Fear spreads Hamas plans to kill Israeli hostages as it airs a video of captives it promised to disclose their fate
Of some 240 people seized by Hamas in an October 7 cross-border killing spree that sparked the war, around half were released in a November truce. Israel says 132 remain in Gaza and that 25 of them have died in captivity.
Two Navy SEALs are missing after a night mission off the coast of Somalia
Besides the defence of ships from launched drones and missiles shot from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the US military has also come to the aid of commercial ships that have been the targets of piracy.
Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Nelson Mandela regularly raised the plight of the Palestinians. Three years after apartheid and white minority rule was dismantled in South Africa and Mandela was elected president in historic all-race elections in 1994, he thanked the international community for its help. He added: “But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Pentagon: Hospitalised US Defence Secretary Austin ordered retaliatory strikes on Yemen-based Houthi militants
Austin’s hospital room setup is not unlike when he is on the road, where full security and communications teams accompany him with all of the secure, classified equipment needed to keep him connected. Austin’s aides and support staff have been with him all week at Walter Reed as well.
As US, Britain are sucked into Gaza war, container rates soar on concerns of prolonged Red Sea disruption, inflation
Rates on the Shanghai-Europe route rose 8.1 per cent to $3,103 per 20-foot container on Friday from a week earlier, while the rate for containers to the unaffected US West Coast soared 43.2 per cent to $3,974 per 40-foot containers week on week, leading ship broker Clarksons said on Friday.
Israel rejects genocide accusations file by South Africa at World Court, terms them grossly distorted
Israel launched its all-out war in Gaza after a cross-border rampage on October 7 by militants from Hamas, which is sworn to Israel’s destruction. Israeli officials said 1,200 people were killed, mainly civilians and 240 taken hostage back to Gaza.
Gaza war: Displaced children in Gaza have access to less than two litres of water per day
The lack of clean water is another major challenge for displaced people throughout Gaza, including al-Mawasi. While some local residents and charities are doing what they can to help, most people who have taken shelter in the area are forced to walk long distances and wait in queues to carry back litres of water
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.