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Lebanese lawmakers and political figures filed a legal complaint Wednesday with the public prosecutor’s office in Beirut, accusing Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem of making statements threatening war and civil strike in the country, Anadolu reports. The complaint was lodged by lawmakers Ashraf Rifi, Elias Khoury, George Okais, and Camille Chamoun, along with former parliamentarian Eddy Abillammaa and Change Movement Party leader Elie Mahfoud. On Aug. 15, Qassem said Hezbollah would not surrender its weapons “as long as Israeli occupation exists,” vowing the group would “fight a Karbala-style battle if necessary against the Israeli-American project, whatever the cost.” He also blamed the Lebanese government for any internal unrest, accusing it of neglecting its duty to defend the country. “Iran’s role in […]

Children in the Gaza Strip are set to miss the start of a new school year for the third consecutive time, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the war is depriving an entire generation of their right to education, Anadolu reports. “Education is a fundamental right, and no child should be denied this right. Access to education must be protected. It must be restored,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric told reporters. He said the crisis “threatens the future of an entire generation of children in Gaza,” while the expansion of military operations continues to increase risks from explosive ordnance. Dujarric noted that military operations in northern Gaza and recent displacement orders could force people from areas where facilities essential for their survival […]

In this episode of Palestine This Week, we begin with the IPC’s declaration of famine in parts of Gaza—only the fifth time in history such a designation has been made. We examine how Israel has sought to discredit the finding while continuing to block aid and target food infrastructure. The episode also covers leaked Israeli military data showing that 83 per cent of those killed in Gaza are civilians, the assassination of journalists in Nasser Hospital, and disturbing reports of systematic torture of Palestinian detainees. We look at Israel’s expanding settlement project in the West Bank, Western complicity in enabling these crimes, and the political cover that sustains them. The episode concludes by confronting the war on Palestinian memory itself—challenging […]

Israeli warplanes struck several sites near the town of Al-Kiswah in the Damascus countryside in southern Syria on Wednesday evening, local media said, Anadolu reports. The state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV reported the news, without giving details about injuries or damage from the strike. The channel also reported another Israeli airstrike on the same area as well as “intensive” flights by Israeli aircraft in the skies of Damascus. The attack came a day after airstrikes on the same town killed six Syrian soldiers. The Israeli army also staged several incursions into the Quneitra countryside in southern Syria, despite international calls for halting violations of Syria’s sovereignty. Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime last December, Israel has launched hundreds of strikes […]

Croatian President Zoran Milanovic on Wednesday called on the country’s government to initiate the parliamentary process for recognizing Palestine as a sovereign and independent state, Anadolu reports. “Croatia should recognize Palestine as a step toward ending the war and the human catastrophe in Gaza. Recognizing the rights of the Palestinian people to their own state is the only way to establish lasting peace in the Middle East,” Milanovic said in a meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian in Zagreb, according to a presidency statement. Milanovic also strongly condemned the Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza and the announced occupation plan. Milanovic said that he would “advocate strongly for Croatia to recognize Palestine as soon as possible and is calling […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Chief of Staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir to stop issuing media briefings against him, saying that his support for a “partial deal” harms the negotiations” aimed at bringing back the captives, according to Hebrew media.  The call came during a tense meeting between Netanyahu and Zamir on Tuesday, amid rising friction between Israel’s political and military leadership, including disagreements over a possible operation to occupy Gaza City, Channel 12 reported. In recent weeks, both men have faced mounting criticism through briefings believed to be leaked by their associates to the media under the label of “informed sources”, the channel said. “Against the backdrop of tensions between the military and political levels in recent […]

The war in Gaza has become the deadliest conflict in modern history for its most vulnerable victims: children and journalists. The deliberate targeting of journalists is a grave breach of international humanitarian law, in direct violation of the protections afforded to all civilians under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols. The killing of children is a brutal act aimed at erasing the future of the Palestinian people, who will one day carry on the struggle for freedom and independence. For journalists, they are the eyes and ears of the world, tasked with reporting on what Israel is doing in Gaza and beyond. By barring international media from independent access to Gaza, Israel ensures that the only ones left to […]

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has welcomed the statement issued by members of the UN Security Council, with the exception of the United States, calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza and affirming that the use of starvation as a weapon is prohibited under international law. In a statement published on its official Telegram page on Wednesday evening, Hamas said the Security Council members’ position, issued without US participation, highlights the catastrophic humanitarian situation caused by the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the dangers of famine, particularly its impact on children and innocent civilians. It noted that hundreds have died of hunger due to what it described as the occupation’s systematic starvation policy. Hamas added: “We view this […]

The Israeli government on Wednesday called on the United Nations to withdraw its latest report warning of an imminent famine in the Gaza Strip, claiming the report was biased and inaccurate, according to Hebrew media reports. The demand came after a UN early warning report on famine said that humanitarian conditions in Gaza were worsening, with hundreds of thousands of residents at risk of severe hunger due to ongoing military operations and the blockade imposed on the territory. Earlier, the United Nations officially declared a state of famine in Gaza City, the first such declaration in the Middle East, amid direct accusations that Israel is obstructing the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian […]

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are facing death by bombing or starvation as Israel’s destructive war continues unabated across the enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Wednesday, Anadolu agency reported. “Nearly 700 days on, people continue to be killed and injured as the Israeli military intensifies and expands its operations,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on the US social media company X. “Hospitals, schools, shelters, and people’s homes have been bombed day in, day out.” The UNRWA chief said health staff, journalists, and humanitarian workers have been killed “at a scale never seen in any other conflict in recent history.” “No place is safe in Gaza. No one is safe.” Lazzarini […]