My weight was 87 Kg. I lost, in 45 days, more than 25 Kg, says Doctor Said Abdulrahman Maarouf. Rafah: A Palestinian doctor says Israeli forces in Gaza detained him when they overran a hospital and subjected him to abuse during 45 days of captivity including sleep deprivation and constant shackling and blindfolding before releasing … Read more
The United Nations agency charged with delivering aid to Palestinians has fired staff members accused of being involved in the Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed. A statement posted to the United Nations Relief and Works agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) website on Friday morning says … Read more
The document was the group’s first public report justifying the attacks . (File) Palestinian Territories: The Hamas group said Sunday its October 7 attack on Israel was a “necessary step” against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. But the group admitted in a 16-page report on the attacks that “some faults happened… due to the … Read more
WASHINGTON ― The Senate on Tuesday roundly rejected a proposal requiring the State Department to produce a human rights report on Israel’s policies, including its controversial U.S.-backed offensive in Gaza ― the highest-profile response by lawmakers so far to mounting public pressure for a change in Washington’s approach in the Middle East. A large bipartisan … Read more
At least 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s attacks on Israel. (File) Tel Aviv: Israel Defense Forces troops operating in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah districts discovered components used by Hamas to produce precision-guided missiles and other strategic weapons with direct assistance from the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military announced on Sunday. Nahal Brigade … Read more
77 journalists and media workers have been killed since the start of the war (File) Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday that an Israeli air strike killed two journalists in the Palestinian territory. Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al … Read more
Israel says it has killed more than 8,000 Palestinian fighters. (File) Jerusalem: Israel is withdrawing some forces from Gaza to shift to more targeted operations against Hamas, and is partially returning reservists to civilian life to help the economy as the country enters the new year set for a prolonged war, an Israeli official said. … Read more
Israel charged Abdelrahman al-Zaghal with hurling a petrol bomb, which he denies. Jerusalem: Fourteen-year-old Abdelrahman al-Zaghal was one of the youngest Palestinians released by Israel in exchange for hostages seized during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led raid on Israel. Weeks later, his life still bears little resemblance to that of a normal teenager – he is … Read more
Nasseem was separated from his relatives amid continued heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza Gaza: Nassem Mohra, a 10-year-old kidney patient, fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father while he was taking the boy to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment. A neighbour brought Nassem, who … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war will be a long one (File) Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Gaza war was exacting a “very heavy price” as the death count of soldiers killed in fighting with Hamas mounted. “This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting … Read more
