Gaza war
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Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus are expected to resume soon, officials said this afternoon, after they were stopped last week when Israel killed seven aid workers. Cyprus has about 1,000 tonnes of aid destined for starving or severely hungry people in Gaza stored on the island. It is being held there after a decision…
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The Spanish prime minister has called Israel’s military actions in Gaza a threat to world stability, the Times of Israel reports. Speaking to the Spanish congress, Pedro Sanchez said Israel’s response was “disproportionate” and risks “destabilising the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire world”. Recognising a Palestinian state was “in Europe’s geopolitical interests”,…
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Antony Blinken says Israel has not informed the US of any specific date for a major offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Israel has said for weeks it will launch an incursion into Rafah, which it says is the last stronghold of Hamas. But even its closest allies, including the US, have urged…
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Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi has accused Israel’s prime minister of only being concerned with his own political survival. Speaking to former Barack Obama aide David Axelrod’s podcast, she said: “I’ve said this to Netanyahu over the years: ‘I don’t know whether you don’t know how to make peace, you don’t want to make…
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– ‘I refuse to believe that more violence will bring security, I refuse to take part in a war of revenge’ – ‘In a world full of corrupt interests in which we live, violence and war are another way to increase support for the government and silence criticism’ – Teen is first Israeli to be…
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Here is a rundown of all the news that you need to start your Friday, including the death of several Palestinians in an Israeli attack on a school, commencement of a humanitarian pause in Gaza, and violent clashes between Israel and Lebanon. TOP STORIES Ahead of a humanitarian pause, at least 30 people were killed…
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