Mohammed Cherkaoui, a professor at George Mason University, says the renewed Israeli military campaign is part of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s original plan of depopulating the Gaza Strip. “It’s not the casualties, it’s not the enemy perceived as Hamas, but more of how we can re-engineer the geopolitics of the Gaza Strip. Therefore, he [Netanyahu]…
Hikers have filmed videos of themselves covered in ash after getting caught in a deadly volcanic eruption on Indonesia’s Mount Marapi. Eleven people have died and Indonesian authorities say 12 more are missing. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our…
Since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza after Hamas’s surprise attack on October 7, Iran’s role has been a subject of speculation. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, has denied the country’s involvement but labelled the offensive a success. The conflict has killed thousands and left nearly two million displaced. After a weeklong truce,…
Since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza, over 3,000 Palestinians have been detained in the Occupied West Bank, many without charge. There are more reports of deteriorating conditions inside Israeli jails. Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid reports from Hebron in the occupied West Bank has spoken to some recently released prisoners about the abuses they…
It has been a very deadly and bloody night for the Palestinians not just in the south but also in the central and northern parts. Four homes in the al-Janina neighbourhood and a small refugee camp were completely destroyed in Rafah. At least 35 people have been reported killed and multiple critically injured. The worst…
Trapped under the rubble of a 5-storey building in Gaza, a 13-year-old called Alma pleaded for rescuers to help free her relatives first. What happened to her family members is not known. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram…
Refugees in Uganda are involved in a scheme to plant shrubs and trees to help local communities fight malaria and restore environments hit by climate change. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App:…
Fleeing the fighting has become a familiar, but increasingly futile routine in Gaza. Palestinians evacuated to Rafah on Sunday on the orders of Israeli forces but designated safe areas are being bombed regardless. Faced with a closed border to Egypt in the south – Shelling from multiple directions – and the sea to the west….
With attacks being carried out against civilian vessels plying the Red Sea, Yemen’s powerful rebel group, the Houthis, are “demonstrating solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza”, according to Nabeel Khoury, a former US diplomat and deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Yemen. “They are trying to play a part in what is…
Increasingly in Gaza, there is nowhere left for Palestinians to run. From north to south, Israeli air strikes have repeatedly hit refugee camps and residential buildings. On October 13th, the Israeli military ordered more than one million people in the north to move south, saying it was for their safety. In nearly two months of…