Israel bombs mosque, hitting families sheltering nearby
Deir el-Balah, Gaza – At dawn on Saturday, Israeli aircraft bombed a mosque next to makeshift tents housing displaced people in the city of Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
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Hamas says it will continue negotiating for ceasefire as Ramadan nears
GAZA (SW) – Hamas said on Wednesday it would continue working towards achieving a ceasefire in Gaza with Israel despite the absence of Israeli negotiators from the latest round of talks in Cairo.
UN Women calls war in Gaza “a war on women”
GAZA (SW) – UN Women, a United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, called the war in Gaza “also a war on women.”
More than 100 killed while seeking aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000
MONITORING (SW) – Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel blamed the deaths on crowds that surrounded aid trucks, saying victims had been trampled or run over.
Qatar condemns ‘double standards’ at ICJ hearing on Israeli occupation
MONITORING (SW) – Qatar tells the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it rejects the “double standards” when international law applies to some but not to others during a hearing on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories.
MSF slams US on Gaza at UN, says children as young as 5 want to die
MONITORING (SW) – The head of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that medical teams in the Gaza Strip have come up with a new acronym: WCNSF – wounded child, no surviving family.
US blocks ceasefire call with third UN veto in Israel-Hamas war
MONITORING (SW) – The United States on Tuesday again vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire as it instead pushes the 15-member body to call for a temporary ceasefire linked to the release of hostages held by Hamas.
US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire, oppose Rafah assault
MONITORING (SW) – The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.
Islamic Emirate rejects concerns raised over rights situation in Afghanistan
KABUL (SW) – Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, has rejected concerns raised in Munich, Germany regarding human rights situation in Afghanistan.
UN likely to vote Tuesday on Gaza ceasefire, US signals veto
MONITORING (SW) – The United Nations Security Council is likely to vote on Tuesday on an Algerian push for the 15-member body to demand an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, said diplomats, a move the United States signaled it would veto.
MSF warns Rafah invasion would be ‘catastrophic’: Aid declining
MONITORING (SW) – Médecins Sans Frontières, aka Doctors Without Borders (MSF), has warned that an Israeli offensive on Rafah would be “catastrophic” for the estimated 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering in the city.
Israel asks World Court to reject request for Rafah emergency orders
MONITORING (SW) – Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a request by South Africa to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah.
