.

    Musicians from other countries in Eurovision want Israel to be stopped from participating because of the war in Gaza.

    In December, the music group in Iceland said Israel’s military action made it impossible for them to take part in an event that is supposed to be happy and hopeful.

    Protests have happened in Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden too. People are saying Russia should not be allowed because they invaded Ukraine two years ago.

    Up until now, Eurovision organisers have not agreed to exclude Israel from the competition. They say the situations in Ukraine and Gaza are not the same.

    Noel Curran, the boss of the European Broadcasting Union, said that it’s not our job to compare wars and conflicts because it’s complicated and hard to do.

    “We know that people are worried and have strong opinions about the fighting in the Middle East,” he said. He said that Eurovision is not a competition between countries.

    The EBU agrees with other international groups, like sports unions and federations, that are also letting Israeli participants join big competitions.

    The minister wrote in a letter that Israel is going through a very complicated time. He said this should be considered when choosing a song to represent the country.

  • Peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza no promising – Qatar

    Peace negotiations between Israel and Gaza no promising – Qatar

    According to the mediator Qatar, the talks to halt the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have not been progressing.

    Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said he still feels hopeful, but he also mentioned that time is running out for us.

    The Prime Minister of Israel wants to continue with plans to invade Rafah, even though many other countries are telling him not to.

    Hamas says Israel is to blame for not making progress on reaching a ceasefire agreement.

    High-ranking officials from the US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar are meeting in Cairo to try to stop the fighting.

    Sheik Mohammed said that the recent pattern has not been very encouraging. However, he always stays positive and determined to keep pushing forward. He spoke at a meeting of world leaders at the Munich Security Conference.

    “I think we are talking about a big agreement, and we still have some problems with the humanitarian part of these negotiations,” he said.

    But he said the truce should not depend on making a deal to free the hostages held by Hamas.

    “We have been in a difficult situation where many countries have misused the idea that a ceasefire will only happen if a hostage deal is made,” he said.

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he sent people to talk with Hamas after US President Joe Biden asked him to. But they didn’t go back for more talks because Hamas’s requests were unrealistic.

    The group wants some things to happen, like trading hostages for Palestinian prisoners, Israel’s soldiers leaving completely, and for the war to stop after a 135-day break in fighting, divided into three parts.

    Israel started fighting back with its military because a group called Hamas attacked and hurt a lot of people and took hostages in a surprise attack on October 7th.

    More than 28,800 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel’s attack, according to the health ministry run by Hamas.

    MrNetanyahu said in Jerusalem on Saturday that he wants to defeat Hamas and his forces will keep fighting until Israel wins completely.

    He said that people who don’t want to take military action in Rafah are basically telling the country to give up in the war, and he also said that his soldiers would go into Rafah even if a deal to release hostages was made.

    At the beginning of the war, Israel told Palestinians to go to Rafah for safety while the Israeli military attacked the cities in the north.

    This week, Israeli officials said they want people to move to a “humanitarian zone” called al-Mawasi, which is a small area along the coast where farming is the main activity.

    President Biden told Israel not to attack Rafah unless they have a plan to protect civilians.

    MrNetanyahu is under pressure in his own country to bring back the hostages still in Gaza.

    Many people got together in Tel Aviv to ask for elections to happen sooner, even though they are not supposed to happen until 2026. Israel’s leader said no to his party’s request for an election right after the conflict with Gaza. He thinks it would cause too much disagreement.

    Meanwhile, Hamas said Israel is not helping to make a ceasefire happen. They also said they might stop helping unless they get aid for the north of Gaza. Aid groups are worried because there isn’t enough food, water or medicine in the area.

  • Israel-Gaza war: US requests brief truce in UN document

    Israel-Gaza war: US requests brief truce in UN document

    The United States is seeking a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, and is urging the UN Security Council to support this.

    It also told Israel not to attack the crowded city of Rafah.

    The US used to not say “stop fighting” during UN votes on the war, but President Joe Biden has said similar things.

    The US is going to reject a new proposal from Algeria that asks for a quick ceasefire to help people in need.

    Over a million Palestinians who had to leave their homes now live in Rafah, which is half of Gaza’s population.

    Before the war, only 250,000 people lived in the southern city near Egypt.

    Many people who have been forced from their homes are living in temporary shelters or tents in very dirty and unhealthy conditions, with little access to clean water or food.

    The UN has warned that an Israeli attack in the city might cause a lot of people to be killed.

    Israel started fighting in Gaza after Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October. The attack caused about 1,200 people to die and more than 240 people to be taken captive.

    According to the health ministry in the Palestinian territory, 29,000 people have been killed by the Israeli military campaign.

    Many countries are telling the US to stop Israel from its very damaging attacks. The US has been supporting Israel’s right to defend itself during the war.

    It said it will stop the Algerian plan, but its own text does show that it doesn’t agree with Israel’s plans.

    Discussions will start on the US plan this week, but it’s not sure when or if the idea will be voted on.

    This is the first time the US has asked for a temporary break in fighting in Gaza at the UN. Before, the US said no to other proposals to stop the fighting.

    The US plan also says that a big attack in Rafah could hurt more people and make them leave their homes, possibly going to Egypt.

    It also says that doing this could cause big problems for peace and safety in the area.

    The draft resolution asks for a temporary stop to the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible, like what President Joe Biden talked about with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week.

    MrNetanyahu is not changing his plan even though other countries are asking him to. He promises to save the hostages and beat Hamas in Gaza.

    Benny Gantz, a member of the Israeli war cabinet, said they will attack Hamas unless they release all their hostages by March 10th. Ramadan starts today, it’s a special time for Muslims to fast and pray.

    The Arab countries say the Security Council must listen to the international community and stop the fighting.

  • Israel’s raids have rendered Gaza’s Nasser Hospital inoperable – WHO reports

    Israel’s raids have rendered Gaza’s Nasser Hospital inoperable – WHO reports

    The World Health Organization said that the Nasser hospital in Gaza has stopped working because of an attack by Israel.

    Israeli soldiers went into the building on Thursday because they had information that hostages taken by Hamas were being kept there.

    The WHO said they were not able to go to the place to see what was happening.

    The IDF said its Nasser operation was careful and not very big. It also accused Hamas of using hospitals for terror.

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of WHO, said that the Nasser hospital in Gaza can no longer operate after being under siege for a week and ongoing raids.

    “The WHO team tried to go to the hospital yesterday and the day before, but they were not allowed inside to see the patients and their serious medical needs. They were only able to deliver fuel to the hospital compound with their partners. ”

    “Approximately 200 people are still in the hospital. ” At least 20 people need to go to other hospitals right away to get medical help. Every patient has the right to be referred to another doctor.

    The hospital in Gaza, which is run by Hamas, only has four medical staff left to take care of the patients.

    The media could not go to the hospital and could not check the situation there by itself.

    Someone who works at the hospital said that 11 patients died because the electricity and oxygen supply stopped. They also said that some doctors were taken by the police.

    The Israeli army says nobody was killed because of what they did, and they were instructed to keep the hospital working.

    The report said that they brought diesel and oxygen to the site, and that they are using a temporary generator.

    “We don’t give patients any medicine to stop them from feeling pain, so they have to yell for many hours. ”

    There has been a lot of fighting around the Nasser site for several weeks. Israel keeps saying that Hamas is using hospitals and schools as places to plan and carry out their actions.

    The Israeli army says it has killed around 20 Hamas soldiers and taken many weapons near the hospital.

    The IDF said that in the last day, many terrorists were killed and a lot of weapons were taken.

    At least 1,200 people died in attacks in Israel by Hamas-led gunmen on 7 October last year.

    Israel started a war in the Gaza Strip as a reaction. More than 28,400 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed and more than 68,000 injured since the war started, says the health ministry run by Hamas.

    It said that in the last day, at least 127 Palestinians died and 205 were hurt.

    Even though there is still fighting in Gaza, people are trying to make peace between Israel and Hamas in Cairo. But the mediators from Qatar said that the progress hasn’t been very good lately.

    Sheik Mohammed said that things haven’t been going well lately, but we will stay positive and keep working hard.

    Israeli leader Netanyahu said he sent people to talk after US President Biden asked, but they didn’t come back because Hamas’s requests were not realistic.

    Hamas said that Israel is the reason why they haven’t been able to make a deal to stop fighting.

    The group has set out some rules. They want the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners, Israel’s forces to leave completely, and the war to stop after 135 days of fighting, divided into three parts.

    Mr Netanyahu said that Israel is still sending troops into Gaza, even though other countries are telling them not to do it until they have a plan to get the Palestinian people out of the area. They are now moving towards Rafah in the south.

    Around 15 million people are in Rafah, near the border with Egypt. They were told by Israeli forces to go there for safety while Hamas targets were being attacked in northern and central Gaza.

    Egypt’s President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, said again that he does not want Palestinians to be moved forcefully into Egypt’s Sinai desert.

    During a phone call, the French President and another leader agreed that it is important to quickly stop the fighting.

    Mr Sisi believes that the best solution is for Palestinians to have their own independent country.

    On Sunday, Mr. Netanyahu said his government all agreed to officially not support the idea of recognizing Palestine as a state on its own.

    He said that any agreement must be made by Israelis and Palestinians talking to each other directly.

    “Israel refuses to follow international demands for a final agreement with the Palestinians. ” “A deal can only be made if both sides talk to each other directly, without any conditions,” said a statement from the government.