Israeli strikes kill 36 in Gaza
Gaza rescue teams and medics said Israeli air strikes killed at least 36 people on Thursday, including a family of six whose home was struck in Gaza City...
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Too little, too late
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 vehement opposition to a Palestinian state aligns perfectly with a long-standing Zionist ideology that has consistently viewed the establishment of a Palestinian state as a direct threat to Israel鈥檚 very foundation as a settler colonial project...
HRW accuses Israel of attacks on civilians in Lebanon war
Human Rights Watch accused Israel on Wednesday of 鈥榠ndiscriminate鈥� attacks on civilians during its recent war with Hezbollah, saying two deadly strikes in east Lebanon should be investigated as war crimes...
Gaza civil defence describes medic killings as 鈥榮ummary executions鈥�
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out 鈥榮ummary executions鈥� in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
De facto occupation: Israel鈥檚 security zone strategy
IN RECENT months, the Israeli Defence Forces have been much taken by a term that augurs poorly for peaceful accord in the Middle East. 鈥楽ecurity zones鈥� are being seized in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria. Land is, for claimed reasons of self-defence, being appropriated with brazen assuredness. It is hard, however, to see this latest turn as anything other than a de...
Israeli air strikes kill 25 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children...
End to Israeli mass killings in Palestine demanded
A cross section of people including academics, politicians, and rickshaw pullers on Saturday at a protest rally in Dhaka demanded an immediate end to Israeli offensive and mass killings in Palestine...
One killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said an Israeli strike on Friday hit a vehicle near the southern coastal city of Sidon, killing one person.
Israeli air strikes kill 40 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Thursday that a rash of Israeli air strikes killed at least 40 people, most of them in encampments for displaced civilians, as Israel pressed its offensive in the Palestinian territory.
Israeli air strikes kill 11 in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes in the early hours of Wednesday killed at least 11 people, including women and children...
Palestinian resistance in Orwellian world
IN THE Orwellian world in which we now dwell, countries and groups that uphold international law are labeled terrorists or supporters of terrorism, while those that commit unspeakable crimes, flagrantly violating international and humanitarian laws, remain unlabeled and unpunished...
Israel kills 71 civilians in Lebanon since ceasefire: UN
Israeli forces have killed dozens of civilians in Lebanon since a ceasefire took effect late last year, including a number of women and children, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
The boycott Bangladesh has yet to learn
IN RECENT months, as Israel鈥檚 assault on Gaza has continued to draw global condemnation, public solidarity in Bangladesh has grown louder. Rallies in Dhaka and other cities have drawn thousands, with demonstrators demanding justice for Palestinians. Social media platforms have been flooded with expressions of outrage. Among the loudest chants at these protests is a...
Hamas says likely to respond to truce proposal within 48 hours
A senior Hamas official said on Tuesday that the Palestinian Islamist movement expects to respond within 48 hours to an Israeli ceasefire proposal it received through mediators....
EU announces 1.6 billion euros in new aid for Palestinians
The European Union on Monday announced a new three-year financial support package for the Palestinians worth up to 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion)...
Hamas says will free hostages if end to Gaza war guaranteed
A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group is prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a 鈥榮erious prisoner swap鈥� and guarantees that Israel will end the war in Gaza...
Israel is about to empty Gaza
ISRAEL is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since the end of World War II. Since March 2, it has blocked all food and humanitarian aid into Gaza and cut off electricity, so that the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half of the territory 鈥� Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide 鈥� and placed...
鈥楨xcept Israel鈥� inscription reinstated in Bangladeshi passport
The government has reinstated 鈥榚xcept Israel鈥� inscription in Bangladeshi passports amid countrywide Anti-Israel protests for killing innocent civilians in Palestine鈥檚 Gaza strip.
Gaza hospital hit as Israel intensifies assault
An Israeli air strike early Sunday heavily damaged one of the few functioning hospitals in Gaza, with the Israeli military saying it had targeted a Hamas 鈥榗ommand and control centre鈥� operating within the facility.
Israel takes control of key corridor in southern Gaza
Israel announced on Saturday that its military had completed the takeover of a new corridor in southern Gaza, advancing its efforts to seize large parts of the war-battered Palestinian territory.
BNP joins 鈥楳arch for Gaza鈥� expressing solidarity with oppressed Palestinians
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday participated in the 鈥楳arch for Gaza鈥� programme to protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza and Rafah in Palestine...
March for Gaza rally to be held in Dhaka today
In protest against the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, a rally of March for Gaza will be held at Suhrawardy Uddyan on Saturday, aiming to intensify global solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine...
Israeli strike kills family of 10 in Gaza
Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed 鈥榦nly women and children鈥� after a ceasefire collapsed, the UN said, as an Israeli attack in the territory鈥檚 south on Friday killed a family of 10.
Protests against Israeli massacre in Palestine continue
A cross section of people, including leaders of political parties and students, on Friday demonstrated in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere in the country demanding an immediate end to the Israeli massacre in Palestine.
Israel threatens Gaza鈥檚 survival says UN
The United Nations warned on Friday that the cumulative impact of Israel鈥檚 actions in Gaza threatened 鈥榯he future viability of Palestinians as a group鈥� in the war-torn territory.
Protests continue for 4th day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Palestine continued for the fourth consecutive day on Thursday in Dhaka and elsewhere across the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings...
BNP blasts world Muslim leaders over Gaza genocide
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday accused the leaders of the Muslim world of failing to take necessary steps to stop the ongoing Israeli massacre in Gaza.
Pro-Gaza protests continue for 3rd day
Protests against Israel鈥檚 military offensive in Gaza continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday in Dhaka and other parts of the country, demanding an immediate end to the bombardment and mass killings in the besieged enclave...
BNP鈥檚 countrywide demo on Thursday in solidarity with Palestinians
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday announced a countrywide demonstration on Thursday protesting against the Israel military鈥檚 offensive in Gaza and expressing solidarity with the struggle of Palestinians...
BMU holds gayebana janaza
Bangladesh Medical University held a ghayebana janaza, funeral prayer in the absence of a body, protesting against Israel鈥檚 mass killing in Gaza, on the premises of the central mosque of the university in Dhaka on Tuesday...