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New Indian Express
03-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Israel attacks starving Palestinians at aid site in Rafah, kills 27, including 3 children; strikes across Gaza kill 8
Israel on Tuesday attacked starving Palestinians waiting for humanitarian assistance at the newly established US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF) aid site in southern Gaza's Rafah, killing at least 27, including three children and two women. Dozens of others were also injured in the attack. Israeli strikes across Gaza on Tuesday killed more people bringing the death toll to 35, which includes children. In Khan Younis, six Palestinians, including two children, were killed in three different strikes targeting homes and tents for displaced people, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa. Two more people were killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on a group of civilians in Jabalia town, northern Gaza, according to Wafa. Israel has continuously attacked desperate Palestinians who were lined up, waiting for the much-needed humanitarian assistance at aid points set up by the Israeli military since May 27, when the GHF started its operations. The US-backed aid distribution system was established following Israel's announcement that it would allow "limited" entry of humanitarian assistance into the war-ravaged territory after its three-month-long aid blockade that pushed the entire Gaza population into a famine-like situation, killing at least 57, mostly children, including infants. The UN and several aid groups have called the aid system operated by GHF a "death trap" for Palestinians and accused it of helping Israel in its genocidal war against Gaza. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an independent investigation into Israel's repeated attacks against Palestinain aid seekers. Palestinian Medical Relief Society called the attack a war crime and said it is an inhumane activity.
New Indian Express
01-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Hamas says US's ceasefire proposal deviated from agreed text after Israeli intervention; Witkoff calls it 'unacceptable'
Palestinain group Hamas has sought amendments to the latest ceasefire proposal by US envoy Steve Witkoff, claiming the initial text it had agreed upon was different from the one presented to the group now. According to a media reports, citing senior Hamas official Basem Naim, the new agreement presented to them after suggestions from Israel was a "completely new text" and "had nothing to do with" what they agreed upon. Hamas claimed that the new proposal did not guarantee a 60-day truce as agreed earlier and also failed to ensure the inflow of much-needed humanitarian aid into the war-ravaged territory. The latest agreement also provided no guarantees for negotiations to end the war, or a permanent ceasefire or a total withdrawal of troops from Gaza. "It also only talks about the redeployment of Israeli forces inside Gaza, and requires negotiations from the beginning about the new redeployment plans within the 60 days," Al Jazeera quoted Naim as saying. According to Hamas, the US proposed agreement also legitimised the US-backed aid distribution system, which has been slammed by the UN and other aid agencies as helping Israel's genocidal war in Gaza. "Hamas has sought changes to the proposal, to find a way to guarantee the minimum of the needs of our people,' Naim said. In an earlier statement, Hamas had said that the proposal aimed for a permanent ceasefire, a comprehensive Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and an ensured flow of aid. It said 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 others would be released ' in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners.' Meanwhile, Steve Witkoff called the Hamas response 'totally unacceptable' and described a 60-day ceasefire deal that would free half the living hostages in Gaza and return half of those who have died. He urged Hamas to accept the framework proposal as the basis for talks that he said could begin next week. The UN on Friday issued a stark warning regarding the crisis in Gaza, calling it the "hungriest place on earth" and repeated that Palestinians are at risk of a famine. The UN also said its mission to help starving Palestinians is the most obstructed in recent history. Israel has been accused of weaponisng starvation in Gaza, which amounts to a war crime. According to the UN, tonnes of aid are waiting at the border but only a trickle of it is being allowed inside by Israel. The UN had earlier stated that Israeli army's restrictions have made it difficult for the aid workers to reach the Palestinians, even after aid entering the territory. Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has so far killed at least 54,381 Palestinians, mostly women and children. This includes at least 60 people killed in different airstrikes across Gaza in less than 24 hours on Saturday in Israel's intensified genocidal operations in the territory. Israel has also killed aid workers, healthcare workers and journalists in targeted attacks. More than 200 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023.
New Indian Express
21-04-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Israeli settlers kidnap Palestinian children including a three-year-old, tie them to Olive tree
Israeli settlers on Saturday abducted two Palestinain children, including a three-year-old and tied them to a tree near the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, the Middle East Eye reported. According to the report, the incident occurred in the afternoon, when a group of children were playing near their homes on the outskirts of Beit Furik, east of Nablus. A group of settlers approached the children and abducted two of them, 13-year-old Maryam and her three-year-old brother Ahmed. The settlers allegedly took them to a remote area where they tied them to an olive tree. When the children's cousin followed the settlers and tried to intervene, they attacked him with stones, the report said. "My two little girls came crying and screaming, so we chased after the settlers. We eventually found the children unconscious and tied to a tree... The settlers had fled to the outpost on an ATV. We untied the children and rushed them to the health centre," Middle East Eye reported Mohammed Hanani, the children's uncle, as saying. "I wasn't afraid for myself, it's fine if they kill me. But I was afraid for my brother," 13-year-old Maryam is seen saying in a video that was shared widely on social media. "Even if they killed me, does that mean we are going to give up our homeland? Even if they killed millions of people, we will never give up our homeland," she said. According to the United Nations, settler violence in the South Hebron Hills has been on the increase, with attacks on Palestinians in Masafer Yatta by Israeli settlers on both 7 and 13 April injuring at least six Palestinians, including two children. According to
Egypt Today
16-04-2025
- Business
- Egypt Today
Egypt praises EU's proposed €1.6B program to foster Palestinian recovery, resilience
Palestinain Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa participates in joint press conference after the first EU-Palestine High-Level Political Dialogue in Luxembourg - PA CAIRO – 16 April 2025: Egypt commended the European Commission's announcement of a multiannual €1.6 billion program aimed at fostering Palestinian recovery and resilience, noting that it reflects the EU's support for the Palestinian Authority. In a statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, Egypt highlighted that the program will contribute to empowering the PA's institutions and help fulfill the aspirations and legitimate needs of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. During the inaugural High-Level Political Dialogue between the EU and the PA on Monday, the European Commission proposed this Comprehensive Support Programme from 2025 to 2027, valued at €1.6 billion to aid Palestinian recovery and resilience. More than a third of this total (around €620 million) is allocated as grants for direct assistance to the PA, enabling it to continue providing services to the population. Additionally, around €576 million in grants will support concrete projects in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, including a proposed €82 million per year to provide services to Palestinian refugees through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), both in the occupied territories and the wider region. 'This will enable UNRWA to continue playing its crucial role as both a humanitarian and developmental actor,' stated the European Commission. The package also includes €400 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the Palestinian private sector. Egypt emphasized that the new program underscores 'the EU's recognition of the necessity to support the Palestinian people during this critical phase of their struggle, while working toward a just and lasting resolution of the Palestinian cause based on the two-state solution.' Egypt welcomed the proposed allocation to UNRWA, commending the agency's 'irreplaceable and indispensable role' in providing basic services and humanitarian assistance to Palestinian refugees. Egypt expressed its hope for continued EU support for the PA while actively participating in the international conference for early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza, which Egypt is set to host in collaboration with the UN and the Palestinian government.
