Over 570K in Gaza facing ‘starvation, catastrophic hunger’: Report

The entire 2.2 million population of Gaza is facing crisis levels of hunger, with 576,600 individuals at catastrophic hunger and starvation due to insufficient food entering the territory since the war began on October 7. This came in a new report released by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) — which is produced in … Read more

Israel’s Gaza campaign most destructive in history

By Julia Frankel | Associated Press JERUSALEM — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive has wreaked more destruction than the razing of Syria’s Aleppo between 2012 and 2016, Ukraine’s Mariupol or, proportionally, the Allied bombing of … Read more

Israel-Hamas War: The World has abandoned Palestine

The government of Palestine has called out members of the international community for hypocrisy as the war in Gaza continues. The Ambassador of Palestine to Nigeria, Abdullah Abu Shawesh, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES described the ongoing war in Gaza as “an unfolding textbook genocide on Palestine” in which many Western countries are … Read more

Israel kills 505 Palestinians in West Bank since Jan 2023

At least 505 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of 2023 by the Israeli occupation forces, according to ministry of health. In a statement, on Sunday, December 17, the ministry said that 111 children were among the victims. Since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, at least … Read more

Israel ‘committed as ever’ to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and were shirtless when they were killed, military officials said Saturday, in Israel’s first such acknowledgement of harming any hostages in its war against Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationwide address that … Read more

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians without shelter in Rafah: UN

Gaza: The United Nations on Saturday said that tens of thousands of Palestinians flocking into Rafah, a city in Gaza Strip, are facing overcrowding and need shelters. Most of them came from the neighboring Khan Younis city, following evacuation orders issued by Israeli forces and the continued bombing and fighting, Xinhua news agency reported quoting … Read more

Israeli army drops leaflets in Khan Yunis quoting Quranic verse

The Israeli army on Wednesday, December 6, dropped leaflets on the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, quoting a Quranic verse referring to the flood during the time of the Prophet Noah. “The flood overtook them, while they engaged in wrongdoing,” the leaflet reads in Arabic, featuring the Star of David and … Read more