February 2024 archive

  Dozens killed while waiting for food aid By Stephen Quillen, Urooba Jamal and Federica Marsi Published On 29 Feb 202429 Feb 2024 At least 104 Palestinians waiting for food aid killed and 760 wounded after being shot at by Israeli forces in Gaza. Israeli air strikes and shelling have killed at least 30 people in separate attacks in the Nuseirat, Bureij …

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  How indiscriminate Israeli fire killed half a family in Gaza By Abeer Salman, Mohammad Al Sawalhi, Benjamin Brown, Mick Krever, Jomana Karadsheh, Ivana Kottasová, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Carlotta Dotto, Byron Manley and Lou Robinson, CNN Published February 28, 2024 The right side of Roba Abu Jibba’s face is almost completely gone – a deep, bloody wound is where her eye should be. …

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 ‘Trying to keep children busy so they don’t hear bombs’: Follow daily life in Gaza Summary The BBC is bringing you a detailed insight on life inside Gaza in a special day of coverage People in Gaza, many of whom have fled their homes, are sharing with us how their daily lives have changed during …

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  Zelensky says Trump doesn’t understand Putin because he has never fought him By Ivana Kottasová and Kaitlan Collins, CNN  4 minute read Updated 6:12 AM EST, Mon February 26, 2024 Former US President Donald Trump will be “against Americans” if he chooses to support Russia over Ukraine, the war-torn country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. Speaking to CNN’s …

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  Starvation stalks Gaza amid aid shortage A two-month-old Palestinian baby has died from starvation in northern Gaza, according to media reports, as Israel is accused of using starvation as a weapon of war. At least 10 people killed in overnight Israeli shelling of a home in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahia; dozens killed in Israeli strikes across …

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  UNRWA suspends aid to northern Gaza amid ‘collapse of civil order’ Desperation of people searching for food in southern areas is making journeys north unsafe, says UN Middle East crisis – live updates Ruth Michaelson Sat 24 Feb 2024 13.40 GMT Copy link The UN agency in charge of Palestinian affairs said it has been …

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  Israeli ground offensive in Rafah ‘aimed at making Gaza uninhabitable’ Israel has announced plans to launch a full-scale offensive on the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, claiming it is the only way to “completely destroy” Hamas. But according to former French military officer and author Guillaume Ancel, a large-scale military operation in the city that …

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  Alexey Navalny’s mother says she has seen her son’s body From CNN’s Seb Shukla and Anna Chernova Alexey Navalny’s mother, Lyudmila Navalnaya, says she has been shown her son’s body in the Russian town of Salekhard. Speaking on Navalny’s YouTube channel, Navalnaya said Russian authorities claimed they knew his cause of death and had “all the …

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  Exclusive: Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza, UN documents and satellite analysis reveals By Katie Polglase and Muhammad Darwish, CNN  9 minute read Updated 7:15 AM EST, Wed February 21, 2024 Israeli forces fired on a United Nations convoy carrying vital food supplies in central Gaza on February 5, before ultimately blocking the trucks from progressing to the …

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  US vetoes ceasefire as north Gaza starves US envoy to UN uses third veto in Security Council to kill Algeria’s ceasefire resolution, saying it would harm truce negotiations between Israel and Hamas. World Food Programme has paused aid delivery in north Gaza, citing chaos caused by starvation and the “breakdown of social order”. Rights …

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