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Saba Yemen
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Government Media Office in Gaza condemns confessions made by American security officer
Gaza – Saba: The Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip said that the confessions of the American security officer expose the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" and constitute damning evidence of the criminal and inhumane nature of that organization. In a statement received by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba), the office condemned in the strongest terms the shocking confessions made to the media by a former American security officer who worked in the "death traps" of the so-called "American-Israeli aid distribution centers" in the Gaza Strip. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
L'Orient-Le Jour
2 days ago
- Politics
- L'Orient-Le Jour
Qassem denounces 'savagery, genocide, famine and massacres' in Gaza
BEIRUT — The secretary-general of Hezbollah, Sheikh Naim Qassem, on Tuesday denounced the "American-Israeli aggression" against the Gaza Strip, which he said is marked by "savagery, genocide, famine and massacres," arguing that it "surpasses all human and moral standards." In a statement, he asserted that "the global silence (...) nullifies what is called international law." He said, "It is not enough for 25 countries to call for an end to the war against Gaza," adding, "What is needed are concrete measures to put an end to the massacres and crimes," including "imposing sanctions against the Israeli entity, isolating it, bringing it to justice and ceasing any form of cooperation with it." Qassem also emphasized that "the heaviest responsibility lies with Arab and Muslim countries," calling on them to "end normalization, close the enemy's embassies, ban trade exchanges and support Gaza." "Unite to support Palestine and Gaza, even if only by providing a minimum of means for survival," he added. "When the United States sees a single hand and a single voice, united alongside the Palestinian people, it will give in and back down." He concluded his statement by asserting that "history will remember this shame that stains humanity's leaders and their regimes." This statement comes as a Gaza hospital said on Tuesday that 21 children have died from malnutrition or hunger in the besieged territory, where 2.4 million residents are suffering from severe shortages of food and essential goods. The U.N. has accused the Israeli army of killing more than 1,000 people since the end of May while they were waiting for humanitarian aid. The war was triggered by the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians. In retaliation, Israel launched an offensive that has killed at least 59,106 people in Gaza, according to Hamas' Ministry of Health, figures considered reliable by the U.N.
Days of Palestine
4 days ago
- Health
- Days of Palestine
Starvation as a Weapon: 69 Malnourished Children Die in Gaza
DaysofPal—The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Friday that the number of children who have died due to malnutrition has risen to 69. The total number of deaths caused by the lack of food and medicine has now reached 620, amid ongoing Israeli full blockade of the Gaza Strip and a sharp decline in effective international intervention. These conditions are fueling a worsening famine that threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, particularly children, patients, and pregnant women. The office confirmed that the Israeli occupation has kept all crossings into Gaza completely sealed for 139 consecutive days, preventing the entry of more than 76,000 trucks carrying humanitarian aid and fuel. It also revealed that Israeli forces have deliberately targeted 42 community kitchens and 57 food distribution centers as part of an intentional starvation policy. In addition, Israeli attacks have struck humanitarian convoys 121 times, killing 877 Palestinians at what are now referred to as 'death traps' near American-Israeli aid centers, injuring more than 5,666 people, and leaving 42 others missing. Under these dire circumstances, approximately 650,000 children in Gaza are facing the risk of death due to hunger and malnutrition. Meanwhile, 12,500 cancer patients are struggling to survive without access to treatment or nutrition, and nearly 60,000 pregnant women are at serious risk due to the complete lack of healthcare and basic nourishment. The Government Media Office described these developments as an ongoing and systematic act of genocide, placing full responsibility on the Israeli occupation, as well as on countries complicit through silence, complicity, or direct support, chief among them the United States, Germany, and France. The office urgently called on the international community, free nations, and humanitarian and human rights organizations to take immediate and decisive action to stop the starvation campaign and save the remaining innocent lives that are being eradicated in full view of the world. It emphasized the urgent need to open the crossings without delay and to ensure the safe and regular delivery of food, medicine, and fuel. Shortlink for this post:
Days of Palestine
4 days ago
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
Daily Death Toll of Gaza's Children Equals a School Class
DaysofPal – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark and devastating assessment of the scale of Israel's ongoing war on Gaza: an average of one classroom full of children is killed every single day. 'Israel kills a classroom full of children every day in Gaza while they are sleeping, seeking shelter in schools, or waiting in line for water,' the agency said in a statement this week. According to UNRWA, that means between 35 and 45 children are being killed each day, based on the typical size of a class in Gaza's overcrowded schools before the war. Sam Rose, UNRWA's director in Gaza, described the situation as unprecedented in modern conflict. 'Every day since the start of the war in Gaza, an average of an entire classroom of children has been killed,' he stated, as schools once meant for learning have become shelters and now, frequent targets. Since October 7, 2023, thousands of children have been killed in Gaza amid a relentless Israeli aggression marked by airstrikes, artillery barrages, and sniper fire. Many were killed inside or near UNRWA schools, which have been repeatedly struck even as they served as shelters for displaced families. The numbers are not just statistics; they reflect a systematic destruction of Gaza's future. With every classroom of children lost, entire families and generations are shattered. The killing of children is only part of the larger picture of suffering. On Sunday, Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple attacks on Palestinians seeking aid, killing and wounding scores. In one of the deadliest incidents, medical sources confirmed that 12 people were killed and over 100 wounded when occupation forces opened fire and shelled crowds gathered near an aid distribution point in the Al-Tina area, southwest of Khan Yunis. Later the same day, Israeli forces reportedly fired a barrage of bullets at people assembled near another aid center operated by an American-Israeli company. north of Rafah. At least 25 people were killed, and more than 70 others were injured, according to the Palestinian News Agency. Elsewhere across the besieged enclave, the killing continues. In Jabalia, two civilians were killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group inspecting what remained of their destroyed homes. In central Gaza, three people were injured when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of civilians in Al-Maghraqa, and several others were wounded in Khan Yunis after a tent sheltering displaced people was hit near the industrial area. Shortlink for this post:
The Irish Sun
6 days ago
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Dad who endured 484 days in Hamas hands reveals horror sight of captors torturing woman with pole will haunt him forever
A GRANDAD tortured and abused by Hamas terrorists while held hostage for 484 days has told of the one thing that will haunt him forever. Keith Siegel and his wife Aviva were brutally kidnapped from kibbutz Kfar Aza near the Gaza border on October 7, 2023. 6 Keith Siegel was held hostage for 484 days Credit: keith & aviva siegel 6 The moment Keith was reunited with his family, including wife Aviva, centre Credit: keith & aviva siegel 6 Aviva Siegel said she cannot get her life back on track until the remaining hostages are freed Credit: AFP Between 10 and 15 vicious, armed Hamas terrorists broke into their home, dragging them out of their safe room at gunpoint. Both were injured as the brutes forced the couple to take them to their car, which they used to drive the terrified pair across the border. Keith and Aviva, who have been married for more than 40 years and share four children, were then pushed into an extremely cramped tunnel for three days. Before Aviva's release 51 days later, they were moved 13 times, while Keith was relocated 33 times before he was freed earlier this year. More on Israel Speaking of her harrowing experience in captivity, Aviva said: "Most of the time, I just wanted to die. "It was too much for me, a human being, going through what I went through and to see what the Hamas terrorists did to Keith and the girls [other hostages]". American-Israeli Keith, 65, spent a shocking 484 days in captivity before he was finally released on February 1. At the Israeli Embassy in London yesterday, brave Keith recounted his agonising experience. Most read in The Sun "I was held for 484 days, out of which six months I was alone," he said. "I was locked up in a room by myself. I was disconnected totally from any media and I had no idea what was going on a lot of the time. Moment last known living US hostage kidnapped on Oct 7 is reunited with his family after finally being released by Hamas "Terrorists kicked me, spat on me and cursed me for no reason. "I was threatened with death several times. I had guns pointed at me, rifles and pistols. And they threatened to kill me. "I said nothing. I was instructed to lie down on the floor on my back, and that's what I did." But despite his horrifying ordeal at the hands of merciless Hamas terrorists, the dad said it was their treatment of a female hostage that disturbs him the most. Keith added: " I witnessed a woman being tortured. And when I say torture, I say it in a literal sense. "This woman, they had tied her hands together at her wrists. They had tied her feet together at her ankles. "They had covered her face with tape. They had put her down on her back on the floor. "They called me to come into this room where the woman was lying, and there were three terrorists in the room. "Two of them were taking turns beating her with a rod. And the third one was holding a metal rod with a sharp pointed end, which he put on her forehead. 6 The couple were abducted from their home in kibbutz Kfar Aza Credit: keith & aviva siegel 6 Keith and Aviva in happier times Credit: keith & aviva siegel 6 The couple share four children and five grandchildren Credit: keith & aviva siegel "He was standing behind this woman, holding the rod and applying pressure to her forehead with the sharp end. "It haunts me to this day." Aviva, meanwhile, detailed the heartbreaking toll her time in captivity continues to take on her life - which she says she can't get back on track until the final hostages are freed. The mum said: "One time, the Hamas terrorists took us underneath the ground and I was sure I was going to die. "Keith looked at me and said 'I don't have any air'. We were left there to die. "They didn't care about us. Everything was taken away from us. "There wasn't a minute that I could say to myself okay, relax. I ahd the feeling they were going to kill me all the time or they were going to kill Keith. "I was worried about him all the time. "I was starving all the time. I had to beg for water. Still today, I need water next to me all the time. "I cannot lock myself in a bathroom because I am scared after I was locked in rooms there and taken underground." It comes as 50 hostages dragged into Gaza on October 7 remain trapped. Israel believes at least 27 are dead. What happened on October 7? ON October 7 2023, militants of Hamas and other Palestinian nationalist groups launched co-ordinated armed attacks in the Gaza Envelope of southern Israel. The perpetrators had managed to bypass Israeli defences to para-glide across the border, in what became the first invasion of the territory since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The horror coincided with the Jewish celebration of Simchat Torah, and initiated the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. A barrage of around 4,300 rockets were launched on Israel from the Gaza Strip in the early hours of October 7 before vehicles and powered paragliders crossed the border. The Hamas fighters attacked military bases and massacred civilians in 21 communities, including Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Nir Oz, Netiv Haasara, and Alumim. The first civilian attack started at 6.29am at the Nova Music Festival site at Re'im, just three miles from Gaza. More than 360 revellers were cut down as they desperately tried to flee. Across October 7, an estimated 1,139 people were massacred and another 250 civilians and soldiers were taken hostage into Gaza. Aviva and Keith, who are grieving the deaths of 64 people from their kibbutz killed during the atrocity, continue to battle for their freedom - travelling the world to campaign and share their testimonies. "We haven't come back to life because we worry about the hostages that are still there," Aviva said. "We know what they're going through. "We come from a community that are peacemakers and we've always been like that. "We know of so many hostages... treated like they're not human beings. "And we are here as witnesses to tell the world that if we leave the situation to be like that and the hostages there, that means anybody in the world can do whatever they want to. "They can rape. They can burn. They can starve. They can do whatever they want to. "This war needs to stop and the world needs to stand for humanity. "I can't go back to my life. All I do is think about all these hostages that are innocent, that just need to come home." It comes as Donald Trump continues to push for a peace deal between Israel and Hamas - including the release of the hostages. US Envoy for Hostages Adam Boehler this week argued a deal to free the final captives is "closer than it's ever been".
