Thursday, April 25, 2024

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Half of Gaza’s population ‘starving’, food relief a ‘drop in the ocean’ of need: WFP

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has said half of Gaza’s population – estimated to be some 2.3 million people – are starving.

After Columbia, Pro-Palestine protests expand to major US universities

Students of major universities in the United States have launched pro-Palestinian protests demanding divestment from companies involved in...

Leicester Ram Navami procession: Muslim groups seek police action against Hindutva mob for Islamophobic chants

Multiple Muslim organisations lodged complaints with Leicestershire police seeking action against a Hindutva mob for their Islamophobic chants raised during Ram Navami procession.

Setback for BJP as foreign parliamentarians demand action on human rights violations in India

Parliamentarians from several countries have come together to express their profound concern over escalating human rights violations in India.

Two days after Israeli forces pronounced him dead, Abu Shujaa appears ‘alive’ in Tulkarm

Earlier this week, Israeli occupation forces carried out a brutal three-day raid of Tulkarm's Nour Shams refugee camp. During the onslaught, Israeli soldiers carried out mass arrests to end rebellious movements in the occupied West Bank.

Iran’s IRGC seizes ‘Israeli-linked’ ship

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Iran has seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions across the region after a deadly Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria.

Ireland close to formally recognising Palestinian state: PM

Ireland’s new prime minister, Simon Harris, says his nation is close to formally recognising a Palestinian state and would like to do so in concert with Spain and other like-minded countries.
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India to send 6,000 construction workers to Israel amid Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza

Over 6,000 construction workers from India are set to arrive in Israel during April and May, announced the Israeli government on Wednesday amidst the ongoing war on Gaza.

13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in Gaza Strip: Euro-Med Monitor

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor on Thursday said it estimates that over 13,000 Palestinians are either missing under debris, buried in indiscriminate mass graves, or forcibly disappeared in Israeli prisons and detention facilities, where...
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“We will not sit back, our arms folded, as another genocide is perpetrated in our lifetime…”: South African president on Eid day

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa says that after more than 70 years “of discrimination, oppression and apartheid”, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip “are now faced with genocide”.

On Eid eve, Israel bombs central Gaza killing 14 in refugee camp

An Israeli air strike has killed at least 14 Palestinians, including four children, in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Gaza Civil Defense says. They were preparing to rejoice [in] the arrival of Eid.
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“On Eid, we are burying more of our beloved”: Voice notes from Gaza

“Eid this time will just be about burying more of our beloved,” says Abubakar, a resident of Gaza who has survived six months of genocide by Israel. The besieged...

Prominent Palestinian prisoner Walid Abu Daqqa dies in Israeli custody

On Monday, long-term Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa, who was suffering from cancer, died aged 62 in an Israeli hospital, according to the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs. Palestinian novelist and...
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Israel currently detaining 200 Palestinian children: Prisoners group

The Palestinian Prisoners Society has said that 200 Palestinian children, including 23 from Gaza, are being held in Israeli prisons.

New York City to pay $17.5 million for forcing to remove hijab for mug shots

New York City on Friday agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit by two Muslim-American women who said the police violated their rights after arresting them by...
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India abstains from UN Human Rights Council resolutions calling to halt all arms sales to Israel

India was among 13 countries that abstained as the UN Human Rights Council on Friday adopted a resolution calling for Israel to be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes...

Israel brought ‘relentless death and destruction’ to Gaza, says UN chief marking six months of war

Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has brought “relentless death and destruction” to Palestinians in the strip, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a speech marking six months since...
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