In each hotel room where he dresses in the garment that may bring him glory or death, he sets up an altar where he leaves his wedding band and prays before heading to the arena.
in Gaza took part in Hamas’ attack in southern Israel, which killed about 1,200 people and set off the war in Gaza.UNRWA said it fired nine staffers after an internal U.N. investigation concluded that they could have been involved, although the evidence was not authenticated or corroborated. Israel later alleged that about 100 other Palestinians in Gaza were Hamas members, but never provided any evidence to the United Nations.
On Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar hit back at the case. “I accuse UNRWA, I accuse the U.N., I accuse the secretary-general and I accuse all those that weaponized international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world, Israel, of its most basic right to defend itself,” he told a news conference in Jerusalem.Israel is not participating in the hearings, but it did submit written arguments.The Russian Federation, which spoke directly after the United States, said that UNRWA’s work was crucial for the Palestinian people and the agency was supported by the majority of the international community. “The urgency of this matter cannot be overstated. Gaza balances on the brink of famine. Hospitals lie in the ruins. Millions of Palestinians in the (Gaza) strip, as well as in the West Bank and East Jerusalem face existential despair,” Maksim Musikhin, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told the court’s 15 judges.
Musikhin then suggested UNRWA deserved a Nobel Peace Prize for its work.and ceasefire efforts remain deadlocked. Israel has blocked the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other humanitarian supplies since March 2. It renewed its bombardment on March 18, breaking a ceasefire, and seized large parts of the territory, saying it aims to push Hamas to release more hostages.
said last week its food stocks
have run out, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Many families areas desperation spikes after more than
of the territory, locals and aid workers said Saturday as Israel’s latest airstrikes killed more than a dozen people.Unidentified people, both armed and unarmed, have been looting U.N. and aid groups’ warehouses, as well as bakeries and shops since Wednesday, according to witnesses, organizations in Gaza and messages that were circulated among security officials for aid groups and were seen by The Associated Press.
from entering Gaza since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuwith Hamas in March, throwing the territory of over 2 million people into what is believed to be the worst humanitarian crisis in nearly 19 months of war.