Middle East Eye (Unofficial)
Your eye on the ground. Independent Middle East and North Africa news. https://middleeasteye.net
Unofficial account. Automated post via RSS.
Maintained by @danni.id
- Unrwa says humanitarian crisis in Gaza 'beyond imagination' - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
Unrwa says humanitarian crisis in Gaza 'beyond imagination'
<article data-history-node-id="422384" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-says-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-beyond-imagination" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unrwa-says-humanitarian-crisis-gaza-beyond-imagination" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Unrwa says humanitarian crisis in Gaza 'beyond imagination'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) has described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as a crisis “beyond imagination”.</p> <p>“Air strikes, blockades, and starvation continue, with tens of thousands killed and injured,” the agency said in a post on X.</p> <p>“Displaced families face collapsing infrastructure, sewage overflows, and empty markets. The siege must be lifted to ensure vital humanitarian and commercial supplies reach Gaza."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The humanitarian crisis in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> is beyond imagination.<br> <br> Air strikes, blockades, and starvation continue, with tens of thousands killed and injured. Displaced families face collapsing infrastructure, sewage overflows, and empty markets.<br> <br> The siege must be lifted to ensure vital… <a href="https://t.co/lQEEbZW86R">pic.twitter.com/lQEEbZW86R</a></p> — UNRWA (@UNRWA) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1921596168036827190?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - What did Houthis achieve in 18 months of attacks on the Red Sea? - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
What did Houthis achieve in 18 months of attacks on the Red Sea?
<article data-history-node-id="422357" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/what-did-houthis-achieve-18-months-attacks-red-sea" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/what-did-houthis-achieve-18-months-attacks-red-sea" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">What did Houthis achieve in 18 months of attacks on the Red Sea?</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Houthis have drawn the ire of Israel and its allies after launching a series of attacks in support of Gaza, resulting in the biggest disruption to global trade since the COVID-19 pandemic."</p> <p>But what have the Houthis achieved in 18 months of attacks of Gaza on the Red Sea?<br> <br> MEE's Rayhan Uddin teams up with our correspondent in Yemen to find out what local and academics think of the Houthi attacks for Gaza. </p> <h3>READ MORE: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/what-did-houthis-achieve-18-months-attacks-global-shipping">What did Houthis achieve in 18 months of attacks on the Red Sea?</a></h3> <div alt="houthi" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ececfdf1-5d2f-436d-8738-05e2654e69c5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/yemen-houthis-sanaa-january-2017-mohammed-huwais-afp.jpg" width="1024" height="576" alt="houthi" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - Why the Israeli left's 'peace summit' is in denial about the Gaza genocide - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
Why the Israeli left's 'peace summit' is in denial about the Gaza genocide
<article data-history-node-id="422344" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/why-israeli-lefts-peace-summit-denial-about-gaza-genocide" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/why-israeli-lefts-peace-summit-denial-about-gaza-genocide" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title"> Why the Israeli left's 'peace summit' is in denial about the Gaza genocide</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>On 8 and 9 May, a so-called "People's Peace Summit", <a href="https://www.timeisnow.co.il/english?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank">titled</a> "The Time Has Come", took place at Binyanei HaUma convention centre in Jerusalem.</p> <p>Sixty <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> organisations gathered under the banner of peace, claiming to prepare the ground for a political resolution to the "Israeli-Palestinian conflict". </p> <p>The summit featured tours, workshops, film screenings, performances, and - on the second day - keynote speeches promoting what organisers described as a "peace-based worldview".</p> <p>According to its <a href="https://www.timeisnow.co.il/" target="_blank">website</a>, the summit aimed to promote "dialogue" between <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> and Israelis, in hopes of sparking societal change and inspiring belief that after each war, a political process would follow.</p> <h3>Read more: <a aria-label="Why the Israeli left's 'peace summit' is in denial about the Gaza genocide" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israeli-left-peace-summit-denial-about-gaza-genocide-why"> Why the Israeli left's 'peace summit' is in denial about the Gaza genocide</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/Israeli%20left-wing%20activists%20lift%20placards%20and%20national%20flags%20during%20an%20anti-government%20demonstration%20in%20the%20coastal%20city%20of%20Tel%20Aviv%20on%20June%2029%2C%202024-afp.jpg.jpg?itok=QhPcIcw2"></p> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - Gaza death toll tops 52,800 - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
Gaza death toll tops 52,800
<article data-history-node-id="422338" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-tops-52800" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-death-toll-tops-52800" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza death toll tops 52,800</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="86" data-start="0">The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza has climbed to at least 52,810, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Saturday, with more than 119,473 people wounded since the war began on 7 October 2023.</p> <p data-end="491" data-start="341">Medical sources added that since 18 March—when Israel resumed its bombardment following a ceasefire—2,701 people have been killed and 7,432 wounded.</p> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - Israel demolishes 80 percent of Rafah, satellite images reveal - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
Israel demolishes 80 percent of Rafah, satellite images reveal
<article data-history-node-id="422246" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-80-percent-rafah-satellite-images-reveal" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-80-percent-rafah-satellite-images-reveal" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes 80 percent of Rafah, satellite images reveal</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p dir="auto">Israeli forces have razed roughly 80 percent of Rafah’s buildings and refugee camps in southern Gaza, according to a report by Israel’s Channel 12, which cited satellite imagery analysis.</p> <p dir="auto">The widespread destruction underscores the devastating toll of Israel’s military campaign on the densely populated city, once a refuge for displaced Palestinians.</p> <p dir="auto">Critics argue this level of demolition reflects a deliberate policy to render Rafah uninhabitable, exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="gaza" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="60eb9c9d-a200-4c42-a725-ba25847dbdbb" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_36YY4RF.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="gaza" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians gather for a communal iftar, or fast-breaking meal, on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid building rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 1, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background:rgba(220,220,220,0.5);background-image:url(https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png);display:none;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - West Bank university is first to receive international medical accreditation in Palestine - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
West Bank university is first to receive international medical accreditation in Palestine
<article data-history-node-id="422224" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-university-first-receive-international-medical-accreditation" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/west-bank-university-first-receive-international-medical-accreditation" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">West Bank university is first to receive international medical accreditation in Palestine</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">The Arab American University (AAU) in the West Bank has been accredited by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), Wafa news agency reported on Wednesday.</p> <p>Acting university president Bara Asfour said the Arab American University secured the prestigious international accreditation for the Faculty of Human Medicine for four years, making it the first Palestinian university to do so.</p> <p>Asfour added that the university would seek international accreditations for all its departments, except for the faculties of Dentistry and Engineering, which have already obtained international accreditation.</p> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net - Judge says detained Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk must be moved to Vermont - middleeasteye.net/news/us-appeals-cou…
Judge says detained Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk must be moved to Vermont
The ruling is a defeat for the Trump administration's 'delay strategy' to keep the PhD candidate in Louisianamiddleeasteye.net - Kashmiris experience night of terror as India-Pakistan fighting escalates - middleeasteye.net/news/kashmiris-expe…
Kashmiris experience night of terror as India-Pakistan fighting escalates
Witnesses tell Middle East Eye they saw fighter jet wreckage in a village in India-administered Kashmirmiddleeasteye.net - Gaza aid crisis: NGOs fear Israeli crackdown as mass starvation looms - middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israel-hu…
Gaza aid crisis: NGOs fear Israeli crackdown as mass starvation looms
Aid organisations say Israel is tightening restrictions across multiple fronts that will impact their operations in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territoriesmiddleeasteye.net - At least 212 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since beginning of war - middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog…
At least 212 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since beginning of war
<article data-history-node-id="422222" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-212-palestinian-journalists-killed-israel-beginning-war" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/least-212-palestinian-journalists-killed-israel-beginning-war" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">At least 212 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since beginning of war</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="margin-bottom:11px">At least 212 Palestinian journalists have been killed by the Israeli military since the onset of the war in October 2023, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) announced on Wednesday.</p> <p>The Syndicate strongly condemned the continuous targeting of Palestinian journalists by the Israeli military, saying it is a deliberate policy aimed at silencing the truth and erasing the Palestinian narrative. The statement came on the back of World Press Freedom Day on Saturday.</p> <p>The Syndicate mourned the loss of journalists Yahya Subeih and Nour Al-Din Abdo, who were killed while carrying out their professional duties. Subeih was killed in a direct airstrike on a Thai Restaurant in western Gaza, just hours after the birth of his first daughter. Abdo was killed in a bombing that targeted Al-Karama School in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of the city.</p> <p>It said the increase in the number of journalists killed was an intentional act and amounts to a war crime under international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.</p> <p>They Sundicate called on the international community, the UN Security Council, and the International Criminal Court to take urgent action to launch investigations, hold perpetrators accountable, and end the policy of impunity.</p> </div> </div> </article>middleeasteye.net
