“It is our duty to protect civilians and human rights, and it is high time to act on it,” he added. The U.N.’s Türk said on Friday that the Gaza war’s “darkest moment” was unfolding in the north of the territory, where Israel is carrying out a massive ground offensive to prevent Hamas fighters from … Read more
“We need to avoid further regional escalation and urge all sides to show restraint. Iran should not respond,” Starmer said at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa. Saudi Arabia condemned the attacks against Iran, the Saudi Press Agency said on Saturday, against the backdrop of improved relations between Riyadh and Tehran. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia … Read more
Even staunch Lebanese opponents of Hezbollah, who have long hoped to see the back of Iran’s most important regional ally, are recoiling at a military campaign that’s triggered the country’s biggest population displacement in over four decades. Oct 15 7 mins read Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more
Even as Blinken landed, Hezbollah fired waves of rockets at two sites near Tel Aviv: the Glilot base used by Israel’s military intelligence and the Nirit suburb. Rockets were also fired at a naval base outside the port city of Haifa, further north, and several sirens sounded in Tel Aviv, but there were no immediate … Read more
The documentary “No Other Land” combines first-person filmmaking with journalistic observation, experience with analysis, to depict demolitions in the Palestinian area of Masafer Yatta, near Hebron, by Israeli forces, between 2019 and 2023. It’s credited to four filmmakers—Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor—two of whom are Palestinian and two of whom are … Read more
“Rabin was the closest prime minister to getting a peace settlement in the Middle East. He hated the settlers — really hated them. And he was ready to settle with Abu Mazen [PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas], though he didn’t like him. He understood that’s the only solution for Israel’s future,” Peri said. But Netanyahu had … Read more
The Belgian probe, which was officially opened on Wednesday, comes after an investigation by Palestinian journalist and Bellingcat contributor Younis Tirawi, who accused the Refaim sniper unit of “brutal execution of unarmed civilians.” Tirawi said he received information from an American soldier in a lead position in the unit, who provided evidence that the unit … Read more
The IDF also announced its fighter jets struck launchers and tunnels in Gaza to foil a planned rocket attack on Oct. 7, Israeli media reported. Oct. 7 marks one year since Hamas’ cross-border raid which killed 1,200 Israelis and triggered Israel’s invasion of Gaza, in which it has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians and left … Read more
Israel’s retaliatory military offensive has killed at least 41,000 people in Gaza, most of them civilians, according to figures provided by the territory’s health ministry and described as reliable by the United Nations. The Israeli military has now opened a new front against Hezbollah in Lebanon. In France, home to the largest Muslim and Jewish … Read more
Israel has also vowed to strike Iran itself after it launched a ballistic missile attack on the country last week. The conflict threatens to widen into a regional war, and also risks drawing in the U.S., which has provided military and diplomatic support to Israel, as well as U.S.-allied Arab countries that host American forces. … Read more
