Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Middle East

Biden warns Netanyahu military operation in Gaza’s Rafah a “mistake”

US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that a major ground offensive in Gaza's Rafah would be a "mistake", as the two leaders spoke on the phone for the first time in a month amid growing tensions.

UN warns famine imminent in north Gaza

Half of the population in the Gaza Strip are experiencing "catastrophic" hunger, with famine projected to hit the north of the territory by May unless there is urgent intervention, a United Nations-backed food security assessment warned.

World labor body says over half a million Palestinian jobs lost due to war

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has reported the Palestinian unemployment rate is set to soar to a staggering 57 percent in the first quarter of 2024, citing 507,000 job losses due to the Gaza war.

Iran condemns Israel attack on Gaza hospital, warns of crimes

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani strongly condemned as “barbaric” Israel’s new attack on and the occupation of Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip, and the “crimes of the Israeli forces” against the medical staff, patients and the wounded at the hospital.

Israeli soldiers storm Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, killing and injuring several

Israel’s military forces have stormed al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza City with tanks and heavy gunfire, leaving several deaths and injuries, Palestinian officials have confirmed.

Gaza “graveyard” for most important principles of humanitarian law: EU top diplomat

The Gaza Strip has become a "graveyard" for the most important principles of humanitarian law, the EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has stated.

Biden angry after poll numbers drop over his handling of Gaza war: Report

US President Joe Biden began to shout and swear after learning that his poll numbers in the battleground states of Michigan and Georgia had dropped over his handling of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, according to NBC News.

Hamas says war not confined to Gaza

The Palestinian movement Hamas says Israel has come to face an “extensive front” far greater than the Gaza Strip and that the field battle is not confined to the besieged enclave.

EU: Rafah military operation must be avoided at all costs

Speaking at a joint news conference with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU does not want to see an Israeli invasion of Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah.

More than 13k children killed in Gaza since outbreak of war: UNICEF

Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in the Gaza Strip since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.

Military operations in Rafah will take “several weeks”: Israeli PM

A military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza, will take "several weeks", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, adding he will push ahead with an offensive that has sparked international alarm and outrage.

Hamas says put forth realistic truce proposal in Gaza

A senior Hamas official has stated the Palestinian group has put forward a “realistic” ceasefire proposal in the Gaza Strip that involves the release of Israeli captives and the withdrawal of "occupation soldiers" from the besieged enclave.

One-third of children under 2 years acutely malnourished in northern Gaza: UNRWA

The situation in the Gaza Strip is “catastrophic and deteriorates by the minute”, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned. It added one in three children under the age of two in northern Gaza are now acutely malnourished.

Iran says ready to help Syria enhance its defense power against US, Israel

Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has stated that Tehran is prepared to utilize its full capabilities to assist Damascus in boosting its defense and deterrent power against Washington and the Zionist regime.

US, UK conduct new airstrikes against 2 Yemen’s provinces

The United States and the United Kingdom have launched a string of air raids against targets in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz and the strategic western province of Hudaydah as the Houthi movement continues its maritime operations against Israeli-linked vessels in the Red Sea.

Israelis demand hostage swap deal during mass rallies

Thousands of people held protests across the occupied Palestinian territories against the current Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu and demanded a captive swap agreement with Hamas.

Iraq’s interior minister: Baghdad takes control border bases of anti-Iran groups

Iraqi Interior Minister Abdul Amir al-Shammari says his country has taken control of the border bases of anti-Iran terror groups in Iraq’s Kurdistan region.

Report: Many Palestinians refuse to leave their destroyed homes in Gaza 

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency ran a report on its Telegram Channel about a Palestinian old man who, like many other people in Gaza, prefers the path of resistance against Israeli occupation over leaving their land.

Gaza death toll surges past 31,500

The Palestinian death toll from Israel's military onslaught against the besieged Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, jumped to 31,500, the Health Ministry in the enclave announced on Saturday.

Leaders of resistance groups meet to coordinate anti-Israel operation: Report

The leaders of Palestinian groups and Yemen’s Houthi movement have reportedly held a meeting to coordinate retaliatory attacks against Israel as Tel Aviv presses ahead with its war against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Yemen’s Houthis say launched first attack against US, Israeli vessels in Indian Ocean

Yemen’s Houthi movement has announced starting their pro-Palestinian operations in the Indian Ocean by targeting several Israeli and American ships in the body of water in protest at the genocidal war against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Half of Americans want Biden to pressure Israel over Gaza humanitarian situation: Poll

Almost half of the American respondents in a new survey want US President Joe Biden to put more pressure on Israel to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Acute malnutrition doubles within one month among children in northern Gaza: UNICEF

The United Nations agency for children has reported an increase in acute malnutrition rates among children in the northern Gaza Strip, with figures doubling within just one month.

Turkish police detain Iranian betting sites head

Turkey has arrested the Iranian ringleader of a betting, gambling and organized crimes site, the Turkish interior minister has announced.

Israeli PM approves plans for military operation in Rafah, Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the latest truce and prisoner-exchange proposal by Palestinian group Hamas and has approved the army plan to launch a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

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