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Qatar Tribune
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Qatar Tribune
Children among 21 killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza amid aid blockade
Agencies Gaza At least 21 people, including several children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave. Four Palestinians were killed and others were wounded Saturday evening after an Israeli airstrike targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip. Earlier, Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli warplanes bombed a tent in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City on Saturday morning, killing five members of the Tlaib family. 'Three children, their mother and her husband were sleeping inside a tent and were bombed by an [Israeli] occupation aircraft,' family member Omar Abu al-Kass told the AFP news agency. The strikes came 'without warning and without having done anything wrong', added Abu al-Kass, who said he was the children's maternal grandfather. In parallel, a drone attack on Gaza City's Tuffah neighbourhood left six people dead and one more in the Sheikh Radwan area of the city where Israel bombed an apartment belonging to the Zaqout family. Further south, Wafa said Israeli gunboats opened 'heavy fire' on the shores of Rafah, killing a man identified as Mohammed Saeed al-Bardawil. Two more civilians were injured in an attack on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, west of Rafah. In the past 24 hours, at least 23 Palestinians have been killed and 124 others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. The attacks came amid Israel's continuing refusal to allow vital supplies into Gaza since March 2, leaving the enclave's 2.3 million residents dependent on a dwindling number of charity kitchens, which have been shutting down in recent days as food runs out. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said: 'There's barely food … We're talking about bakeries not operating, we're talking about zero distribution points and we're talking about only a few hot meal kitchens still operating.' Khoudary said people queueing for hours would often leave empty-handed, with remaining kitchens stretching out food that would previously have fed 100 to serve up to 2,000 people. 'We're seeing more people dying, we're seeing more children dying due to malnutrition and the lack of food. But it's not only the lack of food, it's also the lack of medical supplies, it's the lack of fuel, cooking gas and it's the lack of everything,' she said. Among the charities shuttering operations, the United States-based World Central Kitchen said on Wednesday that it had been forced to close down because it no longer had supplies to bake bread or cook meals. The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs appealed for the blockade to be lifted. 'Children are starving, and dying. Community kitchens are shutting down. Clean water is running out,' it said on Friday in a post on X.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Children among several killed in Israel's attacks on Gaza amid aid blockade
Seven people, including three children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip amid a months-long Israeli blockade that has deepened the humanitarian crisis in the war-torn coastal enclave. Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli warplanes bombed a tent in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City on Saturday morning, killing five members of the Tlaib family. 'Three children, their mother and her husband were sleeping inside a tent and were bombed by an [Israeli] occupation aircraft,' family member Omar Abu al-Kass told the AFP news agency. The strikes came 'without warning and without having done anything wrong', added Abu al-Kass, who said he was the children's maternal grandfather. In parallel, a drone attack on Gaza City's Tuffah neighbourhood left one person dead. Further south, Wafa said Israeli gunboats opened 'heavy fire' on the shores of Rafah, killing a man identified as Mohammed Saeed al-Bardawil. Two more civilians were injured in an attack on the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, west of Rafah. In the past 24 hours, at least 23 Palestinians have been killed and 124 others injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. The attacks came amid Israel's continuing refusal to allow vital supplies into Gaza since March 2, leaving the enclave's 2.3 million residents dependent on a dwindling number of charity kitchens, which have been shutting down in recent days as food runs out. Reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Al Jazeera's Hind Khoudary said: 'There's barely food … We're talking about bakeries not operating, we're talking about zero distribution points and we're talking about only a few hot meal kitchens still operating.' Khoudary said people queueing for hours would often leave empty-handed, with remaining kitchens stretching out food that would previously have fed 100 to serve up to 2,000 people. 'We're seeing more people dying, we're seeing more children dying due to malnutrition and the lack of food. But it's not only the lack of food, it's also the lack of medical supplies, it's the lack of fuel, cooking gas and it's the lack of everything,' she the charities shuttering operations, the United States-based World Central Kitchen said on Wednesday that it had been forced to close down because it no longer had supplies to bake bread or cook meals. The United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs appealed for the blockade to be lifted. 'Children are starving, and dying. Community kitchens are shutting down. Clean water is running out,' it said on Friday in a post on X. The blockade is also having a devastating effect on people with chronic illnesses, depriving Palestinians who suffer from diabetes, cancer and rare conditions, of life-saving medication. Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud said: 'Doctors here say the tragedy is not in what's happening, but in what is preventable.' 'These diseases have a treatment, but people of Gaza no longer have access to them, and they say that this is not just a failure of logistics, but of humanity,' he added. Mahmoud spoke to the father of a 10-year-old boy suffering from diabetes, who said insulin was not available across northern Gaza. 'I spend entire days searching pharmacies, hoping to find it. Sometimes we hear that individuals might have it, so I go to their homes to barter,' he said. Said al-Soudy, head of emergency in the oncology department of Gaza City's Al Helou International Hospital, told Al Jazeera: 'A large part of patients are struggling to find their essential medications. Without them, their health conditions deteriorate and may become life-threatening.' Pharmacist Rana Alsamak told Al Jazeera that Palestinians were unable to obtain medication for 'multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hepatitis, chronic illnesses and … immune-related diseases'. 'These conditions now go largely untreated,' she said. On Friday, the United States said it was establishing the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to coordinate aid deliveries into Gaza, with Israel providing military security for operations. The United Nations rejected the move, saying it would weaponise aid, violate principles of neutrality and cause mass displacement.
Egypt Today
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Today
7 civilians killed, others injured in Israeli airstrikes on cities of Gaza, Rafah
Stop war written on woman's hand demanding end of war in Gaza CAIRO - 10 May 2025: Seven civilians, including five members of one family, were killed and others were injured early Saturday morning as a result of Israeli shelling of the cities of Gaza and Rafah, Palestinian news agency (WAFA) said. Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a tent housing displaced persons in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, killing five civilians from the Tlaib family: Saqr Ahmed Fouad Tlaib, his wife Hind, and their sons Ahmed, Hamza, and Abdul Aziz. They added that an Israeli drone targeted civilians in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, killing one person, while areas east of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood were also targeted. Israeli warships opened heavy fire toward the shore of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Muhammad Saeed al-Bardawil. Two civilians were injured by Israeli artillery shelling of the Mawasi area west of Rafah.
Ammon
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Ammon
Several civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on cities of Gaza and Rafah
Ammon News - Seven citizens, including five members of one family, were killed and others were injured early Saturday morning as a result of Israeli shelling of the cities of Gaza and Rafah. Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a tent housing displaced persons in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, killing five citizens from the Tlaib family: Saqr Ahmed Fouad Tlaib, his wife Hind, and their sons Ahmed, Hamza, and Abdul Aziz. They added that an Israeli drone targeted citizens in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, killing one citizen, while areas east of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood were also targeted. Israeli warships opened heavy fire toward the shore of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, killing Muhammad Saeed al-Bardawil.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
This GOP Lawmaker Just Won't Stop Making Bigoted Comments About Muslims
Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) recently added to his ever-growing list of bigoted remarks — endorsing the starvation campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, falsely accusing a Muslim member of Congress of being a terrorist and doubling down on those beliefs to HuffPost this week. The Florida Republican dealt with major online backlash last week for his response to a post on X by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) in which she labeled Israel's ongoing aid blockade to Gaza a 'war crime' as it causes mass starvation in the war-torn Palestinian territory. 'The only way to end this genocide is with an arms embargo,' Tlaib wrote on Thursday. 'Time for my colleagues to end their silence.' Fine replied the following day with a string of inflammatory posts that falsely called Tlaib — a Palestinian American who was born and raised in Michigan — a terrorist. His posts also included hashtags that endorsed starving people in Gaza, despite it being a violation of international humanitarian law to use starvation as a weapon. 'Tell your fellow Muslim terrorists to release the hostages and surrender,' Fine wrote, referring to the remaining Israelis being held captive by Hamas. 'Until then, #StarveAway.' The next post read, 'Hey Muslim terrorists, cry harder. #StarveAway,' which was followed by, 'I love blocking Muslim terrorists. They clearly aren't too hungry. #KeepOn Starving.' A post on May 3 by Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) endorsed continuing to starve Palestinians in Gaza and called a Muslim colleague in the House a "terrorist." X Despite the posts overwhelmingly receiving negative reactions, Fine did not retract his comments. When HuffPost asked the lawmaker on Tuesday to clarify his accusation against Tlaib, he responded, 'I mean, look at what she believes. I believe if you support Muslim terror, you are a terrorist.' When HuffPost's Arthur Delaney asked what he was referring to, Fine laughed before asking, 'Do you need a list?' 'I think you just look in general, you know?' he continued. 'So yeah, I don't mince words, as you all will learn. I think you've got to call good good, and evil evil.' Fine has made a variety of offensive comments on social media, mostly before he narrowly won a special election last month to represent Florida's 6th District in Congress. In an April 4, 2019, post on Facebook, Fine accused a progressive panel on Israel and Palestine of being antisemitic. When a Jewish panel organizer pushed back on Fine's claims and noted that most of the panel was Jewish, the lawmaker dismissed them as 'Judenrat' — a World War II-era term used to describe a Nazi-installed Jewish council. On May 15, 2021, Fine called Palestinians 'animals' on social media and replied in the affirmative to a commenter who asked if it was OK to bomb a building with American reporters in it. The following month, he allegedly told a Muslim Floridian on Messenger to blow themselves up and tweeted, 'Thanks for the pic!' in response to a photo of a Palestinian baby reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike. Randy Fine speaks with the media after winning the 6th District race to replace former U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, on April 1, 2025, in Ormond Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle via Getty Images On Dec. 2, 2023, Fine tweeted that Israel should stop aid trucks from entering Gaza, saying Palestinians should 'eat rockets' instead and including the hashtag #BombsAway. On Sept. 6, 2024, the lawmaker responded to Israel's killing of American peace activist Aysenur Eygi in the West Bank with, 'Throw rocks, get shot. One less #MuslimTerrorist. #FireAway.' On Nov. 26 of last year, Fine appeared to threaten Tlaib and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) — the first two Muslim women elected to the House — calling himself the 'Hebrew Hammer' and telling the lawmakers to 'consider leaving before I get there.' On Jan. 2, he tweeted that he was in Jerusalem 'talking about the need to solve America's #MuslimProblem.' At a March 29 Florida state Senate hearing — just days before his election to Congress — Fine told an attendee wearing a keffiyeh to 'enjoy your terrorist rag.' The lawmaker then threatened to 'clear the room' after some objected to his comment, adding, 'I'm the chairman, I can say whatever I want.' The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Tuesday it has sent letters to more than 1,600 congressional staffers urging House members to publicly condemn Fine's bigoted rhetoric and hold him accountable for his remarks. 'Randy Fine's long and documented history of promoting bigotry and political violence is a danger to his colleagues, to American Muslims and Palestinians, and to the foundational principles of our democracy,' CAIR Government Affairs Department Director Robert McCaw said in a statement. 'Congress must take a stand against hate before it further poisons our national discourse or incites real-world violence and acts of terrorism.' It was unclear whether Tlaib's fellow Democrats have spoken up in her defense or condemned Fine's comments since the Friday posts. A spokesperson for Rep. Pete Aguilar (Calif.), who chairs the House Democratic caucus, did not respond to HuffPost's request for comment on Wednesday. Arthur Delaney contributed reporting.
