Israel is facing growing international warnings over its planned offensive in Rafah – the city in southern Gaza crammed with Palestinian refugees. UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron said “over half of Gaza’s population are sheltering in the area”, while Dutch FM Hanke Bruins Slot said there could be “many civilian casualties”.Saudi Arabia warned of “very […]
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Israel Defense Force is digging up graves in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted to digging up Palestinian graves in a Gaza cemetery. Footage emerged earlier this week from a bulldozed graveyard in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where smashed graves lay open and human remains covered in shrouds had been left on the surface without being reburied. The IDF said its […]
Tlaib censured over Anti-Israel comments
The US Congress has voted to censure its only Palestinian-American member over comments she made on the Israel-Gaza war. Michigan Democrat Rahida Tlaib was rebuked for her defence of the chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. The resolution formally condemned her for “calling for the destruction of the state of […]
No place in Gaza is safe as Israel hits refugee camp
Israeli airstrikes caused significant damage to a large refugee camp in Jabalia, just north of Gaza City, on Tuesday. The Israeli military confirms it was targeting the area, which it says is a Hamas “stronghold,” including underground tunnels and a command center. Photos from the scene showed large craters and other damage at the camp, […]
Biden doubts death toll, Palestine publish names
The health ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza has published a report listing the names of more than 6,000 “documented deaths” in Gaza since the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, after US President Joe Biden questioned the reliability of Palestinian casualty figures. The report stated that between October 7 and 26, 7,028 Palestinians were killed, including […]
America’s ultra-left in kamikazie death dive
The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be tearing the American hard left apart amid differing reactions to a deadly Hamas attack on Israel that took place on October 7. Some progressives have sharply criticized Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for the group’s statement about the attacks, which it blamed on “Israel’s apartheid regime,” […]
U.N.; Israel order to evacuate Gaza ‘Impossible’
The fighting between Israel and Hamas entered a seventh day on Friday with fears of a ground offensive growing stronger following an Israeli order to evacuate the northern region of the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military told the United Nations late Thursday that all of northern Gaza’s population needs to evacuate to the southern portion of […]
At least 9 Palestinians killed in Israel drone attack
Israel carried out drone strikes and deployed hundreds of troops Monday in the city of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, in what one Israeli official called the largest operation in the area in almost two decades. At least nine Palestinians were killed in the raid and 50 were injured, according to Palestinian health officials, […]
Buttigieg acknowledges that he “could have spoken sooner”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg acknowledged Tuesday that he “could have spoken sooner” about the disastrous Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that has caused serious health and environmental concerns because of the hazardous chemicals it was transporting. The 38 cars that derailed roughly two weeks ago were carrying substances including vinyl chloride, butyl […]
Ohio town ‘wrecked’ after train derailment
For East Palestine residents John and Lisa Hamner, life as they knew it came to a screeching, flaming halt at 8:55 pm on 3 February. It was that day that a toxin-laden train derailed just metres from their successful garbage truck business, which they had grown from five customers to more than 7,000 over an […]
Water supply for 5m people may be contaminated by Ohio toxic spill
More than five million people whose drinking water comes from the Ohio River could see a plume of toxic chemicals flowing toward their local water intakes after a train derailment on the border between Ohio and Pennsylvania led to a toxic spill. During the initial phase of the incident—which saw emergency responders forced to burn […]
Israel On Verge Of Full Scale War As Tensions Escalate
An airstrike launched by Israel on Wednesday has taken out Hamas’ Gaza City commander, dealing a substantial blow to the Palestinian militant group’s leadership. Bassem Issa is the highest-ranking military figure in Hamas to be killed by Israel since 2014, according to The Associated Press. Hamas confirmed his death in a statement. The armed wing […]