Author: Faadi Kazemi

The health authorities in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, said no fuel had reached the hospitals in the northern parts of the enclave despite the humanitarian pause, Anadolu Agency reports. Early on Monday, the Palestinian crossing authority told Anadolu that some 150 aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday, including 7 gasoline trucks, as part of the terms of the agreed humanitarian pause in Gaza. On 24 November, the humanitarian pause initially set for four days between Israel and the Palestinian factions entered into force at 7 a.m., local time (GMT0500). The humanitarian pause agreement includes the release of 50 Israeli captives from Gaza in…

Political leaders in the Welsh Parliament have called for peace in the Middle East in response to the events in Israel and Gaza. First Minister Mark Drakeford said the events have a “real impact here in Wales in our own communities”. All party leaders condemned the attacks on civilians by Hamas. But Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said the siege of Gaza cutting water and energy supplies was impossible to justify. Welsh Conservative Andrew RT Davies meanwhile said Israel’s right to protect its borders must be supported. They spoke in the Welsh Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. Mr Drakeford said…

Mediator, Qatar, said on Monday a deal had been reached to extend a truce between Israeli and Hamas forces in Gaza by two days, continuing a pause in seven weeks of warfare that has killed thousands and laid waste to the Palestinian enclave, Reuters reports. a Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in a post on social media platform X. Hamas also said it had agreed a two-day extension to the truce with Qatar and Egypt, who have been facilitating indirect negotiations between the two sides. There was no immediate comment from Israel. Before the statements, the head of Egypt’s State Information Service,…

Questions are being asked about possible organ theft with the Israeli army holding the bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed during its genocide in the Gaza Strip since 7 October. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has called for an independent international investigation into the issue. Euro-Med Monitor has documented the Israeli army’s confiscation of dozens of dead bodies from Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, and others from the vicinity of the so-called “safe corridor” — Salah al-Din Road — designated for displaced people heading to the central and southern parts of the enclave. According…

The Uncle of one of the three Palestinian students shot in the US state of Vermont this weekend said, on Monday, that his nephew had fled violence in the Occupied West Bank, believing that he would be safe in the US, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking at a press conference, along with Burlington Mayor, Miro Weinberger, Police Chief Jon Murad and Hisham Awartani’s uncle, Rich Price, Kinnan Abdalhamid’s uncle, Radi Tamimi, said they are “still in shock” over the shooting of the three students as they were speaking Arabic, and were wearing keffiyehs. The three students who were shot Saturday evening have been…

Despite efforts by the United Nations, there is still no development on reviving the grain initiative, which facilitated the safe export of grain, fertilisers and other foodstuff and supported the stabilisation of spiralling food prices worldwide, Russia’s Ambassador to Turkiye, Aleksei Erkhov said, Daily Sabah reports. According to the report, Erkhov said: “Our part of the package is at the zero level. Efforts are deployed by the UN, but they are fruitless. The problem lies in the fact the West continues to impose and keep sanctions on food and fertilisers from Russia.” The report added that UN officials are trying to revive…

Local Gaza authorities, on Monday, said the death toll of Palestinians from deadly Israeli attacks on the enclave now exceeds 15,000, in addition to thousands of others still missing under the rubble, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Gaza-based Government Media Office said the death toll includes 6,150 children and 4,000 women, in addition to untold numbers of corpses scattered in the streets. It added that there are also some 7,000 missing people under the rubble, including 4,700 children and women. The statement noted that, among the dead Palestinians, are 207 medical staffers, 26 members of civil defence rescue teams and…

Governments around the world must ensure international law is upheld in Gaza more than 50 days after Israel launched a genocidal bombing campaign in the enclave killing more than 14,500 Palestinians, the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK) has said, Writing to the heads of governments of several states, AOHR said it highlighted a detailed legal opinion commissioned by the international law expert Dr Ralph Wilde, which said: “Israel’s current use of force in the Gaza Strip is part of a long-standing illegal use of force by that state in the territory which began in 1967. It…

The Mayor of Gaza City, Yahya Al-Sarraj, said Israel is obstructing the delivery of much needed fuel to the besieged Gaza Strip where the war has killed over 14,500 people and displaced 1.7 million others. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Al-Sarraj said there is a huge need for fuel to remove rubble and open the streets and to pump water to Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip. About 700,000 people in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip need services, Al-Sarraj said, calling for “food, water, fuel and electricity to be delivered to the Gaza Strip.” He warned of the…

The UN Palestinian Refugee Agency warned Tuesday that operations will stop in the Gaza Strip late Wednesday if fuel shipments are not allowed into the blockaded Territory, Anadolu Agency reports. Israel has launched a relentless bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, putting the Territory’s 2.3 million residents under total siege and a blockade of food, fuel and medical supplies. More than 7,100 people have been killed in the latest conflict, including at least 5,791 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis Source : MEMO