Wed 30-April-2025

Gaza war

Palestinians return to devastated northern Gaza

In a historic scene that has reflected the Palestinian people’s adherence and loyalty to their land, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza has started crossing the so-called Netzarim corridor in the morning and returning home in the north of the Strip for the first time since Israel’s genocidal war on the coastal enclave began.

Lazzarini calls war on Gaza “endless nightmare”

Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA commissioner-general, described the year-long Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip as an "endless nightmare" in remarks to reporters at the UN office in Geneva on Monday.

Hamdan: Gaza will only be governed by Palestinians

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Osama Hamdan said on Sunday that his Movement wants “joint Palestinian rule” if the war comes to a halt in the Gaza Strip.

NYT: Israel used fake social media accounts to garner US support for its Gaza war

Israel organized a campaign secretly targeting US lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel content through hundreds of fake social media accounts to build support for its war on the Gaza Strip, according to a New York Times (NYT) report.

UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah

Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since the Israeli army launched a military operation in the area on May 6, UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini has said in a renewed appeal for serious measures to protect civilians and provide safe humanitarian access in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

Griffiths calls Gaza war “betrayal of humanity”

Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza has escalated into a "betrayal of humanity,” the UN humanitarian chief said on Saturday.