A Child's Tragedy: The Echoes of War in Gaza and Beirut

3 days, 8 hours ago

No food, no sleep, no hope in Gaza

I have spent a total of four years in Gaza, six months of them during the ongoing war. “Her father was killed when their house was bombed five days ago, and they’ve not been able to retrieve his body from the rubble because the area is under constant fire,” she said. My dear friend Khaled, who runs community kitchens across …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Gaza’s 2024: A year of war and misery

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera takes a closer look at events in Gaza over 2024, as Israel continued and escalated its brutal war. Israel’s war on the enclave continued into 2024, killing 23,842 people and wounding 51,925 during this year alone, driving the grisly official death toll to 46,376, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. These tactics violate international law and are creating …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Winter rains worsen horrors faced by displaced Palestinians in Gaza

Al Jazeera

In the second year of an Israeli genocide in Gaza, weather has added an extra element of suffering to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians forcibly displaced, often multiple times, while efforts to agree a ceasefire go nowhere. “He could not endure it, he could not endure the cold or the hunger and this hopelessness.” Dozens of tents, many already tattered …

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1 week, 6 days ago

How concerned are Israelis by what their government is doing in their name?

Al Jazeera

Israel has been attacking hospitals and displacement shelters for more than a year now, killing tens of thousands. Northern Gaza is under a “siege within a siege” imposed by Israel since October this year, trapping tens of thousands of people there with no food, services, or adequate shelter and, now, no hospitals. “Netanyahu’s government is deliberately working not only to …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Pleas for aid and peace resonate for Gazans

China Daily

Children sit together overlooking tents sheltering Palestinians displaced in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. BASHAR TALEB/AFP At least to the chief of the embattled United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the yearlong conflict in the Middle East seems especially gloomy under incessant Israeli strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the region, as, despite "all …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Pleas for aid and peace resonate for Gazans

China Daily

Children sit together overlooking tents sheltering Palestinians displaced in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. BASHAR TALEB/AFP At least to the chief of the embattled United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the yearlong conflict in the Middle East seems especially gloomy under incessant Israeli strikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure across the region, as, despite "all …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Four babies die from hypothermia in Gaza, as Israel’s war pushes Palestinians deep into tent camps

CNN

CNN — A newborn baby died from the cold in a tent encampment in Al-Mawasi, in southern Gaza, a health official said Wednesday, highlighting the stark challenges to survival faced by Palestinian children displaced from their homes amid Israel’s ongoing assault on the strip. Sela Mahmoud Al-Fasih “froze to death from the extreme cold” in Al-Mawasi, Dr. Munir Al-Bursh, the …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

'People in Gaza are struggling to survive apocalyptic conditions': MSF

New Indian Express

A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières on Thursday noted that "repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of life in Gaza, Palestine." "While MSF continues to provide lifesaving care …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

96% of Gaza’s vulnerable children fear death is imminent, study reveals

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A staggering 96 per cent …

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1 month ago

Seeing Gaza from Berlin

Al Jazeera

The past 14 months of genocide in Gaza have brought alienation but also a sense of new belonging. “Now you have a big family that is always by your side,” my Palestinian friend Nathmi Abushedeq wrote to me in September after I helped him with a personal matter. On October 26, almost half of my new “big Palestinian family” in …

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UN blames Israel for Gaza chaos as aid deliveries halted after threat of armed gangs, looting

Firstpost

The U.N. agency’s decision could worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid A displaced boy covers his head with a pan as he runs from the rain past building rubble at the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Northern Gaza: Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing

CNN

CNN — A highly decorated former Israeli defense minister has caused a firestorm by accusing Israel of carrying out ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in northern Gaza. Moshe Ya’alon, who served for three decades in the Israel Defense Forces, including in the elite Sayeret Matkal commando unit, and as the military’s chief of staff, also said that he believed Israel was …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Situation in Middle East deeply concerning, India in touch with Israel and Iran, says Jaishankar

New Indian Express

Regarding Lebanon, Dr. Jaishankar noted that India, like Italy, has a contingent deployed as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. “Given our capacity to engage with various parties, we are always willing to contribute meaningfully to any international diplomatic efforts,” Dr. Jaishankar said. Turning to the conflict in Ukraine, now in its third year, Dr. Jaishankar emphasized …

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Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

Trending News

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

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Trending News

1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-11-21 09:26 A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Gaza becomes 'graveyard' for children: UNRWA chief

China Daily

A child checks a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the al-Bureij refugee camp of the central Gaza Strip, on Nov 17, 2024. GAZA - Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said on Wednesday that Gaza has become a "graveyard" for children. "They are being killed, injured, …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Facing genocide while disabled

Al Jazeera

Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza have experienced immense suffering due to displacement and the collapse of the healthcare system. On May 13, Hashem Ghazal, the founder of the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children and also known as the “spiritual father of deaf people in Gaza”, was killed in an Israeli air strike along with his wife. Azmi’s family was displaced …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel's methods in Gaza war consistent with 'genocide': UN Special Committee

Firstpost

“Since the war began, Israeli officials have openly endorsed policies that deprive Palestinians of essential resources needed for survival – including food, water, and fuel,” the committee said Israel's warfare in Gaza, under right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, are "consistent with the characteristics of genocide", a UN Special Committee has found. Image sources: AP UN Special Committee to investigate …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Israel’s warfare methods in Gaza ‘consistent with genocide’: UN committee

Al Jazeera

Report says Israel ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’. Gaza aid supply goes from ‘bad to worse’ after Israel misses US deadline Israel’s warfare in the Gaza Strip is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a United Nations committee has said, accusing the country of “using starvation as a method of …

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2 months ago

PM Modi shows relentless favouritism towards Gujarat: Siddaramaiah

India Today

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of showing "relentless favouritism" towards his home state Gujarat. Alleging that major investments are being "coaxed away" from thriving states like Karnataka and handed over to Gujarat, the CM demanded fairness and equal opportunity for all southern states. "PM Narendra Modi's relentless favouritism toward Gujarat is clear as day, …

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2 months ago

Israel bombs northern Gaza house killing 13 children amid ongoing siege

Al Jazeera

At least 32 killed after Israel bombs a house in Jabalia as aid agencies say northern Gaza without aid and food amid ongoing siege. An Israeli strike on a house in the Jabalia refugee camp sheltering displaced Palestinians has killed at least 32 people, including 13 children, as rights groups warn of an “extremely grave situation” in northern Gaza amid …

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2 months ago

Famine Is Likely Imminent In Northern Gaza, Hunger Experts Warn

Huff Post

Palestinians gather to receive bags of flour distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees, in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana via AP UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned …

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2 months ago

UN warns of imminent famine in Northern Gaza

Deccan Chronicle

There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned on Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated Food Security …

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2 months ago

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — There is a strong likelihood that famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza, where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive, hunger experts warned Friday. The Famine Review Committee warned that “famine thresholds may have already been crossed or else will be in the near future.” The committee’s four independent experts are part of the Integrated …

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Gazans send 'save us' message to Donald Trump: 'Needed someone strong.. end war'

Trending News

2 months ago

Gazans send 'save us' message to Donald Trump: 'Needed someone strong.. end war'

Hindustan Times

As the world adjusts to the surprise victory of Donald Trump in the US election, the people of Gaza hope the new President will bring peace into the war-ravaged region. "I hope Trump finds a solution, we need someone strong like Trump to end the war and save us, enough, God, this is enough," said the 60-year-old. "Trump is firm …

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2 months, 1 week ago

The Trauma of Starvation: How the Israeli War on Gaza is Affecting Palestinians Elsewhere

Al Jazeera

The article details the devastating impact of Israel's starvation of Gaza on Palestinians and their families, both in Gaza and across the occupied West Bank. It highlights the psychological and physical trauma inflicted on children and the broader social and psychological framework that has created this crisis. The article emphasizes the need for a comprehensive approach to address the trauma …

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2 months, 1 week ago

The Holocaust's Scars Remain in Gaza: A Counterpoint to the 'Why' of War

The Hindu

The article explores the question of why the Israeli military decorated an armored bulldozer with teddy bears and other toys, despite the ongoing war in Gaza. The author compares the dehumanizing elements of the Holocaust to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, highlighting the recurring cycle of violence and the normalization of cruelty. The article emphasizes the importance of witnessing, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

What would Israel shutting down UNRWA mean for displaced Palestinians?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The legislation, which could lead to the closure of …

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2 months, 1 week ago

The West's Cruel Embrace of Palestine: A Holocaust in the Making

The Hindu

The article explores the parallels between the Holocaust and the current conflict in Gaza, highlighting the West's hypocrisy and the disproportionate response to the recent attacks. It emphasizes the need for empathy and accountability from the international community, as well as the danger of allowing the process of Nazification to continue.

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2 months, 1 week ago

Aid fears in Gaza as Israel bans UN refugee agency

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Israel’s parliament has declared UNRWA …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

India and Germany Express Deep Concern Over Ukraine War, Reiterate Against Nuclear Weapon Use

ABP News

India and Germany express deep concern over the ongoing war in Ukraine, emphasizing its tragic humanitarian consequences. Both leaders firmly reject the use or threat of nuclear weapons in the context of the conflict. They reiterate the need for a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in line with international law, consistent with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, …

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India's Peace Efforts in Ukraine and West Asia: A Diplomatic Gesture of Strength

Trending News

2 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Peace Efforts in Ukraine and West Asia: A Diplomatic Gesture of Strength

Firstpost

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed appreciation for Germany's efforts to promote peace in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and West Asia. He highlighted the strong bilateral partnership between India and Germany and emphasized that India is ready to contribute to finding a lasting and just peace solution through dialogue and cooperation.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

As Israeli airstrikes destroy cities in Lebanon, some see echoes of Gaza

LA Times

The Ottoman-era arches of this city’s Old Market had stood witness to the many conflicts that have plagued Lebanon’s south. “Over the past days, we have witnessed increasingly severe impact on civilian infrastructure and civilians across Lebanon due to Israeli airstrikes,” Imran Riza, the U.N.’s humanitarian coordinator for Lebanon, said in a statement following the strikes on Nabatieh. He added …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Humanitarian Aid to Palestine: A Much-Needed Gesture

Live Mint

India sends humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people through UNRWA. The first tranche of assistance comprising 30 tons of medicine and food items has departed today. The consignment includes a wide range of essential medicines and surgical supplies, dental products, general medical items and high-energy biscuits.

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

India Calls for Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas Conflict, Expresses Concerns over Escalation

Firstpost

India calls for ceasefire in conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and release of hostages. The Indian Prime Minister is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the 16th Brics Summit in Kazan, Russia's Kazan. India's stance on West Asia tensions has been consistent and firm, and the government has called …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sir Keir Starmer urges international community to 'make the most of this moment' after Hamas chief is killed

Daily Mail

The Prime Minister has called on the international community to 'make to most of this moment' to push for peace after Hamas' leader was killed in a gunfight. Sir Keir Starmer, after joining US, French and German leaders on Friday, said the killing of Yahya Sinwar offered an 'opportunity' to step up ceasefire talks that have so far failed to …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Granderson: Killing Yahya Sinwar in Gaza does not end the war

LA Times

Israeli bombings in Nabatieh and elsewhere in southern Lebanon are turning children into refugees. This week, after Israeli forces killed longtime Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, President Biden said this was an opportunity for peace. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu characterized Sinwar’s death as a settled score, while adding, “The task before us is not yet complete.” Opinion Columnist LZ Granderson LZ …

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Sinwar’s death is moment for ceasefire, Starmer tells Israel

The Telegraph

Israel must use the death of Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader, as a moment to agree to a Gaza ceasefire, the Prime Minister said on Friday as he warned that there was “no military solution” to the conflict. But in remarks that appeared to challenge Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, who has vowed to continue the conflict, he stressed …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Starmer considering sanctions against Israeli cabinet members

The Independent

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Starmer said Israel must ‘take all possible steps to avoid …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Israel’s Intensified Attacks On Gaza Are Worsening An Already Dire Health Crisis

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Aid workers are sounding the alarm this week on the worsening humanitarian crisis in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have trapped Palestinians while intensifying attacks both on civilians and life-sustaining infrastructure. “I tried to explain to the army that this hospital provides vital humanitarian services for children,” Kamal Adwan’s director, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, said in a …

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3 months ago

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

The Independent

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3 months ago

Peace still elusive as fears grow of another catastrophe

China Daily

By PAN JIE | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-08 07:00 Syrian children sit in a makeshift camp in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, after being displaced by Israeli airstrikes. And we Li Xinggang, a researcher at the Institute for Studies on the Mediterranean Rim at Zhejiang International Studies University, told China Daily, "By saying 'another Gaza', it is more like a …

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3 months ago

The Middle East crisis was Starmer’s first big test – has he risen to the occasion?

The Independent

Normally, a foreign policy crisis afflicts a governing rather than an opposition party. And Israel must always have the right to defend her people.” His team believed the Middle East crisis underlined another contrast with the Jeremy Corbyn era – Starmer’s strength on national security – while Labour would no longer be seen as sympathetic to Islamist terror groups or …

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3 months ago

The Israel-Hamas war's devastating toll, by the numbers

The Independent

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3 months ago

Mideast violence is spiraling a year since the Gaza war began

The Independent

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3 months ago

‘Earthquake’ of air strikes as Beirut hit by heaviest bombing since war began

The Telegraph

Esmail Qaani, the head of Iran’s Quds Force, and Hashem Safieddine, the frontrunner to replace Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, have not been heard from since the Israeli strike on Beirut late last week, according to reports. Qaani travelled to Lebanon after the killing last month of Nasrallah in an Israeli air strike and had been incommunicado for more than a …

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3 months ago

A Quiet Rebellion On Gaza Brewing In U.S. — And Beyond

Huff Post

THE HAGUE/BERLIN/PARIS/WASHINGTON — In The Hague, a serious young Dutch bureaucrat works on policies that are supposed to deter violations of human rights, from Myanmar’s crackdown on its ethnic minorities to Russians directing slaughter in Ukraine. “I and many others have warned repeatedly that this is where the administration was taking us,” Harrison Mann, a former Defense Intelligence Agency official …

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3 months ago

One year in, war casts a shadow over every aspect of life in Israel

The Independent

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3 months, 1 week ago

War clouds all over West Asia

Hindustan Times

Israel’s actions in Lebanon, including the killing of veteran Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, have taken West Asia well past the brink it has teetered on for almost a year since the brazen terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s threat to Iran, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s pledge to avenge the killing of Nasrallah and the …

A Child's Tragedy: The Echoes of War in Gaza and Beirut

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