Tag: Gaza

Gaza now worlds biggest open-air graveyard EU

Aminu Imam

European Union, (EU) foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said that Israels military campaign in Gaza had turned the territory into the worlds biggest open-air graveyard. Gaza was before the war the greatest open-air prison. Today its the greatest open-air graveyard, Borrell stated yesterday, at a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels, saying, Its a graveyard for tens of thousands of people and also a graveyard for many of the most important principles of humanitarian law. Borrell also reiterated his accusation that Israel was using famine as a weapon of…

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US to press for extending Gaza truce – White House

Aminu Imam

The United States (US) will continue to press for extending a truce in Gaza, the White House said yesterday, as intense fighting erupted once again in the Israel-Hamas war. A White House National Security Council spokesperson said, We continue to work with Israel, Egypt, and Qatar on efforts to extend the humanitarian pause in Gaza. Under the truce which lasted a week, Hamas militants released 80 Israeli hostages in exchange for 240 Palestinian prisoners. More humanitarian aid was also delivered to war-devastated Gaza. However, the prospects of re-establishing a truce…

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Gaza ground offensive: U.S advises Israel to postpone move

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Israeli soldiers on tank

The U.S. has advised Israel to postpone its planned ground offensive in the Gaza Strip against the Hamas organisation, according to local media reports. The U.S. government hopes to obtain more time for negotiations to secure the release of more than 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The aim is to avoid further civilian casualties and to ensure that more humanitarian aid reaches the population in the blockaded Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced the ground offensive after Hamas killed hundreds of people and kidnapped more than…

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Israel evacuation order for Gaza hospitals impossible – WHO

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged Israel to withdraw its evacuation order for hospitals in northern Gaza. There are patients who are there that cannot simply be moved, many there are on mechanical ventilators. There are also newborns on incubators, people in unstable conditions, and its very difficult to move them, WHO spokesman Tarik Jaarevi? said on Monday. He said the task was almost impossible. We are calling on Israel to reconsider this order, Jaarevi? said. So far, four trucks carrying surgical and dressing materials as well as medicines…

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Gaza: UN agency says fuel supply to run out in 3 days

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The United Nations (UN) agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, will run out of fuel in three days, putting humanitarian response in Gaza at risk, Director-General Philippe Lazzarini warned. Without fuel, there will be no water, no functioning hospitals and bakeries. Without fuel, aid will not reach those in desperate need. Without fuel, there will be no humanitarian assistance. No fuel will further strangle the children, women and people of Gaza, he said in a statement. UNRWA is the largest humanitarian agency in the Gaza Strip, which is home to…

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We are at war” after surprise attack from Gaza – Israel PM

Aminu Imam

The Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, yesterday launched the biggest attack on Israel in years in an unprecedented assault into Israeli territory. Under cover of a barrage of rockets, dozens of Hamas militants broke out of the blockaded Gaza Strip and into nearby Israeli towns, killing hundreds and abducting others in an early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday yesterday. At least 70 people in Israel have been confirmed killed, with hundreds of others being treated in hospitals, according to emergency services. A stunned Israel said it is now at…

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