‘Dragged by hair, paraded in Israeli flag’: Flotilla eyewitnesses detail Greta Thunberg’s harrowing detention; prison conditions harsh, unsanitary

Flotilla eyewitnesses detail Greta Thunberg’s harrowing detention Eyewitnesses on a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza described environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg being dragged, beaten, and paraded by Israeli forces after her detention. The accounts depict a scene of intimidation and mistreatment that shocked those on board.An email from the Swedish foreign ministry to people close to […]

Flotilla with Greta Thunberg on board sets sail for Gaza

An aid flotilla bound for Gaza with Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg on board set sail from Barcelona on Sunday, organizers said.At least 20 vessels left the port on the Spanish east coast just after 15:30 CEST (13:30 GMT) carrying humanitarian aid and a number of activists, as a large crowd of supporters cheered them […]

UAE’s humanitarian mission: Rescue team flies Black Hawk missions to combat Albania’s forest fires | World News

UAE rescue team continues its efforts to contain forest fires in Albania/Image: WAM The UAE rescue team is delivering critical help in Albania, participating in intensive fire-suppression missions to support local authorities in battling the ongoing forest fires. The team’s aerial expertise, including precision Black Hawk helicopter operations, has been instrumental in containing the blazes […]

‘Keep your eyes on Gaza’: Greta Thunberg calls for focus on Israeli ‘seige’ and ‘oppression’; says she’s not the story

Greta Thunberg with other activists meeting with journalists in Catania, Italy, June 1, before their departure for Mideast Greta Thunberg on Wednesday said global attention should remain on what she described as Israel’s “siege and oppression” of Gaza, not on her involvement in a humanitarian aid mission to the region. In a newly released video, […]

Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade

The U.N. secretary general, AntĂłnio Guterres, on Tuesday sharply criticized Israel’s renewed blockade of aid to Gaza as a violation of its obligations under international law and said it had opened “the floodgates of horror.” “Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop,” Mr. Guterres said in prepared remarks to […]