EU commissioner urges continued support for UNRWA amid Gaza crisis
Middle East Monitor / January 19, 2025
European Commissioner for Equality Hadja Lahbib on Sunday urged the international community to continue supporting the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu news agency reported.
“The work done by UNRWA to...
‘Glimmer of hope in a cycle of death’: families in Gaza pray ceasefire brings...
Bel Trew & Nedal Hamdouna
The Independent / January 19, 2025
Palestinians react to long-awaited ceasefire with mixture of joy and trepidation after 15 months of strikes on the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv/Gaza – Families in Gaza described Sunday’s ceasefire with Israel as a “glimmer of hope in a cycle of death”...
UK Parliamentary Committee to British Government: recognize Palestinian state for sustainable peace
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / January 19, 2025
Ann Arbor – The British Parliament has the longest history of any parliament, since it was the first, so it has had time to make a lot of mistakes. On the other hand, it is generally far less an embarrassment than the U.S....
‘I can’t believe I have survived’: the day the Gaza ceasefire finally arrived
Bethan McKernan
The Guardian / January 19, 2025
The deal has made it possible to hope that the nightmares of the Israeli hostages and the people of Gaza can begin to end.
Sderot – From a ridge on the western edge of Sderot, the ruins of Gaza loom. Less than a kilometre...
An icon of the Second Intifada – who is Zakaria Zubeidi ? – profile
Robert Inlakesh
The Palestine Chronicle / January 19, 2025
Zakaria Zubeidi, an iconic figure of the Second Intifada and a former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, is set to be released as part of the prisoner-exchange deal.
An icon of the Palestinian armed struggle of the Second Intifada, Zakaria Zubeidi is...
Gaza ceasefire deal comes at ‘high cost’ for Israel, foreign minister says
Middle East Monitor / January 19, 2025
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said Sunday that the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas has come at a “high cost” for Israel, Anadolu news agency reported.
In a news briefing in Jerusalem, Sa’ar claimed that Hamas’ rule in Gaza poses a significant threat...
Netanyahu’s war on Hamas backfires as Gaza resistance holds strong – analysis
Abdulwahab al-Mursi
The Palestine Chronicle / January 19, 2025
Abdulwahab al-Mursi reports for Al-Jazeera Arabic, detailing how Israel’s military strategy in Gaza, aimed at dismantling Hamas and displacing civilians, has failed after over 470 days of conflict.
On May 5, 2024, nearly seven months into Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, Israeli Prime...
[graphics & video’s] A visual guide to the destruction of Gaza
Emma Graham-Harrison
The Guardian / January 18, 2025
Satellite imagery, video footage and graphics show how Gaza has been left in ruins by Israel’s war against Hamas.
Israel’s war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of people and laid waste large swathes of the territory. Schools and hospitals have been destroyed,...
‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza
William Christou
The Guardian / January 18, 2025
Yarmouk camp residents lived through fighting and starvation in the Syrian civil war and feel intimately connected to the suffering in the Gaza Strip.
After 15 months of watching their relatives suffering in Gaza, residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus finally...
Israeli cabinet ratifies ceasefire deal with Hamas
Lorenzo Tondo & Bethan McKernan
The Guardian / January 18, 2025
Agreement earlier approved by the security cabinet will pause 15-month war in Gaza for an initial six weeks.
The Israeli government has ratified a ceasefire deal to exchange dozens of hostages held by Hamas for Palestinians in Israeli jails and pause...
