Surgeons who worked in European and al-Aqsa hospitals describe extensive wounds caused by ‘fragmentation’ shrapnel experts say is designed to maximize casualties
GENEVA (9 July 2024) – The recent deaths of more Palestinian children due to hunger and malnutrition leaves no doubt that famine has spread across the entire Gaza strip, a group of independent experts* said today.
14-year-old Ghassan Gharib Hussein Zahran was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the central occupied West Bank yesterday. (Photo: Courtesy of the Zahran family)
Germany’s liberal education minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has struggled to shake off calls to step down after an internal inquiry about cutting funding to academics based on their political positions went public. The ongoing scandal is illustrative of Germany’s uniquely restrictive approach to Israel and the war in Gaza.
Humanitarian workers in Gaza continue their operations in impossible conditions because there is no other choice.
Israeli soldiers describe the near-total absence of firing regulations in the Gaza war, with troops shooting as they please, setting homes ablaze, and leaving corpses on the streets — all with their commanders’ permission.
Dozens of Palestinians also injured in bombing of school in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, Government Media Office says.
In December, Israeli ground troops entered a Gaza apartment building filled with innocent people. Survivors told Al Jazeera that the soldiers left a “bloodbath” in their wake.
We are outraged and strongly condemn the killing of our colleague, Fadi Al-Wadiya, in an attack this morning in Gaza City, Palestine.
Amid a loosening of Israel’s approach to targeting, a record number of media workers have been killed in Gaza
