Israeli warplanes struck parts of the Gaza Strip in relentless bombardment on Saturday, hitting some of the dwindling bits of land it had told Palestinians to evacuate to in the territory’s south. The strikes came a day after the United States vetoed a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza, despite its wide support. […]
Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday, appeared close to a deal to temporarily halt their devastating six-week war for exchange of dozens of hostages on either side. But as Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. “We are […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry, on Saturday, said 39 children in the care ward of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza are currently facing imminent death threat due to severe shortage of oxygen. The ministry said in a distressing statement that this critical situation unfolded alongside Israeli forces’ barrage of air and artillery attacks on the hospital. The […]
Israeli airstrikes hit two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday, killing scores of people, health officials said. The strikes came as the U.S. keeps urging Israel to take a humanitarian pause from its relentless bombardment of Gaza and rising civilian deaths. U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, travelled to Ramallah in the […]
European climate activists have staged protests against Israel and posted messages in support of Palestinians as the occupying regime continues its vicious bombardment of Gaza. Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion, on Monday, occupied the entrance to the International Criminal Court. They are saying Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had committed “war crimes” and presided over […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry, on Thursday, released the names of 7,028 people who died in the Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip. This is coming a day after U.S. President Joe Biden questioned the death toll since the war began on Oct. 7. Biden told reporters at the A mourner reacts amidst the bodies […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Thousands of Nigerians under the aegis of the Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) rallied at the weekend in Lagos to call on the United Nations to ask Israel to cease its bombing of Gaza and other areas. They lament that the indiscriminate destructions have brought horror not just to the Palestinians but […]
Palestinian administrative detainee, Omar Daraghmeh died mysteriously in Megiddo Prison Monday night, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced in a joint statement. They said the Israeli occupation arrested 58-year-old Daraghmeh with his son Hamza, on Oct. 9. The Israeli Occupation placed them under administrative detention – without […]
By Our Correspondent The Muslim Congress (TMC), has implored all people of conscience globally to extend humanitarian support towards victims of the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. The Amir (President) of the faith-based organisation, Alhaji AbdulWasiu Bangbala, made the call in a statement, on Friday, in Lagos. “We implore the Muslim Ummah and people of conscience worldwide […]