The flotilla with humanitarian aid for Loop has headed back to its base in Cyprus with a good part of the cargo undelivered, after the Israeli attack in which seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) died on Monday, sources from the operation informed EFE this Tuesday. . Before the attack, about […]
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Israel: 200 companies allow employees to take leave for anti-Netanyahu protests
The Business Forum of Israel announced this Sunday that it is giving its employees carte blanche to be absent from work and attend this week’s anti-government protests. ”This is an emergency and those who are interested should be allowed to participate in the democratic event,” indicated the forum, which guaranteed that there will be no […]
UN Commission lowers Arab growth forecast to 3.3% due to wars
The Economic and Social Commission of the UN for Western Asia (ESCWA, in English) this Wednesday reduced the growth forecasts of the Arab world for the current year to 3.3%, due to the effects derived from the war in Gaza or the conflict in Sudan. According to the Study of Economic and Social Development in […]
War in Gaza: The UN calls for eliminating “obstacles” for aid to enter
Bombings and fighting relentlessly plague Palestinianswhere the population is on the verge of famine due to the siege decreed by Israel since the start of the war with the Islamist movement Hamas. Given this situation, the secretary general of the UNAntonio Guterres, asked Israel to eliminate the “obstacles” for aid to enter the Strip. Loopbesieged […]
Russia and China veto first resolution where the US called for a ceasefire in Gaza
Russia and China This Friday they vetoed the first resolution of the Security Council of the UN in which USA called for an immediate ceasefire in Loopafter almost six months of war that has cost the lives of 32,000 people. The resolution was also rejected by Algeria, while Guyana abstained and the other eleven countries […]
Dying for a sack of flour or a box of milk: the other war caused in Gaza
In the Gaza StripPalestinian territory of 365 km2 at war since the attack Hamas On October 7, nothing enters or leaves without Israel’s permission: shipments of food, gasoline or medicine can take weeks, and if they do manage to enter, desperate Gazans or attacks make their distribution extremely difficult. Alaa Matar, 34, is originally from […]
UN: Israel commits war crime against Gaza population by driving them into famine
The UN This Tuesday he accused Israel loud and clear of committing a war crime against the population of Loop by depriving it of food to extremes that have led at least 210,000 people to famine in the north of the enclave, and have put more than 1.1 million Gazans at imminent risk of suffering […]
For Borrell, Gaza became the “largest open-air cemetery”
The Gaza Strip has been transformed into the largest open-air cemetery, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said this Monday before a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers. “Before the war, Gaza was the largest open-air prison. Now it is the largest open-air cemetery,” said the Spanish diplomat. “It is a cemetery.”for tens of […]
Israel maintains that “international pressure” will not stop the war in Gaza
From different countries it is already demanded that Israel respect international rights and that there be a ceasefire in LoopHowever, the prime minister Israeli, Benjamin Netanyahuhe said this Sunday, before meeting with the war cabinet in the face of a new round of truce negotiations in Gaza, which will not stop the war or call […]
Palestinians begin Ramadan amid growing hunger and no end to the war in sight
Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan on Monday at the start of the Islamic holy month, as ceasefire talks remained stalled and hunger worsened in the Gaza Strip, with no end in sight to five months of war between Israel and Hamas. Sunday night prayers were held outdoors among the ruins of demolished buildings. Some people […]