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[ad_1] JERUSALEM: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday it had found unexploded 1,000-pound bombs inside schools after Israel pulled troops out of southern Gaza’s main city Khan Yunis. The Israeli army has carried out relentless air strikes and bombardments in Gaza since Hamas militants attacked Israel on October 7. UN agencies led an “assessment mission” in Khan Yunis after Israeli forces withdrew from the embattled city last…

[ad_1] BERLIN: In a lawsuit brought before the International Court of Justice by Nicaragua, Germany strongly denied allegations that it was supporting genocide in Gaza by providing Israel with arms, Al Jazeera reported.The International Court of Justice (ICJ) was informed on Tuesday by Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, the legal adviser for the German Foreign Ministry, that Nicaragua’s lawsuit was hurried and based on thin evidence, and that it ought to…

[ad_1] Nicaragua called on the International Court of Justice on Monday to halt German military aid to Israel, arguing that Berlin’s support enables acts of genocide in Gaza. The case is against Germany,the second-largest supplier of arms to Israel after the US, but it also indirectly takes aim at Israel. Nicaragua’s allegations represent the latest legal bid by a country with historic ties to the Palestinians to stop Israel’s…

[ad_1] Last week, US President Joe Biden said his support for the war would depend on Israel curtailing the death of civilians and improving humanitarian conditions in Gaza. Britain also demanded that the conflict must end. Israel’s public broadcaster Channel 11 reported that the remaining forces would be located along the Netzarim Corridor, a route that splits the Gaza Strip in two. Following the global outcry over the death…

[ad_1] India votes in favour of UNHRC resolution reaffirming ‘inalienable right’ of Palestinian people to self-determination India on Friday voted in favour of a draft resolution in the UN Human Rights Council that reaffirmed the “inalienable right” of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their independent state of Palestine. The draft resolution on the ‘’Right of the Palestinian people to self-determination’ was adopted in the Geneva-based…

[ad_1] PARIS: Israel’s almost six-months-old war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived calls for Palestinians to be given a state of their own. Spain’s left-wing Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced plans to soon recognise a Palestinian state, breaking with other Western powers which have long argued this should only come as part of a negotiated peace with Israel. The Palestinians themselves have meanwhile relaunched a…

[ad_1] Israel’s Foreign Ministry had no immediate comment on the order. In a written response earlier this month to South Africa’s request for more measures, Israel said that claims by South Africa in its request were “wholly unfounded in fact and law, morally repugnant, and represent an abuse both of the Genocide Convention and of the Court itself.” After initially sealing Gaza’s borders in the early days of the…

[ad_1] ‘Precise’ Israeli forces continued operations in and around Gaza’s biggest hospital complex, Al-Shifa, for a sixth day on Saturday. The army said a total of more than 170 militants had been killed, more than 800 suspects questioned, and weapons found. The “precise” operation is being conducted without harm to civilians or medical personnel, the army said. The UN’s humanitarian agency, OCHA, said “health workers have been among those…

[ad_1] Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Amar Bendjama (L) and China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, vote against a U.S. ceasefire resolution for the Gaza war during a UN Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters on March 22, 2024 in New York City. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Russia and China on March 22 vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling…

[ad_1] For two weeks RFA Lyme Bay sailed around the Mediterranean, waiting to land. Its shallow bottom made it perfect for dumping emergency supplies onto the sands. On board were almost 90 tonnes of shelters, blankets and medicine, approved by Israel for entry into Gaza. Israel’s then foreign minister, Eli Cohen, said it could land “immediately”. But after leaving the Cypriot port of Larnaca in mid-December, it sailed west…

[ad_1] Israel’s military said 20 Palestinian terrorists were killed Monday and dozens detained during a raid on Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital. Soldiers rolled in with tanks and air strikes hit the area around the Hamas-ruled territory’s biggest medical centre, a complex crowded with patients and displaced people. “Twenty terrorists have been eliminated at Al-Shifa hospital thus far in various engagements, and dozens of apprehended suspects are currently in questioning,”…

[ad_1] THE HAGUE: Israel has asked the (ICJ) not to issue emergency orders for it to step up humanitarian aid to Gaza to address a looming famine, dismissing South Africa‘s request to do so as “morally repugnant”. In a legal filing to the United Nations’ top court, made public on Monday, Israel said it “has real concern for the humanitarian situation and innocent lives, as demonstrated by the actions…