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 Greta Thunberg has hit back at claims that the flotilla of Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ships she is on is a “publicity stunt”. The Swedish activist is one…
Shorouk Express Humanitarian charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) suspended its services in Gaza City Friday after Israeli forces encircled its clinics. There are hundreds of thousands trapped in the city, MSF said. Israel has so far defied pressure to end the conflict, with a growing number of states recognizing a Palestinian state. Addressing the U.N….
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 Israel’s defence minister declared that “Gaza is burning” on Tuesday after his forces launched a ground offensive across Gaza City, with Palestinian officials reporting a heavy aerial…
Shorouk Express Rubio said earlier this week that French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize Palestinian statehood had blown any chance of successful ceasefire talks between Israel and the Hamas militant group, echoing similar accusations made last month. Hamas walked away from negotiations “the minute, the day that the French announced their thing,” according to…
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 Time has run out for Gaza and for all those forced to endure the apocalyptic hell that is the remains of the besieged Strip. The only way…
Shorouk Express Ribera, during a speech at Sciences Po on Thursday, became the highest-level official from an EU institution to use the term “genocide” in reference to Israel’s war on Gaza. “The genocide in Gaza exposes Europe’s failure to act and speak with one voice, even as protests spread across European cities and 14 U.N….
Shorouk Express After a slight delay due to poor weather conditions, the Global Sumud Flotilla set sail from Barcelona, Spain, on 1 September in hopes of breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza. According to organizers, this is “the largest humanitarian mission in history,” bringing together dozens of ships and hundreds of activists from more than 40…
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 Israeli forces have pounded the suburbs of Gaza City from the air and ground, destroying homes and driving more families out of the area as Prime Minister…
Shorouk Express U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres reacted to the new offensive with dismay in a post on social media Thursday, urging Israel “to avoid the massive death and destruction that a military operation against Gaza would inevitably cause.” More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its offensive following Hamas militants’ Oct. 7,…
Shorouk Express Before October 2023, acute flaccid paralysis was “something strange and very rare,” with one or two cases turning up each year, al-Farra said. But in the last three months, according to al-Farra, doctors have seen nearly 100 cases. Lab samples sent to Jordan and Israel were positive for enterovirus, a group of bugs…
