Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025 Hundreds of Palestinians have fled Gaza City, piling their few remaining possessions onto pick-up trucks and donkey carts as Israel’s deadly bombings and forced displacement campaign intensify in the area. Families fleeing the Israeli military’s relentless bombardment have begun setting up makeshift tents amid miserable conditions in an…
“No mountain or ocean can distance people who have shared aspirations,” China’s President Xi Jinping said in July 2024, addressing leaders from fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states, and a few other nations, in Astana, Kazakhstan. At the time, the ancient Chinese saying in Xi’s speech seemed over the top, and divorced from reality: Narendra…
In a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday (August 27), UK Ambassador to the UN, Barbara Woodward, described the famine in Gaza City as “entirely man-made” and a “moral outrage.” She called on Israel to promptly lift its restrictions on aid to the region. Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine,…
UN officials and aid agencies have warned that famine in Gaza is now a reality, with children increasingly dying of hunger as Israel’s siege and bombardment continue to block essential, life-saving aid. In a stark address to the UN Security Council on Wednesday, officials said famine and widespread hunger in the besieged enclave are “engineered”…
The Palestinian group says no fighters were killed in the Israeli military’s double-tap attack on Nasser Hospital. Hamas has said that none of the 21 people killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital was a member of the Palestinian movement, after the Israeli military claimed it had targeted a Hamas surveillance camera and killed…
Hamas agreed to the proposal, which was put forward by mediators Egypt and Qatar more than 10 days ago. Israel seems “unwilling to reach an agreement” as it has not yet responded to the ceasefire proposal agreed by Hamas earlier this month, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson of mediator Qatar said. While Qatar pledged to continue…
United Nations official says Palestinians in Gaza are experiencing ‘hell in all shapes’ as Israel steps up its Gaza City assault. Bones and skin are all that is left of seven-year-old Mai Abu Arar. The Palestinian girl is one of tens of thousands of children facing malnutrition in Gaza as Israel’s man-made famine deepens with…
Health authorities say eight more people, including two children, die from malnutrition after famine declared in Gaza. At least 37 Palestinians, including 10 seeking aid, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as health authorities in the besieged territory recorded eight more deaths from malnutrition amid a deepening hunger…
Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread across the enclave, a United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has said. On Friday, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system said 514,000 people, close to a quarter of Palestinians in Gaza, are experiencing famine, with the number due to…
A United Nations-backed global hunger monitor has determined that famine is now occurring in Gaza City and its surrounding area. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) had previously warned that Gaza was on the verge of famine, but now says for the first time that the events of the past few months – including…