Israel-Hamas conflict - The African Mirror

Feb

2024

Security Council ‘perhaps fatally’ undermined by Gaza, Ukraine deadlock, says UN chief

UNITED Nations chief Antonio Guterres deplored the U.N. Security Council's deadlock over the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying divisions among its members had "perhaps fatally" undermined its authority. Speaking at the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said the U.N. Security Council often found itself "unable to act on the most significant peace and security issues of our time". "The Council's lack of unity on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and on Israel's military operations in Gaza following the horrific terror attacks by Hamas on 7 October, has severely – perhaps fatally – undermined its…

Jan

2024

By PHILIP PULLELLA

‘Indiscriminately striking’ civilians is war crime, pope says in major speech

WORLD

POPE Francis, tackling conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine in his yearly address to diplomats, said that "indiscriminately striking" civilians is a war crime because it violates international humanitarian law. Francis, 87, made his comments in a 45-minute address to Vatican-accredited envoys from 184 countries that is sometimes called his "state of the world" speech. In it, he also talked about conflicts in Africa and Asia, migration crises in the United States and Latin America, climate change and the persecution of Christians. Expressing concern that the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip could spread…

Oct

2023

By HATEM MAHER

Liverpool’s Salah calls for end to ‘massacres’ in Gaza

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LIVERPOOL forward Mohamed Salah called for an end to what he described as "massacres" in Gaza, saying humanitarian aid must immediately be allowed into the besieged Palestinian enclave. Salah released a video message on his social media accounts, making his first comments on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict after coming in for some fierce criticism in his native Egypt for staying silent on the issue for over a week. The Gaza health ministry said at least 3,478 Palestinians have been killed and 12,065 injured in Israeli air strikes on Gaza since October 7, the day Palestinian militant group Hamas stormed into…

Oct

2023

By The African Mirror

Algerian Atal suspended by Nice for Israel-Hamas conflict post

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ALGERIA international Youcef Atal was suspended by Nice for a social media post about the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Ligue 1 club said. Defender Atal, who has been at Nice since 2018, has since deleted the post. He had been on international duty with Algeria and was summoned to speak with the club as soon as he returned. Hamas fighters killed 1,300 Israelis on October 7 in the deadliest Palestinian militant attack in Israel's history, while Israel responded with intensive air strikes that have killed more than 2,800 Palestinians. "OGC Nice understands that the player acknowledged his mistake by quickly removing the…

May

2021

By The African Mirror

Israel’s Gaza challenge: stopping metal tubes turning into rockets

NEWS

JONATHAN SAUL, JOHN IRISH, ARSHAD MOHAMMED and PARISA HAFEZI THE Israel-Hamas conflict that ended with a ceasefire on Friday showed the Palestinian group's ability to build an arsenal of homemade rockets largely with civilian materials and Iranian expertise, analysts and officials said, a feat it can likely replicate. The low cost of such arms and the need to rebuild Gaza leaves Israel and the international community with a quandary of how to meet Gazans' basic needs yet keep ordinary items such as pipes, sugar and concrete from being put to military uses. Current and former officials see no easy answers,…