Houthis to take military action if Israel doesn't lift Gaza aid blockade

March 10, 2025

Gaza humanitarian crisis worsens as Israel cuts aid, power

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Israel continues to violate Gaza, Lebanon truce

UN decries Israel over Gaza blockade

Aid cutoff by Israel threatens Palestinian lives

Hamas accuses Netanyahu of undermining Gaza truce

Death toll in Israel's war on Gaza rises to 48,467

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March 10, 2025

Houthis to take military action if Israel doesn't lift Gaza aid blockadeYemen's Houthis have said that they would take military measures as soon as a four-day deadline for lifting a blockage of aid into Gaza ends. The leader of Yemen's Houthis said last week the group would resume its naval attacks against Israel if Israel did not lift a blockage of aid into Gaza within four days.

March 10, 2025

US lawmakers, rights groups slam arrest of Palestinian activistUS lawmakers and civil rights organisations criticised the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate who helped lead a pro-Palestinian encampment last April, at his university-owned residence in New York on Saturday night. Democratic Representative Rashida Tlaib decried the arrest as an assault on free speech. "Free Mahmoud Khalil, this is straight out of the fascist playbook. Criminalising dissent is an assault on our First Amendment and freedom of speech," said Tlaib, who represents Michigan. "Revoking someone’s green card for expressing their political opinion is illegal. Protesting genocide is not a crime," she added

March 10, 2025

UN chief 'very concerned' over Israel's decision to cut Gaza electricityThe UN chief has expressed deep concern over Israel's decision to cut electricity supply to Gaza, warning that the move would severely impact access to clean water for tens of thousands of people.

March 10, 2025

Pro-Palestinian campus protester arrest ‘first of many': TrumpUS President Donald Trump has said that the arrest of a Palestinian graduate student who has played a prominent role in pro-Palestinian protests at New York's Columbia University will be followed by others. "This is the first arrest of many to come. We know there are more students at Columbia and other Universities across the Country who have engaged in pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity, and the Trump Administration will not tolerate it. Many are not students, they are paid agitators. We will find, apprehend, and deport these terrorist sympathizers from our country, never to return again," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

March 10, 2025

UN warns of 'dire consequences' as Israel cuts power, blocks fuel to GazaThe United Nations has said that Israel's decision to cut off electricity to Gaza was "very concerning", warning that civilians in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory would face dire consequences. "With no electricity and with fuel being blocked, Gaza's remaining water desalination plants, healthcare facilities, and bakeries are at risk of eventually shutting down, with dire consequences for civilians," Seif Magango, spokesman for the UN human rights office, told AFP in an email.

March 10, 2025

Israel’s power cut worsens Gaza water crisisA power cut by Israel to Palestine's Gaza will worsen a water crisis in the Palestinian enclave, a local official warned. Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, in the latest move to tighten a stifling blockade on the enclave despite a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. “Cutting off electricity to Gaza’s desalination plant reduces fresh water reaching central and southern Gaza by 70 percent,” said Nizar Ayyash, who heads Deir al Balah Municipality in central Gaza

March 10, 2025

Hamas condemns Israel's failure to withdraw from Philadelphi CorridorHamas has condemned Israel's violation of the ceasefire agreement and failure to withdraw from the Philadelphi Corridor. "The Zionist occupation failed to comply with the gradual pull-out of its troops from the Salah al-Din (Philadelphi) Corridor during the first phase, and also did not begin its withdrawal on the 42nd day, as stipulated in the agreement" according to a statement by the Palestinian group.

March 10, 2025

Israel tortured, abused Gaza hospital director Hussam Abu Safiya: lawyerDr Hussam Abu Safiya was detained by Israeli forces in December after raiding Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

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March 10, 2025

Israel approves plans to resume Gaza war if truce talks fail Israeli army chief Eyal Zamir has approved new military plans for resuming the war on Gaza if ceasefire negotiations collapsed, Israeli media has said The plans were ratified by Zamir during his visit to the army’s Southern Command on Thursday, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported. The new plans include intensifying air strikes, expanding ground offensives, and expelling Palestinians from northern Gaza, in addition to the call-up of hundreds of thousands of reserve soldiers, the broadcaster said.

March 10, 2025

Israel disconnects power to Gaza's only water desalination plantIsrael has disconnected the only power line to a water desalination plant in Gaza, a move Hamas denounced as "cheap and unacceptable blackmail". About half a million people are without proper access to drinking water, mostly in central Gaza.

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