A month after the outbreak of the war between Israel and Hamas, the death toll now exceeds 11,000 – of them 4,000 Gazan children -, to which must be added 241 Israeli hostages, almost 30,000 wounded, 1,700,000 displaced, a strip of Gaza divided in two and devastated by bombings and aid from the international community […]
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Israel surrounds Gaza City, separating north from south
Israel made a “significant and expanded” advance into Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday, surrounding the Gaza city in its entirety and attacking targets above and below ground, said army spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. “As of today, northern Gaza is separated from the south,” Hagari said. A humanitarian corridor remains open for residents to flee south, […]
Iran asks Pope to use his influence to stop ‘genocide of the century’ in Gaza
The president of IranEbrahim Raisí, asked this Sunday in a telephone conversation to Pope Francisco to use his influence in the West to stop the war in Loopwhich he described as “the greatest genocide of the century”. “The president appreciated the position of the Catholic leader on the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza […]
UN warns that the Gaza Strip is suffering a new telecommunications blackout
The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) warned today that the Gaza Strip is suffering a new telecommunications blackoutthe third in the last ten days, with the consequent difficulties for the organization to contact the members of its team in the Palestinian enclave. “The Gaza Strip is currently experiencing a communications blackout. “UNRWA cannot communicate […]
Biden receives Latin American leaders while US attention is on Israel
Seven Latin American leaders will meet this Friday with the US president, Joe Bidento discuss increased economic investments and historical levels of migration in the region. At a time when United States foreign policy is focused on the conflicts in Israel and Ukraine, Biden pauses to listen to the members of the Alliance for Economic […]
Foreign Ministry condemns attack on refugee camp in northern Gaza
The Chancellery Peru condemned the attacks by the Peruvian Defense Forces Israel against the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, which caused hundreds of deaths, and expressed its deep concern about the serious worsening of the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Through a statement, he noted that Peru condemns and will condemn violence wherever […]
The Pope fears an escalation in the Middle East: “It would be the end of many things”
He Pope Francisco This Wednesday, he expressed his fear of the “possibility” of a global escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and insisted on the “wise solution” of the two states between Israel and Palestine. “It would be the end of many things and many lives. I think that human wisdom stops these […]
Israel bombs Gaza refugee camp to eliminate Hamas leader
Israel continued its ground offensive on Saturday in Loop and bombed a refugee camp, in an action that according to Hamas left dozens dead, “eliminate” to a leader of the Islamist organization involved in the deadly attack on October 7 in Israeli territory. According to the Ministry of Health of Hamas, in power in the […]
Significant material damage to the only hospital that treats cancer patients in Gaza
The only health center that cares for cancer patients in the Gaza Stripcontrolled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamassuffered significant material damage this Monday after an Israeli attack. The director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, Subhi Sekik, said in a statement that this is the second attack against the center and that it has caused […]
The aid system for Gaza is “doomed to failure,” warns the UN
The current aid system Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing is “doomed to failure”, the director of the agency warned on Monday UN for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), who denounced the “collective punishment” tax by Israel. “Let us be clear: the handful of convoys authorized through Rafah are nothing compared to the needs of more […]