Israeli forces killed Palestinian journalist Omar al-Dirawi along with his parents in a strike on their home in central Gaza on Friday. Dirawi, who worked for various media outlets, is the 202nd journalist to have been killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023, according to Gaza’s government media office. “The Government Media … Read more
Israeli forces sexually assaulted Palestinian women and executed unarmed civilians during the Friday raid on Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, witnesses have said in a new report. The violence against women included stripping off their clothes, touching them under the threat of violence, beating them and hurling sexual insults at them. Their testimonies were collected by the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and published … Read more
THE Jerusalem court hearing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial has postponed hearings set for next week as Netanyahu undergoes a prostate operation on Sunday. The hearings will now be held on January 6 and subsequent days. Netanyahu is charged with fraud, embezzlement and bribery. The accusations against him include that he granted … Read more
Israeli forces detained Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan hospital, after setting the health facility in northern Gaza on fire with doctors and patients inside, according to health officials. The hospital was stormed by Israeli troops on Friday, following nearly three months of a suffocating blockade and constant air strikes on its departments … Read more
THE Israeli military burnt the hospital and caused significant destruction to the majority of the Kamal Adwan’s wards after a raid, described as horrific by the locals, reports said. Gaza’s Health Ministry reports that Israel’s military has taken dozens of Kamal Adwan Hospital staff, including the director Hussam Abu Safia, for interrogation, while the … Read more
The FBI has arrested an 18-year-old student from George Mason University (GMU), accusing him of being involved in a plot to attack the Israeli consulate in New York, in a case involving an undercover informant or agent who helped the teenager come up with the plan. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, a first-year student and … Read more
PALESTINIAN Authority (PA) security forces killed a senior anti-occupation resistance fighter in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday, further fuelling intra-Palestinian tensions. Yazeed Jayasa’a, a leader in the Islamic Jihad-led Jenin Brigades, which operates mainly in the Jenin refugee camp, was reportedly wanted by the Israeli military. He was killed during a raid in Jenin … Read more
Israeli forces shot dead a disabled man in the occupied West Bank on Friday, during a raid south of Hebron. Special forces stormed the village of Beit Awa, southwest of Hebron, and surrounded a paint shop. During the raid, Muhammad Ahmad Masalma, a 23-year-old with learning difficulties, was hit by a bullet while the Israelis arrested … Read more
TWO Israeli soldiers have been unable to travel to Australia after being asked to complete an extensive 13-page form, typically required for military personnel involved in war, according to the Israeli newspaper Ynet. The siblings, Omer Berger, 24, and Ella Berger, 22, along with four other family members, applied for visas two months ago. While the rest of the … Read more
An Israeli air strike targeting a residential building in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, on Monday evening wiped out two entire families from the Al-Kahlout household, comprising 25 individuals. This strike and others early on Tuesday killed at least 34 Palestinians and left many others wounded, Gaza health authorities said. Mahmoud Basal, the Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman, told Middle East … Read more