Latest news with #LorenzoTondo
The Guardian
6 days ago
- General
- The Guardian
Who will help Gaza City? Inside the 30 May Guardian Weekly
Israel allowed a trickle of aid to enter Gaza last week while pinning its hopes of assuaging condemnation of the two-month-long blockade of the territory by this week permitting the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed logistics group, to begin rigidly controlled deliveries that are barely a drop in the ocean of what the population needs. While foreign journalists remain unable to report from Gaza, our correspondents Jason Burke, in Jerusalem, and Malek A Tantesh, who is based in Gaza, have written a powerful report on life in Gaza City for this week's cover story. Even as attacks continue, more and more civilians move into the city, pushed out from northern Gaza as Israel's new offensive intensifies. Life has been reduced to the very basics with, as the head of the Gaza NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, put it, people 'living in rubbish dumps, cesspits. There are flies, mosquitoes. We have no water to deliver, no food, no tents or blankets or tarpaulins, nothing. People are very, very hungry but there is nothing to give them.' And Lorenzo Tondo, in collaboration with Tantesh, described one very individual story, recording how nine of the 10 children of a paediatrician at the Nasser hospital were killed by an Israeli airstrike. In another difficult week for the world, do take a moment to decompress with Poems to remember, my choice is highlighted below. Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address Spotlight |'I knew I would die in jail' Daniel Boffey reports on how the right-hand man of Georgia's de facto ruler ended up on the run and what effect that had on the country's relationships with Russia and the west Science | Weight-loss drugs have additional gainsThe benefits of Ozempic and similar medications go beyond treating obesity, as science correspondents Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis discover from talking to researchers Feature | A deadly Amazon questAn extract from the book Dom Phillips was working on when he and the Brazilian Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira were killed Opinion | Why Trump's jaw-jaw isn't working Because, argues Simon Tisdall, both Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu have calculated that a forever war is better for them personally than the reckoning peace would bring Culture | The soul queen of New Orleans At 84, Irma Thomas has a new album and a new generation of fans, but as she tells Garth Cartwright, her musical journey has not been easy Archie Bland's piece about the day his seven-week-old son stopped breathing, and the life he has lived in the two years since, stopped me in my tracks. A beautifully expressed reflection on parenting, disability and existence. Graham Snowdon, editor From a shark sketched by a skater on a frozen lake in Finland, to a father and daughter who cycled a 2,162km heart in France, to a runner whose epic route made him briefly, ahem, a member of the record-holders' club, Chris Broughton spoke to athletes who use GPS to create digital art, as well as fundraising, highlighting good causes and putting fun into their workouts. Clare Horton, assistant editor Audio | Your microbiome questions answered: part one Video | Toby Jones performs Portrait of a Romantic by ASJ Tessimond Gallery | Sichuan snacks and a Napa harvest: World Food Photography awards Interactive | What would Russia's peace deal demands really mean for Ukraine? – visualised We'd love to hear your thoughts on the magazine: for submissions to our letters page, please email For anything else, it's Facebook Instagram Get the Guardian Weekly magazine delivered to your home address
The Guardian
26-03-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
Middle East crisis live: hundreds join anti-Hamas protest in Gaza
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Hundreds join protest against Hamas in northern Gaza Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Lorenzo Tondo At least one appeal to join the anti-Hamas protests in northern Gaza was circulating on the social media network Telegram. 'I don't know who organised the protest,' one man told Agence France-Press. 'I took part to send a message on behalf of the people: Enough with the war,' he said, adding that he had seen 'members of the Hamas security forces in civilian clothing breaking up the protest'. Majdi, another protester who did not wish to give his full name, said the 'people are tired'. 'If Hamas leaving power in Gaza is the solution, why doesn't Hamas give up power to protect the people?' he told AFP. Separate clips showed dozens of people in Jabalia refugee camps, in the western part of Gaza City, burning tyres and calling for the war to end. 'We want to eat,' they chanted. Some Gaza residents said the protests could spread to other parts of the war-torn territory, whose inhabitants are exhausted and traumatised after a year and a half of conflict. Since Hamas launched its attacks on southern Israel on 7 October, modest protests have occasionally broken out in Gaza, with demonstrators demanding an end to the war. Many of the slogans chanted on Tuesday evoked the Bidna N'eesh ('We Want to Live') movement, which emerged during the 2019 Gaza economic protests. Those protests were violently suppressed by Hamas, which said they were orchestrated by its rival, Fatah. Israel regularly calls for people in Gaza to mobilise against Hamas, which has been in power in the territory since 2007. Hundreds join protest against Hamas in northern Gaza Share Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks. Videos and photos shared on social media late on Tuesday showed hundreds of people, mostly men, chanting 'Hamas out' and 'Hamas terrorists' in Beit Lahia, where the crowd had gathered a week after the Israeli army resumed its intense bombing of Gaza after nearly two months of a truce. The protests took place in front of the Indonesian hospital in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Some protesters were seen carrying banners emblazoned with slogans including 'Stop the war' and 'We want to live in peace'. Palestinians attend a rally calling for an end to the war, in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities released a Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, a day after he was attacked by a group of about 15 armed Israeli settlers and detained by soldiers. Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians were accused of throwing stones at a settler, allegations they deny. More on both of these stories in a moment, but first here are some other news developments: Houthi media in Yemen reported on Wednesday at least 17 strikes in Saada and Amran, blaming the United States for the attacks. The rebels' Ansarollah website said US warplanes carried out 'aggressive air raids … causing material damage to citizens' property', but gave no details of casualties. Japan's defence minister Gen Nakatani says his country will provide medical treatment for two Palestinian women for injuries and illnesses from the conflict in Gaza , and one of them has arrived in Tokyo. The treatments, Nakatani said, are part of Japan's efforts to address the dire humanitarian conditions in Gaza and followed a request from the World Health Organization. At least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. Fresh Israeli evacuation orders affect as many as 120,000 people living in heavily damaged northern Gaza, and cover two hospitals and a one primary health care center, the UN humanitarian agency said Tuesday. Israel said it ordered civilians to evacuate late on Monday because its forces need to advance into two areas where Palestinian militants recently fired rockets. Geir Pedersen, the UN special envoy for Syria, told the UN security council it 'must not come to pass' that Syria backslides into conflict, fragmentation, and having its sovereignty routinely violated by external powers. Pedersen said the other road, restoring sovereignty and regional security, 'requires the right Syrian decisions,' but the country's interim authorities cannot do it alone and need increased and continuing international support. US president Donald Trump nominated conservative media critic and pro-Israel commentator Leo Brent Bozell III as ambassador to South Africa. The move on Tuesday comes during strained diplomatic relations with the country, including over its stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict. Syria described Israeli attacks as a 'flagrant violation' of its sovereignty after a deadly bombardment on Tuesday in the country's south, where Israel's military said it had responded to incoming fire. The violence near the UN-patrolled buffer zone on the Golan Heights followed Israeli airstrikes in central Syria. Share
