Gaza

HRW: Israel Using Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza

Human Rights Watch on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the occupied Gaza Strip, which is a war crime,” the group charged in a report. “Israeli ...

Untying the Gordian Knots and Peace-Making

Political and military events are overlapping and questioning notions, dynamics and taxonomies. The Gaza war and its immediate bloody antecedents have elicited a set of political, strategic and ethical controversies that question notional equivocations, sequential linearity and clear-cut scenarios. The terror attack on South Israel is a blatant ...

Colonna Visits Israel, Terrible Humanitarian Situation in Gaza

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 72nd day on Friday, following the unprecedented and bloody attack by the Palestinian Islamist movement on October 7 on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip, which triggered the conflict. According to Israel, about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, were killed in this attack, and around 250 were abducted and ...

Israeli Hostage Killed by Mistake was 'Murdered' Says His Brother

One of the Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by the Israeli army in Gaza this week was buried north of Tel Aviv on Sunday, December 17. His brother accused the army of "abandoning and murdering" him. An Israeli hostage who was mistakenly killed by soldiers in the Gaza Strip this week was buried on Sunday, with his brother slamming the army for ...

War Diary: Day 72

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 17, 2023.

Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Now Also Transits Through Israel

Humanitarian aid for Gaza began transiting through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel on Sunday, December 17. This second crossing, although "temporary" according to an Israeli official, will ease the transit through the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah. A humanitarian aid convoy crossed into war-torn Gaza through the Israeli Kerem Shalom ...

Israel Claims to Have Discovered 'Gaza’s Metro'

The Israeli army announced that it discovered the largest network of tunnels dug under the Gaza Strip to date, according to a statement published on Sunday, December 17. This network is said to be fitted with extensive infrastructure, including rails along its main axes. The Israeli army said on Sunday it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in ...

WHO: Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza a 'Bloodbath'

The emergency department at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza, severely affected by Israeli bombardments, has been labeled “a bloodbath” and is deemed “in need of resuscitation” the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday. A team from the WHO and other United Nations agencies managed to deliver medical supplies to the hospital on ...

Israeli Outcry Over Hostages, New Houthi Attacks

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 70th day on Friday, since the bloody and unprecedented attack perpetrated by the Palestinian Islamist movement on Israeli soil from the Gaza Strip on October 7, which triggered it. According to Israel, 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the attack and around 250 kidnapped and taken to Gaza. ...

Soldier Kills Two Women in a Gaza Parish Church

Two Palestinian women were killed by Israeli fire in the only Catholic complex in Gaza, according to a statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem published on Saturday, December 16. The institution condemned the "cold-blooded" killing. A Christian mother and daughter were shot dead by an Israeli soldier on the grounds of a Catholic ...

War Diary: Day 71

This is Beirut brings you a daily recap of the situation in Gaza. Here are the main highlights for December 16, 2023.

First Elements of the Investigation on Hostages Killed in Gaza

The Israeli army made public on Saturday, December 16, the initial findings of the investigation into the killing of three hostages by one of its soldiers in Gaza. There are currently 129 hostages still being held captive in the Hamas-controlled enclave. The Israeli army said Saturday that three hostages mistakenly killed by soldiers carried a ...