Palestinians
15 Mar
The Israeli army said Friday that "armed Palestinians" opened fire on civilians awaiting humanitarian aid in northern Gaza, rejecting claims by the Hamas-ruled territory's health ministry that Israeli soldiers were responsible.
20 Feb
As an Israeli assault on the southern Palestinian city of Rafah looms, Egypt’s foreign minister Sameh Shoukry has denied drawing up a contingency plan of an influx of Palestinian refugees.
31 Dec
Israelis and Palestinians end a dark year on Sunday, with no end in sight to the deadliest military offensive on Gaza, triggered by Hamas' bloodiest attack on Israel.
19 Dec
The U.S. Senator, Bernie Sanders, said “I believe absolutely, not only in the right of Israel to exist, but the right to exist in peace and security....But what I also believe is, the Palestinian people have a right to live in peace and security as well.”
18 Dec
Israel kept up heavy bombing of Gaza on Monday as it faced accusations from a human rights group that it is deliberately starving Palestinians in its campaign sparked by the October 7 Hamas attacks.
3 Dec
The Hamas-run health ministry on Sunday said 15,523 people had died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war with Israel.
13 Nov
Current events in Gaza feel like Groundhog Day. Following a horrific attack by Palestinian Hamas militants in southern Israel on October 7, that killed 1,400 Israelis and resulted in the kidnapping of over 200 hostages
13 Nov
Human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has called for immediate and unconditional ceasefire by Israel from the onslaught on Palestinians.
10 Nov
Palestinians said a deadly strike on Friday hit Gaza's largest hospital compound as medical facilities sheltering tens of thousands were caught in intense combat between Israel and Hamas.
5 Nov
Three Palestinians were killed Sunday by Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence flares in the occupied territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Two men, aged 22 and 20, were killed "in an attack by Israeli occupation forces on Abu Dis", a suburb of annexed east Jerusalem…
1 Nov
On Monday, the head of the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, at a United Nations Security Council emergency briefing warned urgent ceasefire is a matter of life and death for millions in the Gaza Strip.
29 Oct
In Gaza, Palestine, war continues to rage between Israel and Hamas with catastrophic consequences for children and conscience. On October 7,2023, Hamas militants broke into Israel from its Southern frontier, slaughtering hundreds and abducting hundreds more.
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The Lagos State Police Command has apologised to Obianuju Udeh known as DJ Switch over a false report of her arrest. The Police had earlier announced the arrest of DJ Switch for allegedly assaulting a female officer in the Lekki area of Lagos state. Lagos Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, however, issued a post on X…