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May
14
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and MAAYAN LUBELL
Islamic Jihad says agrees Gaza truce with Israel -officials

Islamic Jihad says agrees Gaza truce with Israel -officials

WORLD
ISRAEL and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza have agreed on a truce that will go into effect at 10 p.m. (1900 GMT), Palestinian officials said, signalling an end to the worst episode of cross-border fire since a 10-day war in 2021. Egypt, which brokered the ceasefire, called on all sides to adhere to the agreement, Egypt's Al-Qahera News television channel reported. "In the light of the agreement of the Palestinian and the Israeli side, Egypt announces a ceasefire between the Palestinian and the Israeli side has been reached," a text of the agreement seen by Reuters read, and…
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May
13
2023
By NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI and ARI RABINOVITCH
Palestinian rockets fired towards Jerusalem, Israel kills militant leader

Palestinian rockets fired towards Jerusalem, Israel kills militant leader

WORLD
A Palestinian armed group fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time in fighting this week, and Israel killed another militant leader with its air strikes in Gaza, while Egypt tried to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere in the hills outside Jerusalem, ending a 12-hour lull in fighting. Brief explosions could be heard in Jerusalem, possibly from Israeli missile defences intercepting the rockets. The Israeli military said two rockets had been fired toward the Jerusalem area but did not confirm if they were intercepted. Local media reported that air defences shot…
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May
10
2023
By The African Mirror
Israel kills three Islamic Jihad chiefs, 10 civilians in Gaza

Israel kills three Islamic Jihad chiefs, 10 civilians in Gaza

WORLD
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI ISRAEL killed three Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians in surprise airstrikes in Gaza, Palestinian officials said, drawing threats of reprisals from the faction and censure from Egypt, which has mediated past ceasefires in the enclave. Signalling it anticipated an imminent flare-up, Israel closed roads in Israeli towns near Gaza, instructed residents there to keep close to bomb shelters, and said it was calling up some military reservists. Images on social media showed Iron Dome rocket interceptor batteries being trucked to the front. The scope of any escalation could hinge on whether Gaza's ruling Hamas militants take part,…
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May
03
2023
By EMILY ROSE and NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI
Rockets fired from Gaza after Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody

Rockets fired from Gaza after Palestinian hunger striker dies in Israeli custody

WORLD
PALESTINIAN armed groups fired salvoes of rockets from Gaza into southern Israel after an Islamic Jihad leader died in Israeli custody following an 87-day hunger strike, the first such death in more than three decades. Khader Adnan, who was awaiting trial, was found unconscious in his cell and taken to a hospital, where he was declared dead after efforts to revive him, Israel's Prisons Service said. Hundreds of people took to the streets in blockaded Gaza and the occupied West Bank to rally in support of Adnan and mourn his death, which Palestinian leaders described as an assassination. In Gaza,…
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May
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel and Hamas both claim victory as ceasefire holds

Israel and Hamas both claim victory as ceasefire holds

WORLD
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI, JONATHAN SAUL and RAMI AYYUB ISRAEL and Hamas both claimed victory on Friday after their forces ended 11 days of fighting, but humanitarian officials warned that the damage to Gaza would take years to rebuild. As Palestinians and Israelis began to assess the scale of the damage, one Gazan said his neighbourhood looked as if it had been hit by a tsunami. "How can the world call itself civilised?" Abu Ali asked, standing next to the rubble of a 14-storey tower block. Palestinian officials put the reconstruction costs at tens of millions of dollars, while economists said the…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

Egypt allocates $500 million to rebuild Gaza

NEWS
EGYPT will allocate $500 million for rebuilding efforts in the Gaza strip following Israeli air strikes, the Egyptian presidency has announced. Israel bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull. Nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza strip have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary care health centres, the United Nations humanitarian agency said. Some 47,000 out of 52,000 displaced persons had fled to U.N. schools. Egyptian companies will participate in rebuilding operations, according to the statement that followed a meeting between President Abdel Fattah…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet

Israel kills militant commander after Palestinian rocket fire, UN General Assembly to meet

WORLD
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI and RAMI AYYUB ISRAEL killed a senior Palestinian militant commander in heavy air strikes on Gaza on Monday and Islamist groups renewed rocket attacks on Israeli cities despite mounting international calls for a ceasefire. As the fiercest hostilities in the region in years entered a second week, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all sides to protect civilians, while Washington, Egypt and U.N. mediators stepped up efforts to end the fighting. U.N. General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir said the 193-member body will meet on Thursday to discuss the situation. Gaza health officials put the Palestinian death toll…
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May
18
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Gaza battle fought on an uneven killing field’

‘Gaza battle fought on an uneven killing field’

WORLD
IN most civil wars and military conflicts across the politically volatile Middle East, including in Syria, Yemen and Palestine, the ongoing battles are being fought not on a level playing field but on an uneven killing field. And it is more so in the current fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, described as a “Middle East carnage” where children are among the civilians killed in airstrikes. The fighting is largely a battle of weapons: sophisticated US-supplied state-of-the-art fighter planes vs home-made rockets and mortars. The overwhelming Israeli firepower that continues to be unleashed on Palestinians –which has so far killed 192,…
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May
16
2021
By The African Mirror
Biden urges Gaza-Israel calm in first call with Abbas

Biden urges Gaza-Israel calm in first call with Abbas

WORLD
U.S. President Joe Biden urged calm between Israel and Gaza on yesterday and affirmed his support for a two-state solution in his first phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas since taking office, the official Palestinian news agency said. The conversation came amid heavy fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip. Biden dispatched an envoy to the region on Friday to work for calm. Biden told Abbas the United States "is making efforts with the concerned parties to reach the goal" of reducing violence in the region, a summary of the call published by WAFA said.…
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May
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Desperate Gazans flee Israeli bombardment in cars and carts

Desperate Gazans flee Israeli bombardment in cars and carts

WORLD
MOHAMMAD SALEM and NIDAL al-MUGHRABI AFTER days of heavy Israeli airstrikes, and then intensifying artillery fire, some terrified residents of north Gaza are not waiting to see if there is a repeat of 2014, when a ground assault followed. Under heavy shelling on Thursday night, Rewaa Marouf grabbed her children and fled the town of Beit Lahiya, close to Gaza's northern border with Israel. She ended up in a U.N.-run school in Jabalia refugee camp, joining dozens of others crammed inside, while on the roads outside people were heading further south in cars, on donkey carts or by foot. "We…
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