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Jul
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Former UN rights boss to head probe into Israel, Hamas alleged crimes

Former UN rights boss to head probe into Israel, Hamas alleged crimes

HUMAN RIGHTS
FORMER United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into alleged crimes committed during the latest conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has announced. The council agreed in late May to launch the investigation with a broad mandate to probe all alleged violations, not just in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but also in Israel during hostilities that were halted by a May 21 ceasefire. Outgoing U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay talks during an interview to Reuters in her office in Geneva August…
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May
19
2021
By The African Mirror
Truce calls mount as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on

Truce calls mount as Israel-Palestinian conflict rages on

WORLD
NIDAL al-MUGHRABI, DAN WILLIAMS and STEPHEN FARRELL ISRAEL bombarded Gaza with air strikes and Palestinian militants resumed cross-border rocket fire on Tuesday after a brief overnight lull during which the U.N. sent a small fuel convoy into the enclave, where it says 52,000 people are now displaced. Israeli leaders said they were pressing on with an offensive to destroy the capabilities of the armed factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, amid calls by the United States and other world powers for an end to the conflict. Two Thai workers were killed and seven people were wounded in a rocket strike on…
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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices

Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices

MEDIA FREEDOM
ISRAEL destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media offices, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera and other offices and apartments, had been evacuated after the owner received advanced warning of the strike. A Palestinian journalist was wounded in the strike, Palestinian media reported, and debris and shrapnel flew dozens of yards away. The Israeli military said its fighter jets struck a multi-storey building "which contained military assets belonging to the intelligence offices…
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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
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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May
11
2021
By The African Mirror
Jerusalem violence leads to Hamas rockets on Israel, nine dead in Gaza

Jerusalem violence leads to Hamas rockets on Israel, nine dead in Gaza

WORLD
JEFFREY HELLER and NIDAL al-MUGHRABI PALESTINIAN militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward the Jerusalem area and southern Israel yesterday, carrying out a threat to punish Israel for violent confrontations with Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Gaza health ministry said nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes in the Palestinian territory after the barrages against Israel. The Israeli military issued no immediate comment on any action it had taken in the enclave. Rocket sirens sounded in Jerusalem, in nearby towns and in communities near the Gaza minutes after an ultimatum from the enclave's ruling Islamist Hamas group demanding Israel…
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