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Khaleej Times
09-04-2025
- Khaleej Times
Gaza rescuer risks life to save victim of Israel strike
Arriving in the deadly aftermath of an Israeli strike in northern Gaza last week, rescuer Nooh Al Shaghnobi risked his life to aid the wounded despite warnings of another imminent attack. In a video that has since gone viral on social media, civil defence member Shaghnobi can be seen desperately trying to pull a wounded man out from under a mound of rubble after a strike on a school on Thursday. As he was working, a fresh evacuation order was issued by the Israeli military, warning of another strike on the same site, a school sheltering displaced people from across the territory. "The scene was terrifying" as people fled the building, Shaghnobi told AFP, referring to the Dar Al Arqam School which Gaza's civil defence said served as a shelter for Palestinians displaced by the war. "I became anxious, and the injured person grew even more distressed," he said. "I tried to calm him down, telling him, 'I will stay with you until your last breath. We will die together if we must.'" Shaghnobi said he dug with his bare hands through the debris to reach the wounded man's leg which was pinned under concrete. "He kept calling out: 'Why did you come back, man? Leave me to die. Get out.'" Shaghnobi said at one point the pair were the only people left in the building as Israeli reconnaissance drones flew overhead. "I kept trying to pull him out, but I couldn't. I said to myself: 'This is the moment we die.'" It was then that one of Shaghnobi's colleagues rushed over, warning that they had just 10 minutes to save anyone still alive before another strike hit. Together they pulled with all their strength until the man's leg was freed. "In that moment, my eyes welled up with tears, my body shaking from exhaustion," he said. While initially hesitant, Shaghnobi's other colleagues arrived to help carry the wounded man to safety. Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 31 people, including children, were killed in last Thursday's strike on the school in the Al Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City. Since the Gaza war began after Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in schools and other facilities in a bid to escape the deadly violence. Most of Gaza's 2.4 million people have been displaced at least once since the war started. On Wednesday, a strike on a residential block in Gaza City that housed many displaced people killed at least 23 people and wounded more than 60, according to Gaza's civil defence agency. The Israeli military said it had targeted a "senior Hamas terrorist" in the attack.
Jordan Times
05-04-2025
- Politics
- Jordan Times
Jordan condemns Israeli strike on school sheltering civilians in Gaza
Jordan on Saturday condemns Israel's bombing of the Dar Al Arqam School, which was sheltering displaced civilians in the Al Tuffah neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City (JT file) AMMAN — Jordan on Saturday condemned Israel's bombing of the Dar Al Arqam School, which was sheltering displaced civilians in the Al Tuffah neighbourhood of eastern Gaza City. The strike resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and left hundreds injured, according to a Foreign Ministry statement. The ministry also condemned the destruction of a medical supplies warehouse affiliated with the Saudi Centre for Culture and Heritage in the Moraj area east of Rafah, in southern Gaza. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Sufian Qudah reiterated Jordan's firm rejection and strong condemnation of Israel's ongoing aggression against Gaza, particularly the systematic targeting of civilians and displacement shelters. He also stressed that such actions constitute a 'flagrant' violation of international humanitarian law and relevant UN resolutions, especially the 1949 Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians during wartime. Qudah also called on the international community to assume its legal and moral responsibilities by pressuring Israel to immediately cease its military campaign in Gaza. He also urged the urgent opening of humanitarian crossings to facilitate the delivery of aid into the besieged Strip. The official also reiterated Jordan's position that lasting peace and stability in the region can only be achieved through the fulfilment of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights, including the establishment of an independent and sovereign Palestinian state along the pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Page 2
Observer
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Observer
Oman condemns Israeli aggression in Gaza, targeting civilians
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman has condemned the ongoing aggression launched by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, and the accompanying deliberate targeting of innocent civilians, including the bombing of a shelter affiliated with Dar Al Arqam School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood and the destruction of a warehouse for medical and relief supplies belonging to the Saudi Center for Culture and Heritage, statement from the Foreign Ministry said. The Sultanate of Oman renewed its appeal to the international community and the Security Council to take decisive measures to protect civilians, stop these ongoing and serious violations of international law, and achieve justice for the Palestinian people by ending the Israeli occupation of their lands and enabling them to obtain their legitimate rights, foremost among which is the establishment of their independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital, under international legitimacy resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative.
Khaleej Times
04-04-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli escalation in Palestine, targeting of civilians in shelters
Saudi Arabia on Friday strongly condemned and denounced Israel's escalation in Palestine and the continued targeting of civilians in shelters. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's condemnation and denunciation in the strongest terms possible of the Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories, the continued targeting of defenseless civilians and their shelters, and the killing of dozens, including the targeting of the Dar Al Arqam School, which shelters displaced persons in Gaza," it said in a statement. "The Kingdom also condemns the Israeli occupation forces' targeting and destruction of a warehouse belonging to the Saudi Centre for Culture and Heritage in the Morag area, east of Rafah, which contains medical supplies intended to meet the needs of patients and the wounded in the Gaza Strip. "The absence of international accountability mechanisms to deter Israeli violence and destruction has allowed the Israeli occupation authorities and their forces to persist in their violations of international law and international humanitarian law. It has also exacerbated Israeli aggression and violations, threatening regional and international security and stability. The Kingdom reaffirms that it is absolutely critical that the Security Council member states fulfill their duty by putting an end to the tragedy experienced by the Palestinian people," it added.
Khaleej Times
03-04-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Gaza rescuers say 25 killed in Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter
Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 25 people were killed on Thursday in an Israeli air strike on a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by the war. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the death toll had risen to 25, with more than 100 others wounded in the strike on Dar Al Arqam School in the Al Tuffah neighbourhood, northeast of Gaza City. The Israeli military when contacted did not provide an immediate response, but said in a statement that it had struck a "Hamas command and control centre in the area of Gaza City". "The command and control centre had been used by the terrorists to plan and execute attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops," the military said. It was unclear whether it was the same attack that targeted the school.
