Israel says moving ahead with Rafah operation in Gaza

 

April 24, 2024. Posted by  Periscope - Hellas

 

Israel said Wednesday it is "moving ahead" with its planned operation to attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite international outcry over fears for the 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering there.

Cyprus wants 'as many boats as possible' to bring aid to Gaza

 

Mar 21, 2024. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cyprus hopes as “many boats as possible” will leave its shores to take aid to Gaza as a second ship waits to depart from Larnaca, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Thursday.

January 28 - Detained Palestinians were filmed kneeling on the ground, with bare feet and blindfolded and handcuffed

 

Jan 28, 2024. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The Israel Defense Forces announced today that the men were "suspected of terrorist activities" and that they were arrested in Gaza and transferred to Israel for further investigation.

 

What is Israel up to in Gaza?

 

Jan 2, 2024. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

As Israel carries out its continuous campaign in Gaza, the recent announcement of withdrawing troops has gained attention. It is being reported that the decision to discharge five combat brigades has received support from the United States. 

70 Palestinians killed in violent Israeli aerial bombardment in past 12 hrs

Gaza under Israeli strikes – file

Dec 28, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cairo.

 Palestinian press sources confirmed that more than 70 Palestinians were killed during the past 12 hours, in a violent aerial bombardment by Israeli warplanes in the northern, central and southern Gaza Strip.

 

UN agency reports loss of 142 employees in Gaza

 

Dec 26, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) reported the death of 142 of its staffers in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.

Egypt’s Arish airport received 331 humanitarian aid planes since Gaza war started

 

FILE – India sends humanitarian aid bound for Gaza to Arish International Airport

Dec 22, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cairo.

North Sinai's El-Arish International Airport has received 331 planes carrying thousands of tons of relief aid, ambulances, field hospitals, and necessary equipment bound for Gaza since the start of the Israeli war on the strip.

Israeli army says it 'mistakenly' killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza

 

Dec 15, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

The Israeli army said its troops shot and killed three hostages on Friday, December 15, after "mistakenly" identifying them as a threat. 

France says working to get AFP journalists out of Gaza

 

Dec 14, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

France said today it was concerned about the heavy toll among journalists covering the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and it was pushing to get Agence France-Presse reporters out of the Gaza Strip.

20 Israeli soldiers killed in 'friendly fire'

 

Dec 12, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that 20 soldiers were killed in 'friendly fire,' 13 of which were killed in shooting accidents in Gaza since the start of the ground operation, Anadolu Agency reported.

Israel justifies arrests of Palestinians after images showing stripped men detained in Gaza

 

An Israeli army truck carrying naked Palestinian detainees in the Gaza Strip, December 8, 2023. YOSSI ZELIGER / REUTERS

Dec 11, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Israel responded to the fierce criticism provoked by degrading photographs and videos showing dozens of naked men, some of them blindfolded, captured by the Israeli army on December 7.

EU's Borrell: Gaza destruction worse than in WWII Germany

Dec 11, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

The situation in Gaza is "catastrophic, apocalyptic", with destruction proportionally "even greater" than that which Germany experienced in World War II, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said Monday.

Israel-Gaza war: Half of Gaza's population is starving, warns UN

 

Young children take shelter inside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis

Dec 9, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

A senior UN aid official has warned that half of Gaza's population is starving, as fighting there continues.

FMs of Egypt, Jordan, KSA, Qatar urge categorical US position on protecting Gaza civilians

 

Dec 8, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Cairo.

The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar have highlighted the important role of the United States, as a permanent member of the Security Council, to put an end to the war in Gaza and stop the continued Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians.

Israeli strike on two north Gaza schools kills 50, injures hundreds

 

A Palestinian paramedic that was wounded during Israeli bombardment is helped onto a stretcher at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 4, 2022. AFP

Dec 4, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Israeli jet fighters barbarously bombarded two schools providing shelter to displaced people in the al-Darraj neighbourhood of Gaza, killing at least 50 people and leaving hundreds wounded, according to sources on the ground.

Arab states, EU agree on need for two-state solution after Israel-Gaza war

 

Nov 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

Barcelona, Spain.

Arab states and the EU agreed on Monday (27 November) that a two-state solution should be the answer to the Israel-Palestine conflict, with EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell saying the Palestinian Authority should rule Gaza after the war.

French navy ship arrives in Egypt to treat Gaza wounded

Nov 27, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

A French warship arrived Monday in the Egyptian town of El-Arish near the border with the conflict-torn Gaza Strip to serve as a hospital for wounded civilians, a port source said.

Humanitarian Truce in Gaza to Begin Tomorrow at 7 am

 

Nov 23, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

The humanitarian truce in Gaza will start tomorrow at 7 am, and the first round of the hostage exchange deal at 4 pm, Egyptian media outlets cited the Qatari Foreign Minister.

 

U.N. secretary-general 'deeply shocked' over attacks on schools

 

A damaged UNRWA school in Al-Maghazi, Gaza, on Oct. 18.

Nov 19, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Sunday he was “deeply shocked,” by strikes on two UNRWA schools in less than 24 hours.

Gaza, West Bank should be 'reunited' under Palestinian Authority: Biden

US President Joe Biden addresses the CEO summit at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders Week in San Francisco, California, on November 16, 2023. AFP

Nov 19, 2023. Posted by  Balkan Periscope - Hellas

 

Gaza and the West Bank should eventually be "reunited" under a new Palestinian Authority, US President Joe Biden said in an opinion piece published Saturday.