Washington backs truce Samer Al-Atrush – Hugh Tomlinson The US is growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand for “total victory” in the war in Gaza, saying Hamas will never be entirely eliminated. US security officials have warned that Israel would never completely destroy the terrorist group and that Israeli forces have […]
Read MoreHidden in Gaza’s tunnels for nearly a year, how does Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar communicate?
Fleeing from one underground complex to the next, Yahya Sinwar stays in close contact with his commanders using methods that could have come out of a spy manual, with hand written letters and ancient phone lines. Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar communicates with his commanders despite hiding underground for nearly a year. As critical ceasefire negotiations […]
Read MoreBaillieu library graffitied with Palestinian militants’ name
Vandals who attacked the University of Melbourne’s main library tagged it with the name of a militant Palestinian group that has claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the West Bank, in what terrorism experts and Jewish community leaders say is a worrying step-up in protest activity. Balaclava-clad activists this month broke into the Baillieu Library […]
Read More‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel
‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel The Age/Alisa Odenheimer/19.6.2024 New York: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the US must keep supplying weapons for its war against Hamas, accusing President Joe Biden of withholding arms as the country is “fighting for its life”. In an English-language video statement […]
Read MoreBattles rage in Rafah as Biden blames Hamas for truce delay
Israeli helicopters struck Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with militants reporting street battles in the southern Gazan city as US President Joe Biden called Hamas the “biggest hang-up” to another truce. Tensions were also soaring on Israel’s northern border, with more attacks by Hamas ally Hezbollah targeting military positions and a civilian reported killed in […]
Read MoreThe Israeli military likely killed more than a dozen of its own citizens during the October 7 Hamas attacks, a United Nations investigation has alleged.
The report by the UN commission investigating the attack on Israel and the subsequent war in Gaza documented “strong indications” that the “Hannibal Directive” was used in several instances that day, “harming Israelis at the same time as striking Palestinian militants”. The directive – officially revoked in 2016 – was put in place to prevent […]
Read MoreIn complicit Gaza, face of evil that of doctor and his son
When my phone buzzed last Saturday evening, I peered down and saw a mate had sent a short video clip of a woman whose face was vaguely familiar. She was embracing an older man. In a hospital maybe? Long dark hair. An open smile. Surely not – is that, is she? Noa’s ALIVE? I wrote […]
Read MoreAustralia supports push to admit Palestine as full United Nations member
Australia has supported Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations, splitting with our closest allies and defying the warnings of Israeli leaders in a historic vote. The UN General Assembly on Friday (local time) overwhelmingly backed a resolution that gives Palestine new rights to participate in the body and pushes the […]
Read MoreThe costs of Israel’s war in Gaza are astronomical. Could Benjamin Netanyahu end it even if he wanted to?
Seven months of war in Gaza, more than 36,000 people confirmed dead, 1.7 million displaced, an alleged famine and a public health catastrophe — those are the results of Hamas’ October 7 attack and Israel’s retaliation. In Gaza, there are 80,000 injured people, many with horrific, life-long wounds. Around 130 Israelis remain held hostage by […]
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas war: Gaza baby saved from dying mother’s womb dies
A baby saved from her dying mother’s womb in the war-battered Gaza Strip Gaza Strip has died, her uncle told AFP. Sabreen al-Ruh was the only surviving member of her immediate family after she was delivered by Caesarean section while her mother lay fatally wounded from an Israeli air strike at the weekend. The Emirati […]
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