Iran executions surge again 'to instil societal fear'
Rights organisations link the rise in executions to nationwide protests led by women and girls. Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68480284
International Condemnations of Killings Near Gaza Aid Convoy Multiply
More governments issued condemnations on Friday after the deadly melee surrounding an aid convoy in northern Gaza, where scores of Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces opened fire in an…
Gold Speculation Rife in Egypt Amid Economic Crisis
Inside the wood-paneled shop in Cairo’s famed Khan el-Khalili market, the price of gold was slumping fast, and Rania Hussein was feeling the future slip through her fingers. She and…
Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas
Egyptian, Qatari and US mediators are meeting in Cairo to untangle deadlocked ceasefire talks after Israel said it would not send a delegation. Follow for live updates. Source link: https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-03-05-24/index.html
'He went to get food and came back in a coffin'
A woman widowed by the conflict in Gaza tells the BBC about her loss and life in a refugee camp. Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68471121
Harris Meets With Israel’s Gantz and Pushes for Pause in Fighting in Gaza
Mr. Gantz, a former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces who visited Washington last year, was scheduled to meet separately with Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, his…
Children starving to death in northern Gaza – WHO
Dr Tedros reported “severe levels of malnutrition, children dying of starvation, serious shortages of fuel, food and medical supplies, hospital buildings destroyed” in northern Gaza, where an estimated 300,000 people…
U.N. Team Finds Grounds to Support Reports of Sexual Violence in Hamas Attack
A United Nations report released on Monday found signs that sexual violence was committed in multiple locations during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel and said that some hostages…
UN says rape likely committed in Hamas attack on Israel
The report also said there was “convincing information” hostages were subjected to sexual violence. Source link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68474899
Few Aid Trucks Are Reaching Northern Gaza, Where Famine Looms
Only a trickle of aid managed on Monday to reach the desperately hungry people of the northern Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned that hundreds of thousands of…