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Civil defence says other bodies remain under rubble after partial withdraw of Israeli forces from Tal al-Hawa, Shujayea.The bodies of dozens of Palestinians have been retrieved from the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood after Israeli forces withdrew from parts of Gaza City, Palestinian rescue workers have said. “The Gaza civil defence teams moved in to rescue survivors. They found dozens killed. Most of those killed are families, women, and children. Some bodies were eaten by dogs,” Gaza’s civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal said on Friday. “At least 60 bodies were counted. Some bodies were buried on the spot. Others were taken to…

Deir el-Balah, Gaza and London, United Kingdom – Israa Saleh, a petite and softly spoken Palestinian doctor who wears a colourful hijab, has mourned for months. Her colleague Maisara al-Rayyes was killed in November when an Israeli air strike flattened his family home in Gaza City. His remains are still under the rubble. Saleh described al-Rayyes, who like her was awarded a prestigious Chevening scholarship by the British government, as a “brother”. “I still grieve over the loss,” she told Al Jazeera in Deir el-Balah, the central Gaza city she has fled to having been displaced 10 times in the…

Gaza City – My daughter Lya was just shy of seven months old when Israel’s war on Gaza began. She was born on March 19, 2023, two years after my husband, Mohammed, and I were married. It hadn’t been easy to conceive, and we were overjoyed to have Lya. From those early newborn days, I carefully considered everything that Lya would need, from her clothes to toys to later experimenting with recipes for the food that would nourish her. I had been adamant about breastfeeding for six months before introducing solid foods, wanting Lya to benefit from my milk as she…

NewsFeedThe number of Palestinians who are bulldozing their own homes has doubled, amid a surge in Israeli-ordered demolitions on occupied Palestinian territory. Homeowners say Israeli authorities are using the focus on Gaza to escalate occupation.Published On 12 Jul 202412 Jul 2024 Source link

NewsFeedTwo young Palestinian therapists are making prosthetic limbs out of scrap wood to help amputees in Gaza. Source link

NewsFeedSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said NATO should make clear it does not have “double standards” with regards to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. He also urged a permanent cease fire in Gaza to alleviate the “humanitarian catastrophe” there.Published On 11 Jul 202411 Jul 2024 Source link

Where is Gaza? Gaza is a coastal strip of land roughly twice the size of Washington, DC. It runs along the Mediterranean, surrounded on three sides by Israel and one end bordering Egypt’s Sinai. What’s the population? About 2.3 million people. Many are descendants of Palestinians who were ethnically cleansed from their homes by Zionist militias to make way for the creation of Israel in 1948 – the Nakba. They fled to Gaza, which was under Egypt’s control at the time. How did Israel capture Gaza? Israel occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza during the 1967 war. The…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israeli ground offensive leaves Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood unliveable with 85 percent of homes reported destroyed in fighting described as fiercest battles of war so far. Source link

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says US ‘will wind down pier operations’ in ‘relatively short order’.The United States has said it will soon end operations from its pier designed to increase the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip amid Israel’s continuing war. The $230m pier has repeatedly been detached from the shore because of weather conditions since its initial installation in mid-May, and the project also faced problems with the distribution of assistance due to conditions onshore. “I do anticipate that in relatively short order, we will wind down pier operations,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told journalists…

Disruption to food supplies hits both wealthy and poor nations.Climate change is disrupting food production and supply worldwide. Crops, fruit, livestock and transport are all affected. It could lead to higher inflation, as well as food security threats. What are the implications for people around the world? Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam Guests:George Monbiot – Environmental and political activist Carin Smaller – Executive director of the Shamba Centre for Food and Climate Thin Lei Win – Food systems and climate change journalist Source link