Ibrahim Hasouna's entire family — his parents, his two brothers, and the wife and three children of one of those brothers — are dead after a barrage of airstrikes that Israeli warplanes inflicted across Rafah before dawn Monday as cover for troops rescuing two hostages elsewhere in the town on …
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Canada confirms it will resume funding UN relief agency for Palestinians
The Canadian government has confirmed it will restore funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. The government suspended funding in January after Israel alleged 12 employees of the agency were involved in the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Canada …
Read More »Parents of Canadian killed in Gaza say Israeli strike was ‘targeted killing of aid workers’
One of the seven aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza was 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who grew up in Quebec's Beauce region and was the father of an 18-month-old boy. Quebecer Jacob Flickinger among 7 aid workers killed by Israeli …
Read More »Israel to go ahead with Rafah operation as hostage talks continue, Netanyahu says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his war cabinet approved continuing an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in order to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages and achieve the country's other war goals. Texts, telephone calls and flyers urge Palestinians in Rafah to move …
Read More »U.S., U.K. hit dozens of Houthi targets in latest retaliatory strike, officials say
The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Latest bombardment carried out by fighter jets and warships in …
Read More »200 tonnes of aid is headed to Gaza by sea — with no port to unload it
A ship carrying 200 tonnes of aid for Gaza left Cyprus on Tuesday in a pilot project to open a sea route to deliver supplies to a population aid agencies say is on the brink of famine. World Central Kitchen charity organized the delivery Aid ship leaves Cypress for Gaza …
Read More »This boy — one of thousands orphaned in Gaza — hopes Canada will let him start over
UNICEF says Gaza is the most dangerous place on earth to be a child, with more than 17,000 children separated from their parents or orphaned because of Israeli attacks. As children caught up in the war describe missing their parents or wishing they'd died, too, experts say the scope of …
Read More »Hamas agreement, public protests put pressure on Israel to reach ceasefire deal
After 24 hours of fast-breaking and often contradictory actions by both Hamas and Israel’s government, a ceasefire in their catastrophic seven-month war still feels distant. Yet a flurry of diplomatic activity could put the two sides closer to a deal than they’ve been in months. Ceasefire talks between Israel and …
Read More »Canadian government will resume funding to United Nations relief agency for Palestinians: source
The federal government is resuming funding to UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, CBC News has learned. Ottawa paused funding after Israeli government alleged organization staff were connected to Hamas attack The federal government is resuming funding to UNRWA, the United Nations relief agency for Palestinians, CBC News …
Read More »UN Security Council votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as U.S. abstains
The United Nations Security Council has issued its first demand to halt the fighting in Gaza, calling for a ceasefire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a vote that drew an immediate protest from the Israeli prime minister. Israel PM Prime Minister Netanyahu cancels high-level delegation's planned visit …
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