Tag: Israel

• Wednesday, October 18th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  Hamas, Israel blame each other for killing 500 at Gaza hospital

  

  A missile hit a Christian health facility belonging to the Anglican Church in Gaza City Tuesday, killing at least 500, according to authorities in the Islamist-controlled Strip, after which the terrorist group Hamas and the government of Israel exchanged accusations as to who had fired the deadly rocket.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Biden to travel to Israel while Washington might ease sanctions against pro-Palestine Venezuela

  

  While US President Joseph Biden announced Monday he would be traveling to Israel this coming Wednesday to express his country's support in light of Hamas' attacks, his administration hinted sanctions against Venezuela would be eased if free and fair elections are held in 2024. Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has forcefully expressed his support for the Palestinian cause and against Israel.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2023 - 09:46 UTC

  Uruguay calls it a day regarding evacuations from Israel

  

  A Uruguayan Hercules C-130 transport aircraft performed the South American country's last relief flight, bringing out people from war-torn Israel to Madrid while Argentina was still evacuating its own Tuesday, it was reported.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 10:08 UTC

  WHO warns patients in Gaza have been given a death sentence

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed its concern this past weekend regarding the evacuation of patients from northern Gaza and insisted Israel's ultimatum for 1.1 million people to move to the south was tantamount to “a death sentence,” in addition to the risk that the most critically ill might need to be left behind.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  Israel and Colombia to sever ties after Petro's remarks?

  

  Diplomatic ties between Israel and Colombia hang from a thread after the South American country's President Gustavo Petro made public his stance regarding the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

• Monday, October 16th 2023 - 08:47 UTC

  Paraguayan President expresses support to Israel

  

  Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Sunday conveyed his country's support to his Israeli colleague Isaac Herzog during a telephone conversation, it was reported in Asuncion.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Paraguay activates Mercosur cooperation to evacuate Israel

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Ministry announced Sunday that a joint mechanism within Mercosur had been activated to rescue nationals of all member countries trapped in war-torn Israel.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Marches staged in Buenos Aires for and against Israel

  

  Scores of members of the Jewish community in Argentina marched down Buenos Aires' Estado de Israel Avenue in front of the Hacoaj Club given Hamas' attacks during the weekend. They chanted slogans such as “Together, Israel will always defeat terror.”

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 09:41 UTC

  Palestine diplomats in South America launch appeal to international community

  

  Palestine's Ambassadors to Uruguay and Chile agreed Monday that the ongoing war unleashed by Hamas' attacks against Israel was something “horrible” to witness and therefore something needed to be done “to stop” it.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2023 - 08:23 UTC

  First Brazilian Air Force rescue aircraft due in Tel Aviv Tuesday

  

  A Brazilian Air Force (FAB) Airbus 330-200 transport aircraft which can accommodate up to 230 passengers was already in Rome Monday, from where it planned to fly to Tel Aviv to bring the first batch of nationals of the South American country to safety from war-torn Israel, Agencia Brasil reported.