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Most people probably don’t know this, but Wikipedia has a page called “List of Israeli assassinations”. It begins in July 1956 and stretches over 68 years until today. The majority on the list are Palestinians; among them are famous Palestinian leaders including Ghassan Kanafani of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; Fatah’s Khalil Ibrahim al-Wazir – also known as Abu Jihad; Hamas’s Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Fathi Shaqaqi. When looking at the long list, it is impossible not to notice that the number of assassinations and assassination attempts Israel has carried out over the years…

Crypto stocks, gun stocks and shares of other companies that could benefit from a Donald Trump presidency are up after an assassination attempt on the Republican candidate boosted expectations he would win the November election. Trump’s survival after he was shot in the ear during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday increased his already considerable lead in betting odds on Monday over United States President Joe Biden. On politics wagering website PredictIt, contracts for a Trump election victory traded at 68 cents on Monday, up from 60 cents on Friday, with a potential payout of $1. Contracts for a Biden victory…

NewsFeedIsrael can “kill 2.3 million people by simply claiming that it was to kill Hamas.” UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese and other critics say Israel’s deadly attack on an al-Mawasi tent camp is another example of using excessive force against Palestinian civilians in Gaza.Published On 15 Jul 202415 Jul 2024 Source link

The war debris contains unexploded ordnance, harmful substances and bodies, according to a UN report.The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) estimates that clearing the Gaza Strip of the rubble caused by Israel’s latest war on the Palestinian enclave will take 15 years. The agency on Monday said the cleanup would require the removal of 40 million tonnes of rubble, citing an assessment by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). “Debris poses a deadly threat for people in the Gaza Strip as it can contain unexploded ordnance and harmful substances,” UNRWA said, adding that its removal would…

NewsFeedPalestinians say at least 17 people have been killed in a new Israeli attack on a UN school shelter in Gaza. It’s the fifth bombing of a school packed with displaced people in only eight days.Published On 15 Jul 202415 Jul 2024 Source link

Spain were crowned European champions for a record fourth time as they brought to an end a rollercoaster month of football when they defeated England 2-1 in the Euro 2024 final. Hosts Germany were among the pretournament favourites alongside Qatar 2022 World Cup finalists France while big names, including Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, were making their final appearance at the competition. There was also controversy, politics and an unwanted record for defeated finalists England. Here are Al Jazeera’s top five Euro 2024 takeaways: Spain and Yamal tipped for World Cup after Euro dominance  Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams walk past…

The latest attack on a UN-run school in Nuseirat camp kills 17, wounds about 80.Israeli forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them, according to Palestinian officials, medics and rescuers. The latest attack on Sunday struck the United Nations-run Abu Oreiban school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 17 people and injuring about 80. Most of the victims were women and children, said Palestinian Civil Defence. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where some of those injured were brought, said he encountered…

Israeli forces have killed at least 17 people after it struck a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Gaza’s civil defence agency. More than 80 people were injured in Sunday’s attack on the UN-run Abu Oraiban school. It is the fifth attack on a school-turned-shelter in eight days. The Abu Oraiban school was housing “thousands of displaced people”, Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said, adding that most of the dead were women and children. The Israeli military said its air force “struck a number of terrorists who were operating in the area of UNRWA’s…

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – Looking from behind his counter on a recent Saturday afternoon, computer shop owner Goh Sook Lam surveyed the empty corridors of 3 Damansara shopping mall. Two levels down, shouts rang out from a taekwondo event on the ground floor of the once-popular shopping centre located on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. “You have a taekwondo competition downstairs, but who is coming up here?” Goh, 48, told Al Jazeera, standing beside longtime customer Rudi Sim, 48, his only spending patron so far for the day. “My regulars are my business. Walk-ins are less … Sometimes I can’t…

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Brazil’s President Lula condemns the ‘endless massacre’ in Gaza as successive Israeli attacks on school shelters and ‘safe zones’ kill hundreds of Palestinians. Source link