Inside so-called ‘safe zones’ in Gaza, displaced Palestinians live without food, shelter and water
An Israeli airstrike that killed 14 people – the majority of them young children – in al-Mawasi on January 4 was a grim reminder that nowhere in Gaza, including Israeli-designated safe zones, is actually safe, according to Save the Children.
US, Britain launch air and sea strikes against Houthi as rebels vow to hit Israel-bound ships
Iran, which supports the Houthis, strongly condemned the attacks. A spokesperson for the Houthis said there was no justification for the attacks and that the group will continue targeting ships heading towards Israel.
US, UK forces repel ‘largest attack’ by Houthis as German and Holland skip Red Sea shipping channel
US Central Command said no injuries nor damage were reported, adding that this was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea since November 19.
Expert breaks down how South Africa v Israel case will be processed at Hague-based world court
The first time a case was brought to the ICJ alleging violation of the Genocide Convention was in 1993 by Bosnia against Yugoslavia. The second case was in 2019 by The Gambia against Myanmar. The third case was by Ukraine against Russia following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Israel hires renowned legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to battle genocide claims at ICC
The genocide charge strikes at the heart of Israel’s national identity. The country sees itself as a bulwark of security for Jews after six million were killed in the Holocaust. International support for Israel’s creation in 1948 was deeply rooted in outrage over Nazi atrocities.
Israel’s war strategy against Hamas shifts to deadlier, indiscriminate strikes on Iran-linked targets
The intensified air campaign has killed 19 Hezbollah members in Syria in three months – more than twice the rest of 2023 combined, according to a Reuters count. More than 130 Hezbollah fighters have also been killed by Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon in the same period.
US Secretary of State Blinken to visit UAE, Saudi, Israel, seeking to avert wider Middle East war
Jordan’s King Abdullah urged Blinken to use Washington’s influence over Israel to press it for an immediate ceasefire and warned of the “catastrophic repercussions” of Israel’s continued military campaign.
US’ CIA uncovers how Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch planned and carried out Iran blasts
ISIS on Thursday claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying two operatives wearing explosive suicide belts staged the attack during a memorial service for Qassem Soleimani, a senior military commander assassinated in Iraq in a 2020 US drone strike.
University of Pennsylvania professors in Israel speak out on US campus antisemitism
Outrage mounted on December 5 when then-president Liz Magill declined to give a US congressional committee a definitive “yes” or “no” answer to the question of whether calling for genocide of Jews violated the school code of conduct.
More than 100 killed in ‘terrorist attacks’ near tomb of Iranian Guards’ Soleimani
Babak Yektaparast, a spokesperson for Iran’s emergency services, was reported as saying 73 people had been killed and 170 injured. State television said later that at least 100 people had been killed.
