Israel’s willingness to resume stalled ceasefire talks with Hamas raise hopes of peace in Gaza
Israel has previously said it will accept only temporary pauses in the fighting until Hamas, which governs the small, densely populated Gaza Strip, is eradicated. Egyptian sources acknowledged there had been a shift but suggested that the core issue of commitment to a permanent ceasefire was still outstanding.
Entire Gaza City population rendered homeless after Israeli strikes kill at least 40, government media says
Footage showed dozens of Palestinians rushing out to search for victims amid the destroyed houses. The footage showed wrecked homes, blasted walls and debris and dust filling the street in Shati refugee camp.
Europe and Middle East airlines cash in on thriving human trafficking as Indians, Africans scramble for the US
Along the way to the US border, Ismaila Diop, 30, a small-business owner from Senegal, landed at Managua aboard Avianca flight TA315. Traveling in a group of about a dozen Senegalese migrants, Diop was passed off to organised groups of smugglers who went by their first names only or called themselves “Mama Africa.”
Palestinian medics report Israeli tanks pushing deeper into Rafah, where they killed eight people
Israeli forces have laid waste to much of Gaza and seized most of the Palestinian territory but have yet to achieve Israel’s stated goal of wiping out Hamas and freeing Israeli hostages. Medics and Hamas media said eight Palestinians were killed in Al-Mawasi and many families fled north in panic. They did not identify the fatalities, and the Israeli military said it was looking into the report.
Bloody Feast of Sacrifice: How Gaza war turned usually joyous Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday into misery
Muslims around the world will celebrate the four-day Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice, early in the week. It commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, as recounted in the Quran. In the Jewish and Christian traditions, Abraham is called to sacrifice his other son, Isaac.
Hajj pilgrimage opens in Mecca against backdrop of carnage in Gaza as Israel shows no signs of let up
It is a moving spiritual experience for pilgrims who believe it absolves sins and brings them closer to God, while uniting the world’s more than two billion Muslims. It’s also a chance to pray for peace in many conflict-stricken Arab and Muslim countries, including Yemen and Sudan, where more than a year of war between rival generals created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Hezbollah vows to escalate strikes on Israel in retaliation for killing of its senior commander
The Israeli strike in the south Lebanon village of Jouaiyya late on Tuesday killed three Hezbollah fighters alongside the senior field commander Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, Israel and three security sources in Lebanon said. He was the most senior Hezbollah commander killed during eight months of hostilities, one of the sources said.
Pressure builds as UN warns Gaza civilian deaths in Israel’s hostage raid may constitute war crimes
In response to the statement, Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva accused of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of “slandering Israel”.
Israel military kills 274 Palestinian civilians in central Gaza in hostage rescue raid
Israel’s military said a special forces officer was killed in exchanges of fire with militants emerging from cover in residential blocks, and that it knew of “under 100” Palestinians killed, although did not how many of them were fighters or civilians.
Spain applies to be enjoined in South Africa’s case at World Court that accuses Israel of genocide
Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Libya and the Palestinians have already requested to join the case currently being heard at the court in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah but stopped short of ordering a ceasefire for the enclave. Israel has not complied.
