Author: ALJAZEERA

“Shoulders!” I begged. “Shoulders! Shoulders!” As a child, I loved to ride on my father’s shoulders. Sitting up there, I rubbed the bald spot on his head. “From seeing too much,” he explained of the hair loss. Then, I poked at the small crater the size of my thumb just above his right shoulder. “Daddy, tell me the story again,” I asked, “of how you were shot.” Later, I would retell the story to every elementary school friend – and stranger – who would listen. The story was set in March 2002 on a street in Ramallah that I couldn’t…

In a bid to keep Palestinian culture alive, children sheltering in Rafah, southern Gaza, have created stunning pictures of historical buildings destroyed in the seven-month Israel-Palestine war. The youngsters – whose smiling faces belie the horrors they are experiencing – pose with striking images of Qasr al-Basha and Omari Mosque, both of which now lie in ruins in Gaza City. For many taking part in the art sessions funded by the United Kingdom charity Christian Aid and run by Palestinian partner Culture and Free Thought Association, it is the first time they have picked up a pencil or crayon in…

Qatar calls attack that killed at least 40 Palestinians a ‘grave violation of international laws’ and UN special rapporteur urges sanctions on Israel.Several countries and global organisations have condemned the Israeli air attack on tents housing displaced people in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah that killed at least 40 Palestinians, including many children. The Palestinian presidency on Monday accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians, joining a chorus of worldwide condemnation following the attack. (Al Jazeera) “The perpetration of this heinous massacre by the Israeli occupation forces is a challenge to all international legitimacy resolutions,” the Palestinian presidency said in a…

The Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza says the death toll from an overnight Israeli attack on the tents of displaced Palestinians in Rafah has risen to 45 as the attack sparks condemnation across the Arab and Western world. In scenes grimly familiar from a war in its eighth month, Palestinian families on Monday rushed to hospitals to prepare their dead for burial after the Sunday night attack set tents and rickety shelters ablaze. Women wept as men held prayers beside bodies in shrouds. “The whole world is witnessing Rafah getting burned up by Israel and no one is doing anything…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – Sadeel Hamdan was just about six weeks old when Israel launched its relentless war on Gaza. Now she lies silently on a paediatric hospital bed in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital – weak, intubated, her belly swollen and skin jaundiced. Three months ago, doctors managed to get her name on a list of patients who badly needed to leave Gaza for treatment overseas. But then, just days before she was to be evacuated, Israel invaded Rafah and closed the only crossing available for the sick to leave the besieged enclave, trapping Sadeel and many others. Abdul Majeed, struggling…

NewsFeedHamas armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, have launched a barrage of missiles from southern Gaza towards Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Israel’s military says its Iron Dome air defence system intercepted most of the rockets.Published On 26 May 202426 May 2024 Source link

NewsFeedIsrael has continued to bomb Rafah despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Friday that ordered Israel to halt its military operation in the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip.Published On 26 May 202426 May 2024 Source link

On April 24, Amna Homaid’s torn body lay in the rubble of a house in Shati camp, in the Western part of Gaza city, as rescuers tried to find survivors. An Israeli attack had struck the building, killing her and her eldest son Mahdi. Her brother and her other five children were injured but survived. Her death was added to the dark statistic of more than 140 journalists and medical workers murdered in Gaza by Israel’s genocidal onslaught, per the count maintained by the Gaza Media Office. This year – like last – more journalists have been killed from Palestine…

Women make up less than 20 percent of top earners in sector, university research finds.Women make up a smaller proportion of top earners in financial and professional services in the United Kingdom than before the COVID-19 pandemic, research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has found. Women made up 19.4 percent of the top 1 percent of earners in the sector on average between the first quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2023, down from 19.7 percent in the three years up to the first quarter of 2020, the research published on Monday showed.…

The Israeli army has said that eight rockets were fired from Gaza, targeting central Israel, including Tel Aviv.Hamas says it has launched rockets at Tel Aviv, prompting sirens to sound in the Israeli city for the first time in several months. The Israeli military said on Sunday that eight rockets were launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, where its forces have continued a ground assault despite an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt operations there. Israel’s air defence system intercepted several of them, the military said. Rafah is located around 100km (62 miles) south…