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In the face of war, famine and homelessness, desperate Gazans are paying a private company in Cairo exorbitant “travel co-ordination fees” to help them escape into Egypt through the Rafah border. One international affairs expert says the system is war profiteering “at its worst.” CBC | World News
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Palestinians prepare for Ramadan as ceasefire talks stall
Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood, with heightened Israeli security measures and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli strikes kill nearly 100 Palestinians in Gaza as negotiators head to Paris for truce talks
Israel will send negotiators to truce talks in Paris on Friday, Israeli media said, as Palestinians in Gaza hoped for a ceasefire that could hold off a full-blown Israeli assault on Rafah, after it endured one of its worst bombardments of the conflict. CBC | World News
Read More »Palestinians fled to Rafah looking for safety. Now, with a ground offensive looming, they feel trapped
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Read More »Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in Rafah as Netanyahu signals pending invasion
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 Palestinians in Rafah early Saturday, heath officials in the Gaza Strip said, after Israel’s prime minister said he asked the military to plan for a mass evacuation from the southern Gaza city ahead of an expected ground invasion. CBC | World News
Read More »With or without a ceasefire, Palestinians fear Israel’s economic chokehold won’t end
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Read More »How the UN’s aid agency for Palestinians works — and why it’s under fire now
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Read More »Palestinians ‘trapped’ in bombarded coastal town as UN court orders Israel stop genocide
The UN’s international court of justice has warned against genocidal acts but has not ordered a ceasefire. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Journalist Motaz Azaiza showed the world what Palestinians endure in war. Now he’s left Gaza
An independent Palestinian photojournalist whose social media coverage of the war in Gaza gave millions of people around the world a view of life and death in the besieged territory, has evacuated after surviving 108 days of reporting amid relentless bombings and battles. CBC | World News
Read More »Medicine shipments for hostages, Palestinians arrive in Gaza in deal brokered by France, Qatar
A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas arrived in Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong ceasefire in November. CBC | World News
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