Sarcastically, his school is called “The Martyrs School of Port Said”. An even a more cynical fact, his name is Islam and his killer is a seemingly – and by seemingly I mean he has a long beard and a terrifying expression on his face – religious prestigious teacher. This […]
A semblance of normal life returned to Ghaza on Tuesday as a 72-hour truce entered its second day and negotiators sat down in Cairo to seek a permanent end to hostilities. The enclave was quiet following days of Egyptian-brokered mediation to stem violence which has killed at least 1,940 Palestinians […]
On 20 July Salem Shamaly went looking for injured members of his family in Shujaiya, a densely populated suburb in the eastern part of Gaza City. During his search the 23-year-old, also known as “man in the green shirt”, was fatally shot as he strayed into the sights of an […]
Israel on Tuesday completed the withdrawal of all troops from Gaza as a 72-hour humanitarian truce went into effect following intense global pressure to end the bloody offensive. Israeli military offensive on Gaza has caused 1,879 deaths so far, while nearly 10,000 Palestinians have been injured. Army spokesman Peter Lerner told […]
Israeli airstrikes and shelling killed 37 people across the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said the dead — which includes 10 members of a single family in Rafah — brought the total death toll to 1,753, with nearly 10,000 injured and a quarter of the […]
Israeli forces continued its assault on Ghaza for a 26th day on Saturday, killing over 67 Palestinians as the overall death toll reaches at least 1,686 while over 9,000 are injured. At least 35 of the Palestinians killed overnight were slain in Rafah, a day after an incident in the southern city […]
100 were killed in Ghaza on Friday bringing the total in Israel’s assault to at least 1,619 as well as nearly 9,000 injured, one of the deadliest sustained campaigns against Palestinians in recent history.Many more are believed to be dead but stuck under the rubble of destroyed buildings, and thus as […]
Four hours after the 72 hour ceasefire deal went into effect, Israeli authorities said they were calling off the ceasefire citing violations from Hamas. In fresh airstrikes 8 Palestinians lost theirs lives, taking today’s death toll to 40 while at least 200 are injured. The humanitarian ceasefire went into effect […]
Ghaza sees no letup in bloodshed with over 39 Palestinians killed on Thursday, raising the overall Palestinian toll to 1,435. On Wednesday, almost 137 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, including 19 who died in a strike on a crowded market place and another 17 at the UN school. Despite all this, […]
At least 107 Palestinians have been killed and 200 injured in Israeli attacks since midnight Wednesday on the 23rd day of the Ghaza offensive, taking the death toll to 1341.Early in the day, the most devastating attack took lives of at least 23 people when an Israeli artillery shell hit a UN […]
