Author: ALJAZEERA

Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of his destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place – where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he played with his five-year-old nieces, where he helped his one-year-old nephew take his first steps. His entire family is now dead – his parents, his two brothers, and the wife and three children of one of those brothers. The house, reduced to rubble came down on top of them in the barrage of air strikes that Israeli warplanes inflicted across Rafah before dawn on Monday. The attack was cover for an…

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Talks between the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a possible Gaza truce have ended without a breakthrough as calls grow for Israel to hold back its planned assault on the southern end of the enclave, where more than a million Palestinians are now displaced. In Cairo, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi held talks with CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani aimed at agreeing a truce, protecting civilians and delivering more aid into the enclave, Egypt’s state information service said on Tuesday. In a statement on its website, it…

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The UN’s top court ordered Israel to prevent destruction in Gaza.Israel’s war has laid waste to the Gaza Strip. Eighty-five percent of the population has been displaced. Much of the vital infrastructure is so badly damaged that experts say it will take decades to rebuild. An order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) states Israel must take action to prevent acts of genocide and must ensure the delivery of aid to civilians in Gaza. But the military has largely ignored the ruling and, if anything, has intensified its bombing campaign. What can be done to force Israel to comply?…

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Before Elon Musk announced that he would pour billions into building his largest Tesla plant in the industrial outpost of Monterrey, Mexico, United States trade winds were already shifting south. In late 2022, Mexico’s Economy Minister Raquel Buenrostro Sánchez said that 400 companies had expressed interest in relocating from Asia to Mexico. New industrial parks were popping up, many driven by Asian money, and the investments were raining down. By June 2023, some $13bn in investments had been secured, according to Mexico’s secretary of finance and public credit, most for auto or auto parts manufacturers. New numbers from the US…

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World Court asked to order additional emergency measures ahead of an assault on Gaza city crammed with displaced people.South Africa says it has asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in the Gaza Strip into the densely populated southern city of Rafah requires additional emergency measures to protect Palestinians. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month ordered Israel to take all measures within its power to prevent its troops from committing genocide against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip in a case brought by South Africa. Israel has denied all allegations of genocide…

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