Tag: Middle East
![UN chief says blocked Gaza aid is a ‘moral outrage’, calls for war to end](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-23T132121Z_1419955206_RC2OR6A1I1VR_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-EGYPT-UN-1711202319.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border…
![What Aida of Khan Younis can teach us about courage](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240321__34LV8YZ__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelGazaConflict-1711192815_eba7bc-1711193721.jpg?resize=1200,630&quality=80)
In the days leading up to Ramadan, we heard the hopeful word “ceasefire.” The US…
![Moscow concert hall attack: Why is ISIL targeting Russia?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-03-23T084450Z_1513283650_RC2KR6AXKEPS_RTRMADP_3_RUSSIA-SHOOTING-1711187945.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
More than 133 people were killed and more than 100 others were injured a bold…
![Israel seizes 800 hectares of Palestinian land in occupied West Bank](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23191564163129-1704047901.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s announcement comes despite international pressure against Israel’s construction of illegal settlements….
![‘Moral failure’: US House approves bill that would ban UNRWA funding](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240311__34LE2AA__v1__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflictReligionIslamRamadan-1710592716.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Washington, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives has approved a $1.2 trillion funding…
![US, EU ratchet up pressure on Israel over Gaza ceasefire; UN vote planned](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/AFP__20240321__34LX3PY__v2__HighRes__PalestinianIsraelConflict-1711072312.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The Security Council is expected to vote on the US-drafted ceasefire resolution on Friday and…
![WHO chief warns the ‘future of a generation in peril’ as Gaza famine looms](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2024-02-09T130646Z_1600372493_RC2XI5AAUSOS_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-HUNGER-1709818958.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said only expanding land crossings for aid…
![Alaa’s sad Mother’s Day after Israel’s war on Gaza killed her children](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1c-1710924657.jpg?resize=1200,630)
Rafah, Gaza – It is almost impossible to describe the feelings of a mother in…
![With record of Gaza truce vetoes, US unveils new, ambiguous UN resolution](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image-1711012358.jpg?resize=1920,1080&quality=80)
The United States has circulated a draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an…
![At least 40 people killed in central Gaza as Israel touts post-war plan](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/12045661-1708657868.jpg?resize=1200,675)
The Israeli military has killed at least 40 Palestinians in attacks on the central Gaza…