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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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May
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Egypt, Morocco send aid to Palestine

Egypt, Morocco send aid to Palestine

NEWS
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI and STEPHEN FARRELL EGYPT is sending ambulances and Morocco is sending food, medinices and water to Palentsine, where over 130 have died from bombardment by Israel. Both countries announced the aid on the day that protests grew across Africa against the actions of the Israeli government. The 10 ambulances have gone into Gaza to pick up casualties for treatment in Egyptian hospitals, medical and security sources said. The ambulances entered Gaza at the Rafah crossing, which is otherwise closed for five days over the Eid al-Fitr holiday and the weekend and is due to reopen on Monday. A…
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May
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenyans protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Kenyans protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

NEWS
POLICE fired teargas to disperse a crowd of more than 200 people protesting in Kenya's capital Nairobi yesterday against the Israeli bombing of the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Several demonstrators were arrested, a Reuters witness said. The march started after Eid prayers at a nearby mosque. Protesters waved banners with the Palestinian flag and with the words: "Kenyans stand with Palestine" and "Our freedom is incomplete without the Freedom of Palestine - Nelson Mandela". "I stand with my brothers and sisters in Palestine and I pray day and night that my sisters and brothers get peace," said protestor Rayan Sheikh.…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
SA political parties, unions condemn Israel evictions, attacks on Palestine

SA political parties, unions condemn Israel evictions, attacks on Palestine

NEWS
AS Israel-Palestine tensions escalated towards what many fear could end up in a full-scale war, South African political parties and trade unions have condemned the forced evictions of Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the bombardment of Gaza by the Israel army. Israel killed a Hamas commander and vowed no let-up in its Gaza barrages yesterday as Palestinian militants rained rockets far across the border and Washington dispatched an envoy to try to calm their most intense hostilities in years. At least 65 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the enclave's health ministry. Six…
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May
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Senior Hamas commander killed as Israel strikes Gaza, Palestinians fire rockets

Senior Hamas commander killed as Israel strikes Gaza, Palestinians fire rockets

WORLD
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI and JEFFREY HELLER ISRAEL said it killed 16 members of the Hamas military wing in an airstrike on Gaza yesterday and Palestinian militants rained rockets into Israel as global concern mounted over their most intense hostilities in years. At least 53 people have been killed in Gaza since violence escalated on Monday, according to the Palestinian territory's health ministry. Six people have been killed in Israel, medical officials said. Israel's Shin Bet security service said the brigade commander for Gaza City was among senior members of the Islamist militant group Hamas who had been killed. "This is just…
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Sep
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Gaza rockets, Israeli air strikes accompany Israel-Gulf pacts

Gaza rockets, Israeli air strikes accompany Israel-Gulf pacts

WORLD
MILITANTS in Gaza launched rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for formal ties between Israel and two Gulf Arab countries. The Israeli military said it launched about 10 air strikes in Hamas Islamist-run Gaza early on Wednesday and that 15 rockets had been fired from the territory at Israeli communities near the border, where sirens sounded before dawn. On Tuesday, a rocket from Gaza struck the coastal Israeli city of Ashdod, wounding two people, at the same time as Israel and the United Arab Emirates…
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