Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Presiding judge Nawaf Salam, third from right, opens the hearings at the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations’ top court on May 16 opened two days of hearings into a request from South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operation…
Read More “World court opens hearings on Israeli military’s incursion into Rafah” »
Palestinians carry mock large keys during a mass ceremony to commemorate the Nakba Day, Arabic for catastrophe, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP As Israel keeps up its campaign against Hamas, Arab leaders are mapping out ways to support post-war Gaza, placing one major condition on…
Read More “Palestinian statehood key to post-war Gaza rebuilding plans of Arab nations” »
The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on May 16, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. The final, overnight construction sets up a complicated delivery process more than two months after U.S….
Rafah: Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday insisted there was no “humanitarian catastrophe” in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. It came as Palestinians commemorated the 76th anniversary of the “Nakba”, when around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes during the…
Read More “Israel PM Says “No Humanitarian Catastrophe” In Rafah As 5,00,000 Evacuate” »
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila near the border on May 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched dozens of rockets at north Israel military positions on May 15 in retaliation for the killing of a member Israel…
Read More “Hezbollah says struck Israel after field commander’s killing” »
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. File | Photo Credit: AP The European Union on Wednesday urged Israel to end its military operation in Gaza’s Rafah “immediately”, warning that failure to do so would undermine ties with the bloc. “Should Israel continue its military operation in Rafah, it would inevitably put a heavy strain…
Read More “EU urges Israel to end Rafah military operation ‘immediately’” »
Waibhav Anil Kale was killed after the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in Rafah New Delhi: India on Wednesday said it is “deeply saddened” over the death of Colonel Waibhav Anil Kale (Retd), the Indian national who was working with the UN in Gaza. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said India’s…
Read More “India After Ex-Indian Army Officer Killed In Gaza During Israel-Hamas War” »
People walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli troops fought Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip, forcing new waves of Palestinian mass displacement,…
Read More “Fierce battles rage across Gaza Strip as U.S. calls for truce, post-war plan” »
Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on May 09, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The top U.N. court said it would hold hearings on May 16 and 17 over a request from South Africa to impose emergency orders on Israel…
Read More “International Court of Justice to hold hearings over Israel’s Rafah attacks” »
“Col Waibhav Anil Kale joined the UN as a Security Coordination Officer in the UNDSS 2 months ago.” United Nations: A former Indian Army officer working with the United Nations was killed in Gaza when the vehicle he was travelling in came under attack in strife-torn Rafah, becoming the “first international casualty” for the world…
Read More “Ex Indian Army Officer Col Waibhav Anil Kale Working With UN Killed In Gaza Attack” »