A battle is playing out in the realm of public opinion on Israel’s war on Gaza. While demonstrations have taken place across the globe in solidarity with Palestinians, there have been campaigns to silence critics of Israel’s actions. Commentators, academics and even common citizens have reported increasing threats and retaliation for expressing their views or … Read more
Delegates from the Palestinian militant group Hamas met with Russian officials in Moscow on Thursday, state-run media reported, citing Russia’s Foreign Ministry. “I can confirm that representatives of the [Hamas] Palestinian movement are visiting Moscow,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a weekly briefing. Moscow had not previously announced plans for talks with the … Read more
More women and children among the dead than men in Gaza, according to Palestinian health ministry. At least 20 Palestinian journalists have been killed since Israel’s bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip began on October 7, and the family of an Al Jazeera correspondent was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli air raid. The majority … Read more
Divisions among UN Security Council members have prevented the passage of a binding resolution. Diplomatic attempts to end Israel’s war on Gaza have so far failed. Calls for a ceasefire, an end to Israel’s bombardment of Palestinian homes and Hamas’s release of all the captives held in Gaza have gone unanswered. On Tuesday, the UN … Read more
Power supply in the Gaza Strip plummeted By October 16, most sectors in the Gaza Strip had experienced a 90 percent drop in power availability since October 6. Average nighttime brightness of Gaza in naowatts by area Lighting lost in the Gaza Strip Before the “complete siege” Sept. 14 After the “complete siege” Oct. 11 … Read more
The 23-year-old was found to have gambled on matches involving his former club AC Milan before he joined Newcastle United in July. Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali will be banned from football for 10 months over breaches of rules on betting on matches in Italy, the head of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has said. … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel was “preparing for a ground incursion” of the Gaza Strip, but said he “won’t specify” when or how the incursion would happen. The public was not aware of many details, he said, “and that’s the way it is supposed to be.” In a call with Netanyahu … Read more
Israel has agreed, for now, to a request from the U.S. to delay its expected ground invasion of Gaza so the Pentagon can place air defenses in the region to protect U.S. troops, according to U.S. officials and people familiar with the Israeli planning. The Pentagon is rushing to deploy nearly a dozen air-defense systems … Read more
Media network condemns ‘indiscriminate assault’ by Israeli forces. Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh’s family members: The Al Jazeera Media Network extends its sincere condolences and sympathy to our colleague Wael Al-Dahdouh on the loss of his family in an Israeli airstrike. The indiscriminate assault by the … Read more
Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Amazon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region’s worst drought in more than a century. Some rock carvings had been sighted before but now there is a greater variety that will help researchers establish their … Read more