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According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, a staggering 88 per cent of Gaza’s population is currently experiencing ’emergency or worse’ food insecurity. Israel-Hamas War: 20 Killed, Over 150 Injured In Shelling While Awaiting Food Aid In Gaza | Reportq United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a stark warning about the … Read more
As international concerns remain about a potential Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah, Gaza, a Calgary doctor who has been volunteering in the border city this month has been told to leave because the situation is too dangerous. Dr. Fozia Alvi says she was part of the first foreign primary care team to assist … Read more
“Come and get me,” Hind Rajab was heard crying desperately in an audio recording. (File) Relatives found the body on Saturday of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, along with the bodies of five of her family members and two ambulance workers … Read more
27,947 people have been killed in Gaza, says Hamas. (File) Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that Israel’s planned army operation in overcrowded Rafah would cause a “humanitarian catastrophe” and called for the United Nations Security Council to intervene. The kingdom “warned of the extremely dangerous repercussions of storming and targeting” Rafah and affirmed its … Read more
A group of close to 700 government officials in the U.S., Britain and major European countries ― as well as European Union institutions ― has signed a letter urging Western countries to reconsider their policy of near-total support for Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza. The letter, released Friday, urges those governments to use all possible … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is “actively engaged” after a Palestinian-Canadian was reported missing in the Gaza Strip. Mansour Shouman was in the region to help document ongoing humanitarian efforts amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is “actively engaged” … Read more
The World Court on Friday ordered Israel to ensure that its military does not commit any actions that could be genocide in its campaign in Gaza against Hamas, but it did not dictate a ceasefire. ‘Not Only False, It Is Outrageous’: Netanyahu Rejects Genocide Charges Against Israel Israel plans to continue to defend itself against … Read more
Progressive lawmakers who have condemned Israel’s assault on Gaza are demanding Democratic leadership do more to combat a multimillion-dollar election-year backlash funded by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Washington’s most powerful pro-Israel group. Several House incumbents, including some of the party’s rising progressive stars, are facing primary challengers funded by AIPAC, which has raised … Read more
MANCHESTER, N.H. ― A group of progressive activists have launched a last-minute effort to protest President Joe Biden’s lockstep support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, encouraging voters to write in “cease-fire” on their New Hampshire presidential primary ballots. The effort adds the most divisive issue in Democratic politics to an already confusing stew in Tuesday’s … Read more