Switzerland looks to ban Hamas

Switzerland looks to ban Hamas

The Swiss government announced Wednesday it would bring forward a draft law by the end of February explicitly banning Hamas activities or support for the Palestinian militant group within Switzerland. “The Federal Council decided to draft a federal act banning Hamas, considering this to be the most appropriate response to the situation that has prevailed … Read more

Israel went through a ‘series of failures’, will objectively look into them and learn lessons: Senior advisor to PM Netanyahu

Israel went through a ‘series of failures’, will objectively look into them and learn lessons: Senior advisor to PM Netanyahu

Acknowledging a “series of failures” leading up to the massacre of 1,200 Israelis and some 240 others taken hostage by Hamas militants on October 7, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel will look into the failures and draw appropriate lessons. Mark Regev, a senior Adviser to Netanyahu said that … Read more

Yemen’s Houthis release video showing armed men seizing India-bound ‘Israeli-linked ship’; owner says vessel in Yemen’s Hodeidah port area

Yemen’s Houthis release video showing armed men seizing India-bound ‘Israeli-linked ship’; owner says vessel in Yemen’s Hodeidah port area

Houthi military helicopter hovers over the Galaxy Leader cargo ship as Houthi fighters walk on the ship’s deck in the Red Sea in this photo released November 20, 2023. Photo: Houthi Military Media/Handout via Reuters The Galaxy Leader commercial ship was “illegally boarded by military personnel via a helicopter” on Nov. 19 and is now … Read more

‘Not asking for the moon’: UN official pleads for Gaza ceasefire

‘Not asking for the moon’: UN official pleads for Gaza ceasefire

A top United Nations official on Friday renewed calls for a “humanitarian ceasefire” to allow aid to reach the 2.2 million people trapped in the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas. “Call it what you will, but the requirement, from a humanitarian point of view, is simple. Stop the fighting to allow civilians to move … Read more

Social media titans caught in Gaza storm over content

Social media titans caught in Gaza storm over content

Six weeks after the eruption of the war in Gaza with the attack by Hamas on Israel, social media platforms are still caught in the maelstrom, struggling to control content and withstand user fury. TikTok and X, formerly Twitter, were swept up in controversies this week, one involving an unearthing of a two-decade old screed … Read more

Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand

Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand

The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with shovels and iron bars and their bare hands. They are looking for the bodies of their children. Their parents. Their neighbors. All of them killed in Israeli missile strikes. The corpses … Read more

Gaza war ‘against existence of Palestinians’: Palestine President Abbas

Gaza war ‘against existence of Palestinians’: Palestine President Abbas

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. File | Photo Credit: AFP  Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on November 15 that Israel’s war with Hamas was “against the existence of Palestinians”, in a speech marking the 35th anniversary of the Palestinian declaration of independence. “It is a war against the existence of the Palestinians, against the Palestinian national … Read more

Largest Gaza hospital ‘not functioning’ amid Israeli assault

Largest Gaza hospital ‘not functioning’ amid Israeli assault

The largest hospital in Gaza has ceased to function and fatalities among patients are rising, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday, as a blistering Israeli assault continues in the Hamas-controlled strip. Hospitals in the north of the Palestinian enclave, including the al-Shifa complex, are blockaded by Israeli forces and barely … Read more

Israel targets Gaza tunnel network; UN, G7 call for humanitarian pause

Israel targets Gaza tunnel network; UN, G7 call for humanitarian pause

Gaza | Jerusalem: Air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed a Hamas weapons maker and several fighters, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, as its air and ground offensive targeted the militants’ tunnel network beneath the besieged Palestinian enclave. Gaza City, the Hamas militant group’s main stronghold in the territory, is encircled by Israeli forces. … Read more

Israel controls movement of men and material in and out of Gaza | Data

Israel controls movement of men and material in and out of Gaza | Data

A Palestinian man walks past shuttered shops during a general strike in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on October 18, 2023, a day after a rocket hit a Gaza hospital killing hundreds. | Photo Credit: AFP Two Data Points published last week explored the impoverished nature of the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, and how … Read more