Demonstrators have rallied worldwide in solidarity with Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, condemning the high rate of civilian casualties in Israeli attacks and calling for an immediate ceasefire.
The people of Gaza are being "choked" by the continuous Israeli bombardment and blockade, the head of UNRWA, the UN relief agency that works in the Gaza Strip, Philippe Lazzarini, has warned.
Tel Aviv plans to retain security control in the Gaza Strip after its military operation there, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated. Palestinian groups say the governance of the Gaza Strip is a “pure Palestinian affair”, adding the future of the enclave should be decided by the Palestinians and no one else.
Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 11,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
An Arab-Islamic summit hosted by Saudi Arabia has called for an end to the war in Gaza and rejected justifying the Israeli war in the besieged strip as self-defence.
The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emphasized that the power of Lebanese, Palestinian and resistance groups in the West Asia region stems from Tehran’s support.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has hailed the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for their 35-day resistance against the Zionist regime, calling for the arming of Palestinians in the face of the Israelis.
An informed source has expounded on the details of Iran’s proposal for Islamic and Arab countries to hold a summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on the issue of Palestine.
The administration of US President Joe Biden has received stark warnings from American diplomats in the Arab world that its strong support for Israel’s destructive and deadly military campaign in Gaza “is losing us Arab publics for a generation”, according to a diplomatic cable obtained by CNN.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to take part in an extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) with the issue of Palestine on the agenda.
An increasing number of Israelis say the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should immediately begin negotiations with Hamas for the release of hostages held in Gaza – but should continue fighting while negotiating, a new survey suggested. More than 11,000 Palestinians have died in Israel’s strikes on Gaza so far.
Israel’s military has closed in on the front gates of Gaza’s biggest hospital, where thousands of injured and displaced people are trapped amid intensive Israeli bombardment.
Palestinian group Hamas and Israel are negotiating two proposals for the release of captives in the Gaza Strip with one said to involve a small number of civilians and another that could involve some 100 of those being held, The New York Times has reported.
Three Palestinian human rights groups have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel’s war crimes, including genocide, against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Palestinian group, Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, has announced the start of military the operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel. Thousands of rockets have been fired from the blockaded enclave towards the occupied territories as far away as Tel Aviv, killing over 1,400 Israelis, including both military and settlers. More than 11,000 Palestinians have been so far killed in an exchange of fire between the two sides.
21 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are out of service now. The Israeli military has bombed and shelled the grounds of several medical facilities in northern Gaza, while tanks have surrounded at least four health facilities where thousands of people have taken shelter.
The Arab League has demanded a “complete ceasefire” in Gaza, according to a statement by the Arab League. Islamic states are set to hold a summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday.
The spokesperson of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described life in northern Gaza as "hell on earth" as Israel deepens its blockade and bombardment.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has described the situation in Gaza as “a never-ending humanitarian nightmare for civilians” as he once again reiterated calls for an immediate ceasefire.
Mohammad al-Hindi, deputy leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has slammed Israeli discussion of the future of Gaza as an attempt by the Israeli regime to extend its military presence there.
Mohammad Eslami, the director of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), on Thursday wrote a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general, demanding the UN nuclear watchdog to inform the United Nations Security Council about dangers of possible use of nuclear weapons by the Israeli regime against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
