Hypocrisy oozes from the Canadian prime minister’s statements on the Indigenous children’s mass grave. Justin Trudeau is a lie. Canada’s prime minister has proven that he is a calculating chameleon devoid of convictions, who, when the circumstances oblige, is conditioned to star in self-aggrandizing photo-ops and spout banal platitudes – …
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UN rights council votes for probe into “crimes” committed in Gaza conflict
The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to launch an international investigation into crimes committed during the 11-day conflict between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza. By a vote of 24 states in favour, 9 against, with 14 abstentions, the 47-member forum adopted a resolution brought by the …
Read More »Israel admits Gaza rockets inflicted $368mn in economic loss to its businesses
The Gaza Strip revises up its tally of the casualties that have been left from the Israeli regime’s recent 12-day war on the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian territory. Israel’s Manufacturers’ Association has released a report admitting to the huge economic damage sustained by the regime as a result of the barrage of …
Read More »At least 2,000 Gaza housing units destroyed in Israel air raids: Palestinian official
A Palestinian official says an initial assessment shows at least 2,000 housing units were destroyed in airstrikes launched by Israel on Gaza. Naji Sarhan, deputy of Gaza’s works and housing ministry, tells The Associated Press on Saturday that more than 15,000 other units were partly destroyed in the 11-day war. …
Read More »Death, destruction in Gaza as Israel defies truce call
Israeli fighter jets continue to bomb Gaza, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several more as Benjamin Netanyahu defies world calls for a de-escalation. Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several more as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Read More »Ceasefire elusive as Israel continues to pound Gaza
Israeli jets bomb residential buildings, killing four Palestinians as diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire remain stalled. Israeli fighter jets continued to pummel the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday, flattening residential buildings and killing at least four Palestinians, including a journalist. The latest raids came as Palestinian groups …
Read More »Israel closes Gaza border crossing again, halting aid deliveries
Israel says its soldier was injured in a mortar attack while aid trucks were crossing the Kerem Shalom border into Gaza. A convoy of international aid trucks that started rolling into Gaza through Karem Abu Salem, (Kerem Shalom), a border crossing with Israel, was stopped on Tuesday when Israel closed …
Read More »Israel keeps up relentless bombing of Gaza; Palestinians respond with volley of rockets
The Israeli military has launched a new series of heavy airstrikes at several locations across the Gaza Strip, while Palestinian resistance groups fired barrages of rockets at the southern part of the occupied territories, as diplomatic efforts for a ceasefire grow. Explosions were heard and balls of fire and plumes …
Read More »At least 200 killed in Gaza as Israeli air raids continue
Health authorities say the death toll includes 59 children as Israel’s bombardment enters its second week. The Israeli military launched another series of air raids on the Gaza Strip early on Monday, hours after its caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacks on the Palestinian enclave would rage on. …
Read More »‘Victims of aggression’: Gaza hospital overwhelmed with wounded
Gaza City – Medical workers are overwhelmed by the number of wounded at Gaza’s biggest hospital after a night of ferocious air raids killed and injured dozens of Palestinians. Shaima Ahmed Qwaider, 23, a nurse at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, described on Sunday horrific scenes of severely injured people …
Read More »Israeli airstrike levels Gaza tower housing AP, Al Jazeera & other international media
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have destroyed a building where offices of international media outlets, including Associated Press and Al Jazeera, were located. The building hosting the media offices collapsed following a series of massive explosions apparently caused by the Israeli strikes, footages shows. And now bombs could fall on our …
Read More »World reaction to Israel’s continuing attacks in Gaza
At least 140 people, including 39 children, killed in Gaza since Israel’s latest attacks were launched on Monday. At least 140 Palestinians, including 39 children, have been killed after Israel launched air attacks on Gaza earlier this week. On Saturday, Israel targeted a refugee camp in Gaza where at least …
Read More »Israel pounds Gaza with air raids, shelling
Death toll in Gaza rises to 119, as threat of a ground assault looms after Israel amasses tanks and troops near besieged enclave. Israel continued on Friday to bombard the Gaza Strip with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks near the …
Read More »Gaza death toll jumps to 83 as Israeli air raids intensify
Israeli fighter jets bomb high-rise buildings and other targets in Gaza while violence also spreads within Israel. Israeli fighter jets have attacked high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip as Palestinians in the besieged enclave woke up on Thursday to mark the Eid al-Fitr religious holiday under relentless …
Read More »Israeli bombardment escalates as Gaza death toll rises: Live Update
Israeli army bombs police headquarters and security buildings in Gaza as authorities say 48 Palestinians killed, including 14 children, since the escalation began. A night of heavy bombardment on the Gaza Strip has continued into Wednesday morning as Israeli forces launched intensive raids on various locations across the besieged coastal …
Read More »Gaza tower block COLLAPSES after Israeli airstrikes
A 13-story tower in Gaza has been leveled to the ground, reportedly after it was hit by missile strikes from Israeli warplanes amid the ongoing conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants, according to local media. In online footage purporting to show the destruction of the residential block, explosions could …
Read More »Palestinians report several killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza
The Palestinian health ministry says nine killed in air raids in northern Gaza after Hamas launched rockets at Jerusalem. Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Monday morning, firing rubber-coated bullets, tear gas, and sound bombs at Palestinian worshippers, wounding hundreds. The latest violence came as occupied East Jerusalem …
Read More »Israel shuts Gaza fishing zone after overnight fighting
Israel closed the Gaza Strip’s offshore fishing zone Sunday following a night of cross-border fighting with Palestinian resistance, the most intense escalation of hostilities in recent months. Palestinian resistance in Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel after Israeli airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the territory’s Hamas rulers. The military …
Read More »Israel attacks Gaza Strip from air, land for 2nd night in row
The Israeli military has launched aerial and ground attacks against targets across the Gaza Strip for a second night in a row, while Tel Aviv tightens its grip on the blockaded territory’s fishing activities and fuel imports. It claimed in a statement that warplanes, attack helicopters and tanks struck a …
Read More »Israel’s overnight strikes target multiple sites in besieged Gaza
The Israeli military has carried out overnight airstrikes and artillery attacks on several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, with no immediate reports of casualties. Israeli forces conducted attacks on at least three sites in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, with Palestinian sources saying the occupying regime’s aircraft had …
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