Days after the killing of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in an Israeli strike in Iran, fears of a full-blown war between Israel and Iran are growing as Iran and Tehran-backed groups vow revenge. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday vowed a “severe” revenge for Haniyeh’s killing and blamed the “terrorist Zionist regime” of Israel …
Israel’s military on Saturday said that eight soldiers were killed in southern Gaza, close to the Rafah border, in the deadliest attack on Israeli forces in months. With this attack, the total number of Israeli soldiers killed fighting Hamas has reached 307. The army has identified one of its troop members as 23-year-old Captain Wassem …
All eyes on Rafah image: People have dropped comments on Ms Sajdeh’s birthday post for Rohit Sharma Indian cricket captain Rohit Sharma’s wife Ritika Sajdeh was among those who shared the “All Eyes On Rafah” image in her Instagram Stories. The social media campaign, calling for attention to what’s happening in Rafah, a city in …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Monday that a “tragic mistake” had been made after an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians and killed at least 45 people, according to local officials. Israel has faced surging international criticism over its war with Hamas, …
When the second intifada broke out in the Palestinian territories in 2000, the Houthis staged solidarity protests. They mobilised supporters against the United States’s war on Afghanistan in 2001. After the Iraq war, they adopted a new slogan, “Death to America, death to Israel, curse upon the Jews, victory to Islam”. Not many had foreseen …
Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has decided to abort his plan to have sporting messages of support for Palestinians in Gaza written on his shoes for the first Test against Pakistan at Perth’s Optus Stadium, which will start from Thursday. The Pakistan-born opener had shown off messages like “Freedom is a human right” and “All lives …
A man grabbed the microphone from Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg while she was speaking at an event in Amsterdam and accused her of delivering a pro-Palestinian message at a climate rally in the Dutch capital. The man jumped onto the stage and interrupted the activist after she invited a Palestinian and an Afghan woman …