INTERNATIONAL

Gazans loot warehouses as desperation rises – UN agency

  Thousands of people have broken into distribution centers as humanitarian aid falls short of the needs created by war with Israel Palestinian children receive food at a UNRWA relief center in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. ©  Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency has reported mass looting of aid warehouses in Gaza, saying …

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Israel-Palestine war: Gaza’s civil defence forced to leave hundreds of victims under rubble

  Overwhelmed rescue crews say no choice but to save the wounded, leaving many of the dead under collapsed buildings   Palestinians carry a dead child, found under the rubble of a destroyed house after Israeli air strikes on Gaza City, 24 October 2023 (AP) By Maha Hussaini in Gaza, occupied Palestine As Israel‘s air strikes on the Gaza Strip continue to claim overwhelming …

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In Gaza, the hospital was our last place of sanctuary. Then Israel bombed it by Ghada Abed

  As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza enters its fourth week, the constant targeting of hospitals has forever shattered the perception of them as the last remaining safe zones   Palestinians wounded are brought to receive medical care at Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli airstrike on El_Nasan building in Gaza City, on 27 October, 2023 (Reuters)Israel’s targeted attack on al-Ahli al-Arab Hospital on 19 …

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The Gaza manifesto: Why America’s old Middle East is crumbling

  Protesters raise a sign condemning French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Joe Biden, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in Amman on October 27, 2023 [KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images] by Dr Ramzy Baroud History will not forgive those who have remained silent, exhibited or expressed ‘balanced’ positions – …

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Palestinian suffering and human rights charade

  How much more ironic can it get than when there is a call for the resignation of the United Nations Secretary General on the very day the world body celebrates its founding? The UN Secretary General from Portugal while condemning the nonstate actor Hamas for drawing first blood in the latest cycle of bloodletting in West Asia, referred to …

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