The IDF paused its operations in the Al-Jneina neighborhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday in order to facilitate the movement of humanitarian aid, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced. The pause lasted from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The COGAT statement noted the day prior, four tankers carrying … Read more
The government of Canada did not see any evidence backing up Israel’s claim that staff employed by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) colluded with Hamas before suspending funding to the agency, CBC News has learned. Government sources tell CBC that Israel still has not shared evidence with Canada to substantiate its claim that 12 employees of … Read more
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused UNRWA, the United Nations relief and works agency, of being a “terrorist” organization and promised to cut back its funding if he becomes prime minister. Israel last week alleged that some members of UNRWA’s staff took part in the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas-led militants on southern Israel that killed about 1,200 Israelis. Palestinian … Read more
The Iranian-backed Houthis have demanded that US and UK citizens who work in Yemen leave the country. It has sent a letter to the United Nations in Yemen with this demand. “The letter also calls on aid agencies not to recruit any workers with dual nationalities from the UK and US in the next … Read more
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said on Tuesday that Israel was placing many obstacles to the entry of aid into Gaza, worsening the plight of Palestinians there. Safadi, speaking at a press conference with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong, said the hurdles meant only 10% of the total needs of more than two million … Read more
Last week, the Democratic senators Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen travelled to the Rafah border crossing in Egypt, the entry point for many of the aid trucks into the Gaza Strip. The humanitarian situation in Gaza, where more than twenty-three thousand people are estimated to have been killed in Israel’s military campaign, is extremely … Read more
Israel must be prepared to totally disengage from Gaza, Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said as he prepared to transfer his office to Israel Katz on Monday, in fulfillment of a power-sharing agreement. “There must be a complete disconnect between Israel and Gaza,” Cohen told the Tel Aviv radio station 130 FM. He explained how … Read more
Qatar’s emir on Tuesday called on the UN Security Council to force Israel to return to the negotiating table over the war in Gaza, saying the inaction by the international community in halting the conflict was “shameful”. “It is shameful for the international community to allow this heinous crime to continue for nearly two … Read more
