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NewsFeedAn Israeli official was interrupted by a heckler as she spoke at the International Court of Justice, before the Court cut the video feed. Israel has rejected accusations of genocide and South Africa’s plea to judges to order a halt to the attack on Rafah.Published On 17 May 202417 May 2024

In Gaza’s north, two roads run between the city of Jabalia to the Jabalia refugee camp. As-Sikka Street passes along the route of the railway that used to cross Gaza before the creation of Israel, linking it to Iraq, Turkey, Egypt and the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Running parallel to As-Sikka is

Governing body to seek legal advice after calls for Israel’s ‘immediate’ suspension from international football.Football’s world governing body FIFA has said it will seek legal advice before convening in July to decide on a Palestinian proposal to suspend Israel from international matches. On Friday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced the plan at the organisation’s annual

A $320m floating pier built for delivering aid has been attached to Gaza’s shore and began being used to deliver aid on Friday, United States Central Command (CENTCOM) says. Aid groups have criticised the pier as a costly and ineffective distraction from the fact that land deliveries are the most efficient way to help Gaza.

The act is not expected to become law, but its passage shows the depth of the election-year divide in the US over Israel.The Republican-led US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would force President Joe Biden to send weapons to Israel, seeking to rebuke the Democrat for delaying bomb shipments as he urges

As Israel devastates Gaza, Egypt has largely had to watch on with rising concern about the developments on its border. Its border with the Palestinian enclave has been a route for aid going in and people coming out but Israel has had the ultimate say over access to the border, even if it did not

As Israel escalates assault on the crowded southern city of Rafah, lawyers tell court, ‘If Rafah falls, so too does Gaza.’South Africa has urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to order Israel to halt its assault on Rafah as part of its case accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians. South Africa, which filed

blinking-dotLive updatesLive updates, Israel plans to deploy more troops and ‘intensify’ its ground invasion of southern Rafah in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians.

NewsFeed“Stop the carnage,” South Africa told the ICJ in their third attempt to seek provisions against Israel in its war on Gaza. At today’s hearing, the UN’s top court was told an end to the hostilities was a matter of extreme urgency and that Israel’s actions clearly indicate “genocidal intent.”Published On 16 May 202416 May