Justin Trudeau’s belated and shameful volte face on Gaza | Opinions

Justin Trudeau’s belated and shameful volte face on Gaza | Opinions

Some of Israel’s most prominent enablers now claim to abhor the scope of Israel’s wanton killing of Palestinians with a barrage of bullets, bombs, and rampaging bulldozers. Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak joined France and Germany in calling for a “sustainable ceasefire” to stop the killing. Like…

Hamas chief in Cairo as momentum builds towards new ceasefire talks | Gaza News

Hamas chief in Cairo as momentum builds towards new ceasefire talks | Gaza News

The head of Hamas’s political bureau has arrived in Cairo for talks on the Gaza war, as hopes grow that the Palestinian group and Israel could agree terms for another ceasefire. Ismail Haniyeh arrived in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday to meet with Cairo’s spy chief and other Egyptian officials,…

‘Fed up with war’: Yemenis fear new conflict after Houthi Red Sea attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict

‘Fed up with war’: Yemenis fear new conflict after Houthi Red Sea attacks | Israel-Palestine conflict

Sanaa, Yemen — When Israel’s war on Gaza broke out on October 7, Saleh Abdullah, a 48-year-old supermarket owner in Sanaa, joined pro-Palestine mass protests, expressing his solidarity with the besieged enclave. It never crossed his mind that the Houthi armed group that controls Yemen’s capital and large parts of the…

‘We have a duty’: US doctor says ceasefire an ‘ethical imperative’ in Gaza | News

‘We have a duty’: US doctor says ceasefire an ‘ethical imperative’ in Gaza | News

Of all the doctors and medical personnel killed in Gaza this year, Dr Osaid Alser estimates he knew half personally. Alser, a researcher and resident at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in the United States, grew up in Gaza City, Palestine’s largest city. He started his medical career…

Israeli attack on residential area in south Gaza kills at least 29 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli attack on residential area in south Gaza kills at least 29 | Israel-Palestine conflict News

At least 29 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike in a residential area of Rafah in southern Gaza, while a hospital was raided in north Gaza and 10 people were killed in an attack on a refugee camp in that part of the enclave. Tens of thousands…

Hamas posts video showing elderly Israeli captives pleading for release | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Hamas posts video showing elderly Israeli captives pleading for release | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The Qassam Brigades releases the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow Old Here, on its Telegram account. Hamas has posted a video of three elderly Israeli captives pleading for their immediate release. The Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, posted the one-minute video, titled Don’t Let Us Grow…

Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

Is the US complicit in the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza? | Israel-Palestine conflict

As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, there is growing concern over humanitarian conditions in the besieged enclave. Before the Israel-Hamas war, more than 500 aid trucks entered Gaza every day through the Karem Abu Salem crossing with Israel and the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Those deliveries halted when Israel…

Austin says US support for Israel unshakeable as Gaza ceasefire calls grow | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Austin says US support for Israel unshakeable as Gaza ceasefire calls grow | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Lloyd Austin says US support ‘unshakeable’, urges Israel to do more to protect civilians and increase aid supplies. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Washington will continue to support Israel in its war with Hamas but urged its ally to do more to protect civilians in Gaza amid…

Captives mistakenly killed by Israeli troops left SOS signs in Hebrew | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Captives mistakenly killed by Israeli troops left SOS signs in Hebrew | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s military says it has discovered distress signals in a Gaza building where three Israeli captives were sheltering before they were mistakenly shot dead by Israeli troops. The signs, which read “SOS” and “Help, three hostages” in Hebrew, were found in a building in the Shujayea suburb of Gaza City,…