At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in attacks on Jabalia and Bureij refugee camps. And Palestinian families in specific blocks in the Bureij refugee camp have been met with new evacuation orders. This follows the launch of rockets from that area towards Israeli communities.
Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza, reports WAFA
Israeli air strikes on al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in central and northern Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians on Wednesday, reported the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Israel’s physicians call on military to reveal whereabouts of Dr Abu Safia
The Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) organisation has submitted an “urgent request” to the Israeli military to reveal the location of Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the Kamal Adwan Hospital director who was arrested following the storming and destruction of the medical facility by Israeli forces, reported Al Jazeera.
UNRWA lost 258 team members since Israel-Hamas war began
New year hope and joy reign in Damascus freed from Assad
Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing “revolution” flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war.
Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking the capital where hundreds of people gazed up at fireworks, an AFP reporter at the square saw.
It was the first new year’s celebration without an Assad in power for more than 50 years after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December.
“Long live Syria, Assad has fallen,” shouted some children.
