middle east

Israel's ongoing genocidal assault on Palestinian civilians in Gaza is part of a long and brutal history that goes back to 1951

Sadness over the relentless Israeli bombing in Gaza subdued the holiday cheer in Bethlehem on Christmas Eve when the biblical town would usually be decked out in festive finery.

Mohammad Arsala Kharoti, the Deputy Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, held a meeting with Salma Abdollahi, a representative of the Norwegian Refugee Council. The meeting focused on the council’s projects in Afghanistan.

Weeks of restricted access to food in the Gaza Strip have culminated in severe hunger and growing risks of famine in the besieged enclave.

The head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency met Qatar’s prime minister in Europe late on Friday, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, as attention turned to a possible new Gaza truce and a prisoner and hostage deal.

Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Israeli captives in Gaza even though they were shirtless and held white flags, an initial probe by the military has found.

Local media say the threat was made after PM Netanyahu refused to meet with a group of some 100 families who accused the far-right Israeli PM of seeking to split the group.

Twenty-five Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred while 27 terrorists were killed in three separate incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan, the military’s media affairs wing said on Tuesday.

Israeli officials were displeased when Mohammed Nazal, an 18-year-old Palestinian, described his ordeal in Israeli prisons after being released as part of a truce agreement with Hamas last week.

Israel’s onslaught against Gaza is a Russian doll of horror, with many atrocities tucked within. Described by the United Nations as a “graveyard for thousands of children”, where more than half of northern Gaza’s buildings are destroyed or damaged and 70% of a traumatized population have lost access to clean water, Gaza is not wanting for horror – but is desperately lacking the essentials of life.