Palestinian journalist Saed Abu Nabhan killed by Israel army
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The Israeli military first surrounded an area in the Al-Jadeed Refugee Camp, located in the central Gaza Strip’s Nuseirat region, where many journalists were present, before targeting those in the area.
Footage from the scene shows a wounded individual being rushed out of a house on a stretcher with the help of aid workers.
Nearby, Abu Nabhan is seen trying to run while covering the incident with his equipment. At that moment, he is targeted by what appears to be a shot fired from a long-range rifle.
Abu Nabhan then falls to the ground and lies motionless. People nearby struggle fearfully to approach him due to the threat of being targeted by Israeli bullets.
Official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported on the attack, confirming that Abu Nabhan was killed.
Separately, at least one person was reported dead, with the deceased and injured taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, following an Israeli air strike on a house in Gaza’s Shuja’iyya neighbourhood.
The death of Abu Nabhan brought the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, 2023 to 203. Reports also indicate that 399 journalists have been injured, and 43 others captured.
The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed more than 46,000 people, most of them women and children, since a Hamas attack on 7 October, 2023, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire.
In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.
READ: Death toll in Gaza 41% higher than reported: Study
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Israel protesters demand release of forcibly disappeared hospital director
Israeli activists demonstrated on Friday to demand the release of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, who was arrested by their country’s army in the Gaza Strip two weeks ago and continues to be forcibly disappeared.
According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, the demonstration occurred in front of the notorious Sde Teiman detention camp in the south, organised by the Standing Together movement, consisting of Israeli activists who support peace, equality and social justice.
On 27 December, the Israeli army stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, setting it on fire and rendering it out of service. It arrested more than 350 people inside, including the hospital director, Abu Safiya.
READ: Israel continues to deny ‘vital aid’ to reach Gaza: UN
At first, the Israeli army denied arresting Abu Safiya but later admitted to doing so; however, it continues to withhold any information about his place of detention, putting him in a state of forced disappearance.
Palestinian and Israeli human rights organisations believe that the Israeli authorities are holding Abu Safiya in the Sde Teiman detention camp.
Sde Teiman is located inside a military base in the Negev desert and was established by the Israeli army immediately after launching the genocidal war on Gaza on 7 October, 2023. Many of those arrested in the Strip were transferred there, including children, youth and the elderly.
Human rights and media reports state that Israeli soldiers committed horrific human rights violations against detainees in this detention centre, subjecting them to various forms of torture and humiliation.
READ: Death toll in Gaza 41% higher than reported: Study
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Israel extends detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya amid ongoing attacks on health in Palestine
Michael Gove calls for IDF to be nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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MICHAEL Gove has called for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
In a column for the Jewish Chronicle, the former Tory MP and minister said “maybe it’s time” for US president Joe Biden and his Foreign Secretary Antony Blinken to “make amends” with Benjamin Netanyahu before they leave office.
The Israeli prime minister was issued an arrest warrant two months ago by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as judges deemed there were “reasonable grounds” to believe he bore “criminal responsibility” for war crimes.
The BBC host and editor of The Spectator wrote: “Words are all very well, but what about something more tangible? Why not nominate the men and women of the IDF for the Nobel Peace Prize?”
READ MORE: Anger as BBC unveil new show with former top Tory Michael Gove
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Israel has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians during its brutal war on Gaza so far, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
A further 109,378 have been wounded by the IDF in the ongoing 15-month war.
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Corbyn demands answers on RAF’s role in Israel’s Gaza genocide from Cyprus base
JEREMY CORBYN has demanded ministers come clean about the RAF’s use of Cyprus bases to aid Israel.
The former Labour leader, now an independent MP, has written to the Foreign Office urging it to tell the truth about RAF Akrotiri’s role in the continuing genocide in Gaza.
He asked it to confirm if the base in Cyprus was being used to ship weapons to Israel and how many US air force flights had been made from it to assist the onslaught against the Palestinians.
“We deserve to know the full scale of our government’s complicity and participation in genocide,” Mr Corbyn said in the letter.
His intervention follows a Christmas visit by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the base, where he boasted that it was not possible to talk publicly about the vital work being carried out there.
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