Saudi foreign minister, UN chief discuss situation in Gaza

ARAB NEWS
December 07, 2023 

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan discussed on Wednesday the situation in Gaza with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the Kingdom’s Foreign Ministry said.

GCC leaders, President Erdogan accuse Israel of violations of international law in Gaza, demand end to occupation

ARAB NEWS
December 05, 2023

The 44th GCC Supreme Council meeting family photo. (SPA)

• Qatari Emir said his country was “constantly working to renew” Israel-Hamas truce
• Qatar FM said primary goal of GCC now to stop war in Gaza

RIYADH: Members of the GCC have condemned Israel for committing “clear violations” of international law and reitterated their demand for an end to the Israeli occupatiuon of the Palestinian territories.

ICC prosecutor vows to 'further intensify' Gaza probe

FRANCE24
03/12/2023 

The Hague (AFP) – The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court vowed Sunday to step up efforts to investigate alleged war crimes, as he wrapped up a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories.

Khan met Palestinian president Abbas in Ramallah © Thaer GHANAIM / PPO/AFP 

Karim Khan stressed his visit was "not investigative in nature" but said he was able to speak to victims on both sides of the conflict.

More than 15,200 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza, according to Islamist group Hamas, in more than eight weeks of combat and heavy bombardment.

Red Cross chief arrives in Gaza, says suffering ‘intolerable’

ARAB NEWS
AFP
December 04, 2023

A picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on December 4, 2023, shows smoke billowing during Israeli bombardment in Gaza. (AFP/File) 

GENEVA: The Red Cross president arrived in war-torn Gaza on Monday, calling for the protection of civilians in the Palestinian territory, where she warned that human suffering was “intolerable.”

The International Committee of the Red Cross said ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric’s travel to the region would happen in several stages with “a visit to Israel expected over the coming weeks.”

US VP Harris calls for restraint as Israel strikes southern Gaza

ARAB NEWS
December 03, 2023 

A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace shows King Abdullah II meeting US Vice President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, on Dec. 2, 2023. (AFP/Jordanian Royal Hashemite Court)

• Jordan’s King Abdullah II and the US Vice President Kamala Harris meet in Dubai on the sidelines of COP28
• King Abdullah stressed the need for the US to play a leading role in pushing for a political horizon for the Palestinian issue to reach peace on the basis of the two-state solution

GAZA/CAIRO: US Vice President Kamala Harris said too many innocent Palestinians had been killed in Gaza as Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded the enclave on Saturday following the collapse of a truce with Hamas militants.

Families of Bedouin hostages wait for news as Gaza fighting resumes

ARAB NEWS
Reuters
December 03, 2023

Photo of shows Israeli released hostages siblings Bilal, second right and Aisha Al-Ziyadne, left, reuniting with their family at Soroka Medical Center, Israel. (GPO/AP)

• “There were tough times, we always had hope”
• Bedouin Arabs make up about 4 percent of Israel’s population

TIRABIN AL SANA, Israel: The family members of four Bedouin Arabs taken hostage on Oct. 7 during the assault on southern Israel by Hamas gunmen have welcomed the return of two of the captives but wait for news of the others as fighting resumes in the Gaza Strip.

"Where is the protection of international law for every child killed in Gaza?"

Middle East Eye
November '2023 

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald called for international sanctions on Israel during a protest for Palestine attended by thousands in Dublin.

McDonald also said the international community must stand with Palestine in its long walk to freedom.

 

Link : Here

Limited Gaza evacuations via Rafah to be allowed after Qatar brokers deal -source

Reuters
November 1, 2023

Egyptian ambulances convoy which will carry critically injured people waits to go through the Rafah crossing from the Egyptian side, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer Acquire Licensing Rights

DOHA/CAIRO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Qatar has mediated an agreement between Egypt, Israel and Hamas, in coordination with the U.S., which will allow limited evacuations from besieged Gaza, a source briefed on the deal told Reuters on Wednesday.

First evacuees leave Gaza after another night of Israeli bombardments

REUTERS
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams
November 1, 2023

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:

• The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell said he was appalled by the high number of casualties from the bombing by Israel of a refugee camp in Gaza and called for fighting parties to respect the international rules of war.
  

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-military-jets-strike-gaza-camp-says-hamas-commander-killed-2023-11-01/

GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) - A first group of civilian evacuees from Gaza crossed into Egypt under a Qatari-mediated deal on Wednesday while Israeli forces bombed the Palestinian enclave from land, sea and air as they pressed their offensive against Hamas militants.

The evacuees, who had been trapped in Gaza since the start of the war more than three weeks ago, were driven in ambulances through the Rafah border crossing. A source at the border said they were undergoing security checks on the Egyptian side.

Another forever war beckons in Gaza

ASIA TIMES
by Rob Geist Pinfold
October 29, 2023 

US experience shows invading without a post-intervention plan leads to unwinnable quagmires with no achievable political goals 

 

Destruction of the Palestine Tower in Gaza after an Israeli strike in October 2023. Photo: Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages / Wikipedia

After Hamas’s deadly attacks on October 7, a ground invasion of the Gaza Strip by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) appeared inevitable. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government apparently had little choice, given that the attack shocked Israel to its very core.