Israel continued to pound #Gaza in the early hours of Wednesday following Palestinian protests across cities during a historic general strike against Israeli occupation and bombardment.
UPDATE: Israeli police have arrested 21 Palestinian protesters across the occupied West Bank, according to reports. Follow our LIVE blog for the latest aje.io/9prnz
The UNRWA appeals for immediate humanitarian access into Gaza.
At least 220 Palestinians, including 63 children, have been killed in Gaza since Israeli bombardment began last week.
Watch as Israeli jets continued to bomb Gaza into Wednesday morning. A residential building was hit, killing several Palestinians, according to local media reports.
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Footballers Paul Pogba and Amad Diallo showed a public display of support for Palestine on Tuesday as Israel continued its bombardment of Gaza ⤵️ aje.io/gnvq5
Turkey rejects US claims that President Erdogan made "anti-Semitic" remarks in his criticism of Israel's bombardment of Gaza.
Dozens of Palestinian families have rushed to evacuate Gaza's Al-Andalus residential tower block after receiving a warning that Israel would destroy it in an air raid.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, Israeli airstrikes targetted a residential building that killed several Palestinians including radio journalist Yusef Abu Hussein, according to local media.
YouTube has added an age restriction to Al Jazeera Arabic’s live stream amid the channel’s ongoing coverage of Israel's bombardment of Gaza aje.io/chfdn
How Israel's military control over the Palestinian people affects every aspect of their lives: aje.io/fndjq
Funerals in the occupied West Bank are underway after Israeli forces killed four Palestinians participating in protests during Tuesday's historic general strike against Israeli occupation and bombardment.
Journalist @YoumnaElSayed17 reporting from Gaza's al-Shifa hospital, says that more than 72,000 internally displaced Palestinians are facing “extremely difficult conditions” due to a shortage of food, water and electricity.
@YoumnaElSayed17 A group of Jewish Google employees urge the company to support Palestinians and condemn actions of the Israeli military: Report ⤵️ aje.io/67xty
@YoumnaElSayed17 Arab League accuses Israel of ethnic cleansing.
“We are before a colonising people that lives under an apartheid state and an occupation government that systematically practices ethnic cleansing.” - Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary-general.
@YoumnaElSayed17 UPDATE: Gaza death toll reaches 227 Palestinians, including 64 children and 38 women, as Israeli air strikes continue to pummel the Gaza Strip.
@YoumnaElSayed17 UN aid convoy still being held up at Gaza-Israel border.
“The UN is frustrated with the Israelis. The Israelis are simply not opening the border because they say the barrier isn’t secure.” - Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan.
@YoumnaElSayed17 Progressive US legislators object to $735m arms sale to Israel.
“For decades, the US has sold billions of dollars in weaponry to Israel without ever requiring them to respect basic Palestinian rights.” - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, US Rep.
@YoumnaElSayed17 Hamas, Islamic Jihad react to Biden’s call for de-escalation.
Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassam said those who sought to restore calm must “compel Israel to end its aggression in Jerusalem and its bombardment of Gaza.”
@YoumnaElSayed17 In thirteen maps, we explain how Israel’s military control over the Palestinian people affects every aspect of their lives: aje.io/fndjq
@YoumnaElSayed17 “Palestinians want their own self-determination rights. They want their own state."
South Africa's president says Israeli treatment of Palestinians resembles apartheid-era South Africa.
Save the Children reports that thousands of missing Palestinian children are trapped under rubble, buried in unmarked graves, harmed by explosives, detained by Israeli forces, or lost in the chaos of the war on Gaza.
Israel’s top court has ordered the government to provide information about conditions inside the military facility Sde Teiman, where Palestinians from Gaza are detained.
Malnourished Palestinian children are being treated at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, as Israel continues to restrict aid to the besieged enclave.
The UN is adding Israel to its 'blacklist' of countries that have committed abuses against children in armed conflict, as more than 15,500 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.
An Israeli air attack on a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza has killed at least four Palestinians and injured 14 more, the Wafa news agency reports.
Two Palestinian men have been shot during an Israeli raid in the Aqabat Jabr camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, the Wafa news agency reports.
Qatar, Egypt and the US urge Israel and Hamas to conclude a ceasefire agreement that embodies the principles outlined by US President Biden, amid Israel's continuing bombardment of besieged Gaza.
Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy at Save the Children, has told Al Jazeera that “Gaza is witnessing the worst levels of malnutrition, of child malnutrition especially, worldwide right now.”
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has denounced far-right ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for threatening to dissolve Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if he were to accept President Biden’s new ceasefire deal.
On May 29, South Africans will head to the polls to vote in national and provincial elections to elect a new National Assembly, which will choose the president for the next 5 years.
Here’s a guide to the elections and major political parties ⤵️
South Africa follows a proportional voting system where parties and candidates compete for 400 seats in the National Assembly.
For the first time, independent candidates will compete in the elections with voters given three ballots instead of two.
Who is in South Africa’s current National Assembly?
South Africa’s lower house of parliament currently includes 14 political parties represented by 400 members, allocated proportionally based on the votes each party received in the 2019 elections.
Israel calls the ICJ binding order to immediately stop its attack on Rafah “outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting” as it continues its war and bombardment of Gaza.
The Elders group of world leaders has said “no country is above the law” and Israel’s “unlawful approach” to its war on Gaza cannot continue following the ICJ’s order to halt attacks on Rafah.
US Senator Bernie Sanders warned the US that if it ignores “crimes against humanity” being committed in Gaza, it will not have the credibility to criticise “the actions of any country, no matter how terrible.”