Page 6 - James Elder News Today

• Almost 100pc of medical supplies, essential medicines and equipment come through a crossing which is now under siege

Rafah was a major entry point for humanitarian relief before Israel stepped up its military offensive on the Gaza side of the border earlier this month

UN agencies on Tuesday reiterated their call for an urgent ceasefire and humanitarian access in Gaza following Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, killing 45 people, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of ...

Officials on the ground in Gaza say that at least 12 of the people killed were women. The Israeli army denied it struck the area.

Medicine and fuel supplies are drying up as humanitarian workers struggle to provide life-saving medical care to the sick and wounded

Many Palestinians are fleeing eastern parts of Rafah, after the Israeli military ordered their evacuation before starting an operation in the southern Gaza city. Almost seven months into its war against Hamas, senior Israeli government and military figures have insisted that victory is impossible without a full-scale ground assault on Rafah. In March, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was intending to evacuate most, if not all, of the civilians in Rafah ahead of major offensive and send ...

EU fears for Palestinian lives after Binyamin Netanyahu warns ceasefire proposal agreed to by Hamas does not meet Israel’s demands

Article: Are the Brown Shirts Back? Fascism at the Colleges and Universities in the US? - This is a response to the university professors calling in law enforcement to crack down on protest against cruelty and injustice. What is anti-democratic?

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by <strong>Imogen Dewey</strong>

The UN children’s agency says a full-scale war with Israel would affect 1.3m children in Lebanon