German chancellor Friedrich Merz (AP image) Germany chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday announced that German will suspend the export of military equipment to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip. This announcement came in response to Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.Merz said it was becoming “increasingly difficult to understand” how […]
UN food agency says its food stocks in Gaza have run out under Israel’s blockade. (AP photo) The World Food Programme has exhausted its food reserves in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s nearly eight-week blockade, terminating a vital source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. The WFP announced that it has distributed its […]
Luis Har, a 72-year-old Israeli grandfather, recounted his 129-day ordeal under Hamas. He described how he was forced to cook for his captors while surviving on barely any food himself.Har, who was taken from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on 7 October 2023, recalled being held at gunpoint in a small apartment in Gaza alongside four other […]
