Antonio Guterres urges UN Security Council to push for Gaza ceasefire | News

Antonio Guterres urges UN Security Council to push for Gaza ceasefire | News

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that there is no effective protection of civilians in Gaza and urged the UN Security Council to push for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Guterres convened an emergency meeting of the UNSC on Friday after weeks of fighting left more…

Playing with friends, shot dead by Israel: A Jenin boy’s final moments | Israel-Palestine conflict

Playing with friends, shot dead by Israel: A Jenin boy’s final moments | Israel-Palestine conflict

Jenin, occupied West Bank — Suleiman Abu al-Waf will never forget the “thumping sound” that forever changed his life. The 47-year-old, a general physician in the Jenin Directorate of Health, was sitting at home with his younger son and two daughters on November 29. The Israeli army had raided the…

Will Netanyahu risk a tunnel conflict to ‘eradicate Hamas’, stay in power? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Will Netanyahu risk a tunnel conflict to ‘eradicate Hamas’, stay in power? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on his position as prime minister of Israel appears increasingly tenuous. Many Israelis hold him and his cabinet responsible for the security failures of October 7, and he has come under heavy domestic criticism for his handling of the war on Gaza. Add to that the fact…

Is Israel’s Gaza War the most destructive yet with conventional weapons? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Is Israel’s Gaza War the most destructive yet with conventional weapons? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Some military analysts have compared the Israeli bombardment of Gaza with bombing campaigns from World War II. The Israeli assault on Gaza has included the bombing of an area with an intensity that military analysts say hasn’t been seen since the second world war. Most of the weaponry is supplied…

Are Israel’s attempts to demoralise the Palestinians backfiring? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Are Israel’s attempts to demoralise the Palestinians backfiring? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Middle East expert Steven Cook says US President Joe Biden made a mistake with his ‘bear hug’ embrace of Israel. Some US officials have talked about the need to protect innocent Palestinian lives, but US President Joe Biden has said almost nothing. Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Steven Cook…

Israel should face war crimes probe over journalist death in Lebanon: NGOs | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel should face war crimes probe over journalist death in Lebanon: NGOs | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Rights groups say attack that killed Reuters journalist and injured six others ‘likely a direct attack on civilians’. International rights groups have said that Israeli strikes that killed a journalist and injured six others in southern Lebanon were likely a direct attack on civilians and must be investigated as a…

Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s war on Gaza enters third month | News

Displacement, death, hunger as Israel’s war on Gaza enters third month | News

Fighting has escalated in Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis as Israeli air strikes rain down throughout the enclave, forcing Palestinians to flee to increasingly crammed pockets of the territory’s southern edge where there is no promised security, as the war enters its third month. “We are talking about a…

UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

UN secretary-general invokes Article 99 on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter, urging the UN Security Council to act on the war in Gaza. The rare move by the secretary-general comes as the Security Council is yet to adopt a resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel, Hamas and…