Thursday, 20 May 2021, 9:07 am
The Hamas terror organisation has now launched a total of
over 3500 rockets directed at Israeli civilian populations
since last Monday.
Yesterday afternoon, Hamas
terrorists fired mortar bombs, targeting a humanitarian
civil aid shipment coordinated by Israel, killing two
foreign nationals and preventing Covid-19 vaccines, food and
supplies from reaching Palestinians in Gaza.
Hamas
pretends to represent Palestinians but is consistently
depriving them of their most basic needs ever since it took
Gaza by force in 2007, thus exposing their clear inability
to provide stable governance for its
civilians.
Furthermore, Iranian-backed militants from
Lebanon fired six rockets toward northern Israel, all of
Sahel Force Vital in Fight against Extremist Armed Groups, Peace Operations Chief Tells Security Council, Calling for Increased Funding
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Amid a worsening security situation marked by mounting terrorist attacks, troops deployed to stem the tide of violent extremism in Africa’s Sahel region require more predictable funding and broader international support, the United Nations senior peace operations official told the Security Council during a videoconference meeting today.
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, who is the Organization’s Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, presented the Secretary-General’s latest report on the situation in the Sahel region (document S/2021/442), noting that the fight against armed groups has intensified since the Council’s last debate on the topic in late 2020. In that context, he described the joint force first deployed in 2017 by the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) countries Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
Parliamentarians Must Demand Governments Pressure Israel to ‘Stop this Carnage’, Palestinian Rights Committee Hears, amid Calls for Accountability, Justice
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The current volatile moment in the Israel-Palestine conflict must be used to mobilize political will and ensure accountability for Israel’s violations, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today amid calls for a ceasefire in the region.
“Shame on the Security Council,” said Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, speaking at the virtual Forum on International Parliamentarian Support to the Question of Palestine, convened by the Committee. Even though the Council met several times and there was consensus on the need for a ceasefire, it was unable to say a single official word against the aggression. One country is preventing the Security Council to speak in a unified voice, he said, noting that the General Assembly, therefore,
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Urgent Editor’s note: Our medical contacts confirm the numbers in the headline and are begging for donors of whole blood in Gaza City. They also warn that they have been notified that Schools and Hospitals where homeless Palestinians have taken shelter are about to be bombed.
Medical workers also warn that they have been notified that Schools and Hospitals where homeless Palestinians have taken shelter are about to be bombed. Photo Credit: Source submitted. Art/Cropping/Enhancement: Rosa YamamotoFPMag