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 MoreRelatives ‘surprised and shocked’ after 68-year-old Gaza woman’s Australian visa cancelled on security grounds.
Palestinian Australian advocates call for transparency after home affairs department cancels visa of Fatma Almassri, a diabetic living in a displaced persons’ camp, without warning. A 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill health has had her temporary visa cancelled on the grounds that she poses a risk to Australia’s national security. Fatma Almassri, whose 27 children […]
Read MorePro Palestine camps spread to 40 US campuses, with hundreds arrested
At least 40 pro-Palestine protest camps have arisen across US campuses following Columbia University’s example earlier this month. While many remain provocative though peaceful, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment by their institutions from companies with ties to Israel, hundreds of students and outside protesters have been arrested, and there have been some fierce […]
Read MoreProtests loom as Australian aid worker shot at in Gaza
Protesters are set to take to the streets in support of Palestine after a fraught week in Australian politics. Rallies are scheduled for Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra on Saturday as concerns grow over the plight of civilians in Gaza. Former journalist turned UNICEF worker Tess Ingram was shot at on Tuesday while attempting to deliver […]
Read MoreIranian attack on Israel expected ‘sooner rather than later’, says Joe Biden
Joe Biden has said he expects an Iranian attack on Israel “sooner rather than later” and issued a last-ditch message to Tehran: “Don’t.” “We are devoted to the defence of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” Biden told reporters on Friday. Earlier the White House national […]
Read MoreIsrael to allow more aid into Gaza
WASHINGTON: Israel has confirmed it is allowing more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, just hours after President Biden said future US support for the war on Hamas depended on Israel taking more action to protect civilians and aid workers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the plans. They include reopening a key border […]
Read MoreUS looking at report that Israel used AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza
Washington: The United States was looking into a media report that the Israeli military has been using artificial intelligence to help identify bombing targets in Gaza, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told CNN. Kirby, in the CNN interview on Thursday (Washington-time), said the US had not verified the content of the media report […]
Read MoreIsrael must ‘come clean’ on killing of Gaza aid workers, says White House
Washington: The US says it is outraged by the Israeli airstrike that killed several aid workers delivering food to starving people in Gaza, declaring Israel’s military must “come clean” on what happened and demanding full accountability for the tragedy. One American was among the seven identified victims so far, alongside Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, […]
Read MoreYes, Prince William is outspoken. He may be a royal but he’s also a millennial
“Everyone is horrified by what they’re seeing. It’s really horrifying. The news every day, it’s just, it’s almost unfathomable,” the Prince of Wales said as he waded into controversial waters about a war in a foreign land. This wasn’t his statement from Tuesday, though, in which he spoke of the horrors of the situation in […]
Read MoreUS says claims UN aid staff took part in Hamas attack ‘credible’
A new US intelligence assessment found it is likely some employees of a UN agency that distributes aid to Palestinians took part in Hamas’s October 7 assault on Israel, but says it can’t verify Israeli allegations that a larger number of UN workers have links to militant groups. Washington and other Western capitals last month […]
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