Shorouk Express It said the “tactical pause” in hostilities would only apply to non-combatant zones while operations would continue elsewhere, but it did not clarify which military activities were being suspended in those zones. Pressure has been growing on Israel to increase access to aid in the besieged enclave since it resumed its bombardment and…
Shorouk Express “We are already working urgently with the Jordanian authorities to get British aid on to planes and into Gaza,” he wrote. The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said earlier this week that Gaza is suffering from a “man-made” mass starvation because of an aid blockade into the territory. The…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch The UK is working with Jordan on plans to airdrop aid into Gaza and evacuate children needing medical assistance, Sir Keir Starmer has announced. But the UN…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Britain, France and Germany have demanded Israel “immediately lift restrictions on the flow of aid” into Gaza to ease the hunger crisis – but…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts have led to a huge reduction in overseas vaccine funding that could lead to an extra 365,000 deaths…
Shorouk Express Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email The UK has reduced funding to a global vaccine alliance that immunises millions of children by £400 million, amid a wider raft of foreign…
Shorouk Express Watch | Israeli government blasts Greta Thunberg and her ‘selfie yacht’ for ‘feeding her ego’ Israeli government blasts Greta Thunberg and her ‘selfie yacht’ for ‘feeding her ego’ The Israeli government has slammed a Gaza-bound ship carrying 12 activists, including Greta Thunberg, as a “selfie yacht” that exists simply to “feed her ego”….
Shorouk Express Katz was referring to the Madleen, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. The U.K.-flagged vessel left Italy earlier this month. The coalition described its mission as a “peaceful act of civil resistance,” aiming to deliver supplies for the people of Gaza, including baby formula, diapers, women’s sanitary products, water desalination kits, medical supplies,…
Shorouk Express Al-Awda Hospital said in a statement that it had received the body of a 42-year-old man and 29 people wounded near another GHF aid distribution point. The military said it fired warning shots in the area but did not see any casualties. A GHF spokesperson told the AP there was no violence in…
Shorouk Express The probe in France comes as international pressure grows on Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza amid fears of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel’s months-long bombing campaign and blockade has severely restricted access to food, water and medicine for civilians in the Palestinian enclave. The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza…
