At least five people have been killed and another 22 injured this Wednesday in an attack on a food distribution center of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip. . The agency has blamed the Israeli army for the attack on its facilities, where … Read more
For the first time in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, a shipment of humanitarian aid destined for the Gaza Strip set sail by sea from the island of Cyprus on Tuesday morning. At 7:18 a.m. in Cyprus (6:18 a.m. in mainland Spain), some 200 tons of food from the humanitarian organization World Central Kitchen … Read more
Boat Open Arms, of the Spanish NGO of the same name, set sail this Tuesday morning towards Gaza from the port of Larnaca, in Cyprus, inaugurating a maritime corridor to bring aid to the Strip and try to alleviate the serious humanitarian situation since the attacks of last 7 October. The mission, named Operation Safeena … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured this Tuesday that Israel will continue with its military campaign in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, despite growing international pressure. “We will finish the work in Rafah and at the same time allow the civilian population to get away from danger,” he promised. Meanwhile, the White … Read more
Israeli Ambassador to the Netherlands Modi Ephraim (left) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog (center) at the opening ceremony of the Holocaust Museum(Patrick van Emst / ANP / AFP) Dutch King Willem-Alexander officially opened his country’s first Holocaust Museum on Sunday (10/3). Not far away, demonstrators angry at Israel’s military aggression in Gaza protested against the … Read more
The atmosphere in Rafah as we welcome Ramadan (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said they were still open to talks with Israel, after a team of mediators so far failed to reach a ceasefire agreement during Ramadan in the Gaza war. “I say clearly that the party that bears responsibility for not … Read more
When the Israeli attacks on Gaza began last October, the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum, Dimitris Kairidis, expressed concern that this new conflict would lead to an increase in irregular immigration. “As if the multitude of flashpoints in North Africa and Syria were not already pushing thousands of migrants towards Europe, now this,” he … Read more
Foreign policy has taken first and last place in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. In two blocks separated by domestic issues, the Democratic president has made a vigorous defense of aid to Kiev (Ukraine can defend itself with more aid, he stated) and, to close his speech, of the US contribution to … Read more