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Express Tribune
4 days ago
- Health
- Express Tribune
54 killed in fresh Israeli air and hunger strikes
A malnourished Palestinian child gets a check up at a medical point run by a local NGO affiliated with the primary health care of the Palestinian health ministry in al-Mawasi, in the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Yunis, on August 13, 2025. — AFP At least 54 Palestinians, including 22 aid seekers, have been killed and 831 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in 24 hours, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. Four bodies were also recovered from the rubble of previous Israeli attacks, the ministry said on Telegram. In a latest update, a source at al-Ahli Arab Hospital told Al Jazeera that Israeli military fighter jets have bombed a home in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, killing at least eight people, quoting Gaza's Health Ministry. [Anadolu] The ministry has also recorded four more hunger-related deaths over the past 24 hours, bringing the total count of hunger-related deaths to 239, including 106 children. The total number of aid seekers killed since May 27, when Israel introduced a new aid distribution mechanism through the US-based Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has reached 1,881, with more than 13,863 injured, the statement said. Read: Weaponised aid Natasha Davies, a nursing activity manager with Doctors Without Borders (MSF), told Al Jazeera there is aid sitting all around the boundary between Israel and Gaza that is not being allowed in. 'We've had a couple of trucks in [to Gaza], but really, it's just a drop in the ocean … We run primarily a trauma surgical hospital, so every single patient has a wound of some sort that needs fixing with supplies that we are intermittently receiving,' Davies said by videolink from Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis. 'It's just a humanitarian catastrophe. There are these GHF sites, which are slaughter masquerading as aid, which create mass casualty incidents, which create more injuries for us to treat with limited resources,' she said. 'The aid drops, which are not only ineffective but dangerous, just create chaos. They … cause more injuries. It's just a never-ending cycle of trauma and injuries for the Palestinian people, which could easily be changed if Israel would facilitate the movement of our trucks inside. We have roads. We have trucks. Everything is ready,' she said. Palestinians scramble to collect aid supplies from trucks in Khan Younis [Reuters] The aid blockade has led to a devastating reality; in the past few weeks, people literally started to faint in the streets, medical staff collapsed while operating on patients, and blood donors were deemed unfit to donate blood due to malnutrition. The claim by Israel and the Israeli military that there is no limit to humanitarian aid is absolutely baseless and largely contradicted on the ground. For five months, the delivery of life-saving supplies has been deliberately strangled by the Israeli military. The result has left warehouses empty, hospitals without medicine, and families without any food. The UN agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has said that temperatures reached above 40°C in Gaza, 'making an already desperate situation far worse.' In a post on X, UNRWA said: 'Bombardments and forced displacement continue. With limited electricity and fuel, there is no relief from the extreme heat." Temperatures in #Gaza are soaring above 40°C, making an already desperate situation far worse. With very limited water available, dehydration is increasing. Bombardments and forced displacement continue. With limited electricity and fuel, there is no relief from the extreme… — UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 14, 2025 New Israeli settlement plan would cut off West Bank from East Jerusalem Al Jazeera correspondent Hamdah Salhut says Israeli plans to greenlight the construction of more than 3,000 homes in the E1 area settlement of the occupied West Bank are in line with its goal of blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state. Israel's far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has announced his intention to approve the construction of thousands of housing units in the E1 area, which connects Jerusalem with the existing illegal Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim, located several kilometres to the east. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich walks to visit the Damascus Gate to Jerusalem's Old City, as Israelis mark Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem on May 26, 2025. — Reuters 'The main problem here, with this E1 plan, is that it would completely cut off the occupied West Bank from occupied East Jerusalem, essentially… destroying all territorial continuity that would [be needed for] a future Palestinian state,' said Salhut. 'What this government has said is that they want to do everything in their power to block the establishment of a Palestinian state.' Smotrich himself has said the expansion of the E1 settlement 'buries the idea of a Palestinian state'. Palestinians in Gaza City have spoken of their fears of further displacement, following an Israeli forced evacuation order to areas further south, ahead of a proposed occupation of the city. One woman, Walaa Sobh, said she had already been displaced during the war from the northern city of Beit Lahiya to Gaza City, and was unable to move again. Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians who lost their lives after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd arrived at an aid distribution point to mourn, at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City [Anadolu] 'We're afraid to move anywhere else, because we have nowhere to go, no income – and I am a widow,' she told Al Jazeera. 'If they want to force us out, then at least find us a place, give us tents, especially for the widows, the children, and the sick. You're not only displacing one or two people, you're displacing millions who have nowhere to stay.' Another woman, Umm Sajed Hamdan, said she would refuse to follow the order. 'I am a mother of five and the wife of a detainee. I cannot escape with my children from one place to another,' she said. 'I would rather face death here in Gaza City than go to al-Mawasi.' Even, Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the so-called 'Greater Israel vision', terming them an extension of Israel's 'arrogant' approach that fuels crises, violates state sovereignty and breaches international law, Al Jazeera reported. In a statement, the ministry warned the comments risk sparking more violence and chaos in the region, and stressed they would not undermine the legitimate rights of Arab nations and peoples. It called for global unity to confront such 'provocations' and reaffirmed its support for a just, comprehensive and lasting peace. Statement | Qatar expresses condemnation and denunciation of the so-called 'Vision of Greater Israel'#MOFAQatar — Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Qatar (@MofaQatar_EN) August 13, 2025 UN urges 'unimpeded humanitarian access' in Gaza The United Nations has urged 'unimpeded humanitarian access' across Gaza amid Israel's blockade of aid in the famine-stricken territory. In a post on X, it said: 'Palestinians are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of horrific proportions. Children in Gaza are dying from starvation and bombardments.' Palestinians are enduring a humanitarian catastrophe of horrific proportions. Children in Gaza are dying from starvation and bombardments. We need unimpeded humanitarian access across Gaza. Now. 📸: @UNRWA — United Nations (@UN) August 14, 2025 Read More: Pakistan seeks Chapter VII action against Israel Israel's war in Gaza The war, now in its 21st month, has killed more than 61,776 Palestinians and wounded 154,906, according to Gazan health authorities. Most of the victims are reported to be women and children. Last November, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its conduct in Gaza.
The Hill
5 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Israeli gunfire kills at least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says he will allow Palestinians to leave
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli gunfire killed at least 25 people seeking aid in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials and witnesses said, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will 'allow' Palestinians to leave during an upcoming military offensive in some of the territory's most populated areas. Netanyahu wants to realize U.S. President Donald Trump's vision of relocating much of Gaza's population of over 2 million people through what he refers to as 'voluntary migration' — and what critics have warned could be ethnic cleansing. 'Give them the opportunity to leave! First, from combat zones, and also from the Strip if they want,' Netanyahu said in an interview aired Tuesday with i24, an Israeli TV station, to discuss the planned offensive in areas including Gaza City where hundreds of thousands of displaced people shelter. 'We are not pushing them out but allowing them to leave.' Witnesses and staff at Nasser and Awda hospitals, which received the bodies, said people were shot dead on their way to aid distribution sites and while awaiting convoys entering Gaza. Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Ceasefire talks set to resume Efforts to revive ceasefire talks have resumed after apparently breaking down last month. Hamas and Egyptian officials met Wednesday in Cairo, according to Hamas official Taher al-Nounou. Israel has no plans to send its negotiating team to talks in Cairo, the prime minister's office said. Israel's plans to widen its military offensive against Hamas to the areas of Gaza that it does not yet control have sparked condemnation and criticism at home and abroad, and could be intended to raise pressure on Hamas to reach a ceasefire. The militants still hold 50 hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. Israel believes around 20 of them are alive. Families fear a new offensive endangers them. Netanyahu was asked by i24 News if the window had closed on a partial ceasefire deal and he responded that he wanted all of the hostages back, alive and dead. Egyptian Foreign Ministry Badr Abdelatty told reporters that Cairo is still trying to advance an earlier proposal for an initial 60-day ceasefire, the release of some hostages and an influx of humanitarian aid before further talks on a lasting truce. Hamas says it will only release the remaining hostages in return for the release of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. The militant group has refused to lay down its arms. South Sudan calls reports of resettlement talks baseless Israel and South Sudan are in talks about relocating Palestinians to the war-torn East African nation, The Associated Press reported Tuesday. The office of Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Sharren Haskel, said Wednesday she was arriving in South Sudan for a series of meetings in the first visit by a senior government official to the country, but she did not plan to broach the subject of moving Palestinians. South Sudan's ministry of foreign affairs in a statement called reports that it was engaging in discussions with Israel about resettling Palestinians baseless. The AP previously reported that U.S. and Israel have reached out to officials of three East African governments to discuss using their territories as potential destinations for moving Palestinians uprooted from Gaza. Killed while seeking aid Among those killed while seeking aid were 14 Palestinians in the Teina area approximately 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) from a food distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to staff at Nasser hospital. Hashim Shamalah said Israeli troops fired toward them as people tried to get through. Many were shot and fell while fleeing, he said. Israeli gunfire killed five other Palestinians while trying to reach another GHF distribution site in the Netzarim corridor area, according to Awda hospital and witnesses. GHF said there were no incidents at or near its sites Wednesday. The U.S. and Israel support GHF, an American contractor, as an alternative to the United Nations, which they claim allows Hamas to siphon off aid. The U.N., which has delivered aid throughout Gaza for decades when conditions allow, denies the allegations. Aid convoys from other groups travel within 100 meters (328 feet) of GHF sites and draw crowds attempting to loot them. An overwhelming majority of violent incidents over the past few weeks have been related to those convoys, the GHF said. Israeli fire killed at least six other people waiting for aid trucks close to the Morag corridor, which separates parts of southern Gaza, Nasser hospital said. UN says starvation at highest levels of the war U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Tuesday shared the warning from the World Food Program and said Gaza's Health Ministry told U.N. staff that five people died over the previous 24 hours from malnutrition and starvation. The Health Ministry says 106 children have died of malnutrition-related causes during the war and 129 adults have died since late June. The U.N. and humanitarian partners still face significant delays and impediments from Israeli authorities who prevent the delivery of food and other essentials at the scale needed, Dujarric said. Hamas-led militants abducted 251 people and killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in the 2023 attack. Most of the hostages have been released in ceasefires or other deals. Israel's air and ground offensive has since displaced most of Gaza's population, destroyed vast areas and pushed the territory toward famine. The offensive has killed more than 61,700 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were fighters or civilians but says around half were women and children. The ministry is part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals. The U.N. and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. Israel disputes its figures but has not provided its own.
Malay Mail
10-08-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Thousands turn up for pro-Gaza rally at Dataran Merdeka where Palestinian children perform
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — About 2,000 people from diverse backgrounds gathered at Dataran Merdeka today to show solidarity with the Palestinian people during the Malaysia Bangkit Untuk Gaza rally. The rally commenced with marches from three main points: the Masjid Negara, Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad, and Kompleks Sogo, before participants convened in front of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building. Despite rain around 4 pm, participants remained enthusiastic, continuing their march while wearing mufflers in the colours of the Palestinian flag and chanting slogans such as 'Bebaskan Palestin' and 'Undur Israel dari Gaza'. The event at Dataran Merdeka resumed at around 5 pm with a pantomime performance by Palestinian children, followed by songs and speeches from various attendees. Participants also performed the Maghrib prayer in congregation at the assembly site before the programme, organised by the Humanity 4 Gaza (H4G) Secretariat, continued. The event brought together 20 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from across the country. Dang Wangi police chief ACP Affendy Sulaiman said that 400 police personnel were deployed to ensure security and manage traffic throughout the rally, working closely with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL). 'As of 8.30 pm, we estimate that more than 2,000 participants attended the rally. The entire event was conducted peacefully and in a controlled manner,' he said when contacted. — Bernama
The National
22-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Police operation for Donald Trump visit to be biggest since Queen's death
The US president is due to visit his golf courses in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire between July 25 and 29 and policing of the visit is being described as 'significant and complex'. Assistant Chief Constable Emma Bond, who is heading up the operation, told journalists at a press briefing it was set to be the biggest event for the force since the death of Queen Elizabeth at Balmoral in September 2022. The Queen's coffin had to be transported from the Balmoral estate to Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh by road on a six-hour journey by hearse. Asked if it was the biggest operation since then, Bond said: 'I think it probably is.' READ MORE: 'Epstein Island' sign put up at Donald Trump's Scottish golf course Questioned about whether it was a bigger event then the Queen's death for Police Scotland, she went on: 'I would need to go back and look at specific numbers. 'It is a significant and complex operation, it will have an impact on a number of parts of Scotland and the priority is to make sure that it passes off with the least amount of disruption and the focus is on making sure that the president is safe while he is here and can enjoy his time.' It is not yet known where the president is planning to be on each day of his visit. It has, however, been confirmed he will meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer while in [[Aberdeen]] and plans are being put in place for the president to meet First Minister John Swinney. Last time Trump visited in 2018 there were widespread protests and he was heckled as he played golf at Turnberry with his son Eric. (Image: Colin Mearns) Police Scotland is now encouraging protesters to get in touch with them if they are planning to stage a demonstration. Bond was asked specifically about what action might be taken around people showing support for Palestine Action and in particular whether people would be arrested if they wore t-shirts saying 'Genocide in [[Palestine]]. Time for Action'. There have been a number of people arrested in recent days for wearing such t-shirts, which has attracted widespread concern. Bond said she as unable to give assurances that people wearing these t-shirts would not be arrested. On the point of Palestine Action, she said: 'Any support for Palestine Action, be that in terms of clothes worn, be that in terms of banners held, would be regarded as and is now an offence under the Terrorism Act and people are liable to arrest for those offences.' She added: 'I couldn't be specifically proscriptive because it absolutely is down to what we assess on the ground and not everything is as clear cut as necessarily it might be in some circumstances. READ MORE: Tory MP Kit Malthouse in stark 'Hague' warning to David Lammy over Gaza 'We have had some cases where individuals have worn a t-shirt that says I support Palestine Action, those sorts of things are far clearer than we might face in other circumstances so I couldn't be proscriptive. The onus will be on us to show how the actions demonstrate support for Palestine Action if there are arrests made, that would need to be a criteria met.' Asked if people wearing the 'Genocide in Palestine, Time for Action' shirts could be assured they wouldn't be arrested because it's not a direct affiliation with Palestine Action, Bond said: 'No I can't give any assurances until I can understand the full context and circumstances because it may not just be what is being worn. It may be words that are being said alongside, so I think it would be wrong to look at one particular thing in isolation.' The force has submitted a request for 'mutual aid' to the force in Northern Ireland ahead of Trump's first visit since he was elected for a second term. A request for mutual aid is a formal agreement between different police forces to provide assistance to each other, especially during major incidents or when one force's resources are stretched. The Scottish Police Federation said on Monday it was seeking legal advice over plans surrounding the visit. General secretary David Kennedy said he was concerned Scotland does not have enough officers to handle such a major event. Bond said she was confident that concerns raised by officers would be resolved. 'Officers are making sacrifices on a daily basis to keep communities in Scotland safe,' she said. 'We work hard and the federation play an important role so we are working with them to make sure any issues or concerns they have are resolved but I'm confident with the plan we have in place and a key component of that is looking after the wellbeing and welfare of our officers.'
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump DHS blocks Harvard's ability to enroll international students
The Trump administration told Harvard University on Thursday it no longer would be allowed to enroll international students, a significant escalation in President Trump's war against the university. Kristi Noem, the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ordered Harvard to be taken off the Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification. Along with not allowing new foreign students, the DHS said the thousands of current foreign-born students at Harvard 'must transfer or lose their legal status.' 'This administration is holding Harvard accountable for fostering violence, antisemitism, and coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party on its campus,' Noem said. 'It is a privilege, not a right, for universities to enroll foreign students and benefit from their higher tuition payments to help pad their multibillion-dollar endowments. 'Harvard had plenty of opportunity to do the right thing. It refused. They have lost their Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification as a result of their failure to adhere to the law. Let this serve as a warning to all universities and academic institutions across the country.' International students made up 27 percent of Harvard's student body in the 2024-25 academic year, with nearly 7,000 enrolled. Such students typically pay more to their universities than those from the U.S. and contribute billions of dollars to the American economy. 'The government's action is unlawful. We are fully committed to maintaining Harvard's ability to host our international students and scholars, who hail from more than 140 countries and enrich the University — and this nation — immeasurably,' a spokesperson for the school said. 'We are working quickly to provide guidance and support to members of our community. This retaliatory action threatens serious harm to the Harvard community and our country, and undermines Harvard's academic and research mission,' they added. The New York Times was the first to report the news. One person familiar with the discussions told the Times that Harvard likely will mount a legal challenge to the move. The university and the DHS have reportedly been battling for days over records requests regarding information about Harvard's international students and their visas. The Trump administration has launched a multi-front pressure campaign against Harvard after the university refused to bow to its demands for changes to its admissions and hiring policies, as well as getting rid of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The Trump administration and Harvard are already locked into a legal battle after the federal government pulled almost $3 billion in funding. Noem's announcement ramps up not only Trump's fight with Harvard but also his broader crackdown on international students. The administration has arrested numerous foreign students and faculty in the past three months, seeking to have them deported. Many of the high-profile cases were against individuals who have supported Palestine publicly on their campuses, with the White House arguing they post a threat to the foreign policy of the United States. Students have been arrested off the streets and during naturalization interviews, with several quickly transferred to a federal detention center in Louisiana, sometimes thousands of miles away from home. A judge ruled on Thursday to stop the federal government from terminating the legal status of international students across the country, arresting the individuals or transferring them outside the jurisdiction of residence. Updated at 2:57 p.m. EDT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
