14 h. ago Blasts on Gaza skyline as Israel steps up bombardment of Palestine

Blasts were seen on the Gaza skyline late on Sunday, 31 August, as Israel stepped up its bombardment of the devastated enclave.

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6 d. ago ‘There needs to be justice,’ UN tells Israel after Gaza hospital bombing

Human rights office demands that Israeli investigation into ‘double tap’ attack that killed 20 people yields resultsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UN has demanded that Israel’s investigations into unlawful killings in Gaza, including its “double tap” bombing of Nasser hospital which killed 20 people, among them five journalists, yield results and ensure accountability.“There needs to be justice,” Thameen Al-Kheetan, the spokesperson for the UN’s human rights office, told reporters on Tuesday in Geneva. He added that the number of journalists killed in Gaza raised many questions about the targeting of media workers. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Gaza latest: Journalists among 20 killed in Israeli hospital strike; protests shut down Tel Aviv highways

Independent Arabia’s own Maryam Abu Daqqa was among the journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes

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7 d. ago Five journalists slaughtered in Gaza as Israel bombs hospital in 'double tap' attack

Israel confirmed that it had struck a hospital in Gaza on Monday morning, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing his regret at five journalists being killed in the blast

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7 d. ago Israel bombed Gaza hospital a second time, killing rescuers, say health officials

At least 20 people, including five journalists, died as they rushed to help those wounded in the first strikeIsrael bombed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Monday and then struck the same spot again as rescuers and journalists rushed to help the wounded, killing at least 20 people including five journalists, health officials said.The first strike hit the top floor of a building at the Nasser hospital, killing Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescuers then rushed to the scene to help the wounded, when a second bomb struck the same spot fifteen minutes later. Continue reading...

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1 week ago There's a word for the EU's inaction over Gaza: racism | Shada Islam

Europe frames the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza as a humanitarian crisis rather than a deliberate political choice. There will be a moral reckoningThe president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and her team face growing criticism of the controversial EU-US tariff deal agreed in July. I am hoping for similar calls for accountability over the EU’s complicity in Israel’s unfolding genocide in Gaza. Such a reckoning is long overdue.I have watched in despair for almost two years as European governments have done little or nothing while Israel has devastated Gaza through bombings, targeted strikes and forced starvation after the 7 October attack by Hamas. There are so many sanctions at the EU’s disposal which they are still refusing to deploy; so many levers they are refusing to pull. The bloc is Israel’s biggest trading partner, accounting for 32% of Israel’s total trade in 2024. Yet at every meeting, EU leaders and foreign ministers have failed to secure the majorit...

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2 w. ago Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza, killing 89 Palestinians in 24 hours

At least 15 people queueing for food among the deaths, and five people reported to have died from starvationIsrael has stepped up bombing Gaza, killing at least 89 Palestinians in 24 hours, including at least 15 people queueing for food, despite global outcry over the deaths of six journalists in the territory the previous day.Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City had intensified in the three days after Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet approved plans to expand the war in the territory. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Gaza latest: Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza despite global outcry over slain Al Jazeera journalists

Mourners gather in large numbers for funerals of six slain journalists as UN calls killings a grave breach of international law

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3 w. ago Gaza latest: Israel intensifies bombing of Gaza after Netanyahu orders military to speed up occupation plan

Israel admits to targeting Anas Al-Sharif alleging he was 'posing as journalist'

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3 w. ago Hiroshima mayor warns world is repeating nuclear mistakes: ‘Please witness the reality’

Kazumi Matsui denounces ‘flagrant disregard’ of lessons from tragedies of history on 80th anniversary of nuclear bombing

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3 w. ago Gaza from above: Chilling aerial footage shows devastation of enclave

After 22 months of intense bombardment from Israel and the war with militant group Hamas, Gaza now resembles the bottom of a fire pit.

Culture

3 w. ago Gaza from above: Chilling footage shows devastation of enclave

After 22 months of intense bombardment from Israel and the war with militant group Hamas, Gaza now resembles the bottom of a fire pit.

Culture