In first delivery since March, UN dispatches 90 aid trucks to Gaza

Under global pressure, Israel allows first UN aid convoy into Gaza since March (Image: AP) The UN sent about 90 aid trucks into Gaza on Wednesday — the first delivery since early March. The move comes as global pressure mounts on Israel to ease its blockade and halt the continuous attacks.The first aid delivery came […]

Did United Nations say 14000 babies would die in Gaza within 48 hours? Here is the truth… | World News

A recent wave of headlines has ignited concern across the globe after a senior United Nations official warned that 14,000 babies in Gaza could die within 48 hours if urgent humanitarian aid does not reach the besieged enclave.The claim, made by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian AffairsTom Fletcher during a BBC Radio 4 interview, has been […]

Greece’s top diplomat calls war in Gaza a ‘nightmare’

Greece Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis (AP) UNITED NATIONS: The world is facing the most turbulent times since World War II, Greece’s top diplomat says, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.“ In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, foreign minister Giorgos Gerapetritis weighed in on two […]

Israel to allow food into Gaza after two month blockade

Displaced Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahia amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip arrive in Jabalia, northern Gaza (Image: AP) Israel will allow a “basic amount” of food into the Gaza Strip, the prime minister’s office said Sunday, after facing mounting pressure to lift a total blockade imposed more than two months ago.The announcement […]

Netanyahu indicates Israel open to ending Gaza war if hostages are released and other conditions

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said his country is open to a potential ceasefire agreement with Hamas — but only under specific conditions.His office issued a statement mentioning the conditions, which include the release of all hostages, the exile of Hamas members, and the disarmament of the Gaza Strip, reported AFP.“Even at this […]

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 75 people, hospitals and medics say

Representative Image (AI-generated) Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 75 people overnight and into Sunday, hospitals and medics in the battered enclave said, as Israel intensifies its war in the territory that, after more than 19 months, shows no signs of abating. More than 20 people were killed in airstrikes that hit […]

NYU student blasts Gaza war as ‘genocide’ in graduation speech, gets diploma withheld: ‘He lied’

NYU’s Logan Rozos deviated from his pre-approved speech and called Gaza war ‘genocide’ in graduation speech. The New York University decided to withhold the diploma of Logan Rozos, a student who chose to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza as ‘genocide’ at the graduation speech, keeping the administration in dark. His speech drew loud cheers from […]

At Arab summit, Spain calls for pressure on Israel to end Gaza ‘massacre’ | World News

BAGHDAD: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Saturday called for increased pressure “to halt the massacre in Gaza”, speaking at an Arab League summit hours after Israel announced an intensified operation in the besieged Palestinian territory.UN chief Antonio Guterres told the Baghdad meeting that “we need a permanent ceasefire, now”, while Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah […]

Trump Says ‘People Are Starving’ in Gaza and the U.S. Wants to Help

President Trump said on Friday that “a lot of people are starving” in the Gaza Strip under an Israeli blockade preventing aid deliveries, adding that the U.S. wanted to help alleviate the suffering. “We’re going to handle a couple of situations that you have here,” Mr. Trump said, speaking in the United Arab Emirates on […]

‘Can’t call myself American…’: What Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen said after being detained at Senate Gaza protest

Ben Cohen, co-founder of the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, was detained on Wednesday during a protest in the US Senate.The demonstration was focused on military aid to Israel and humanitarian concerns in Gaza, disrupting a hearing where US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr was giving testimony.Cohen was one of several activists taken […]