Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva today accused Israel of committing a “genocide” of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, likening it to the extermination of Jews by the Hitler regime. “What is happening in the Gaza Strip is not a war, it is a genocide,” Lula told reporters from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he … Read more
The angry reaction of Israeli politicians was caused by a statement by the head of the UN humanitarian affairs agency, Martin Griffiths, who said in an interview that Hamas “is not a terrorist organization, but a political movement.” “Shame on him,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on X, with his post accompanied by a … Read more
Three Israelis who were reported missing after the attack launched by Hamas on October 7 are being held hostage in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced today (4/1). “Three civilians who were reported as missing until now have been identified as hostages and their families have been informed,” military spokesman Daniel Hagari said. The … Read more
The Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Tamim al-Thani, called on the UN Security Council to put pressure on Israel and force it to return to the negotiating table with Hamas, in a speech at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Doha. Qatar recently mediated between the two warring sides to achieve a ceasefire in the … Read more
Three journalists were killed today Friday by Israeli airstrikes, the Hamas government that holds power in the Gaza Strip announced. One of the three journalists killed in the Gaza Strip is Mudassir al-Sawaf, a Palestinian cameraman working for Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency, which announced his death earlier today. In addition to Mundasir al-Sawaf, his … Read more
The exchange of prisoners and hostages between Hamas and Israel is expected to continue today as mediators have begun efforts to extend the truce. The situation in Gaza remains tragic. The deal brokered by Qatar, backed by Egypt and the US, and which came into force on Friday, has so far allowed the release of … Read more