U.S. President Donald Trump ordered airstrikes on the Houthis in Yemen over the weekend over the group’s renewed campaign in the Red Sea to target ships after the Israelis imposed a brutal humanitarian aid blockade in Gaza after Hamas refused new ceasefire terms from Israel.
Category: 18 March 2025
NO BIG DEAL: ISRAEL CARRIES OUT AIRSTRIKE IN NORTHERN GAZA, KILLING AT LEAST 9 HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS
The IDF on Saturday carried out its deadliest strike yet in Gaza amid its ceasefire with Hamas—killing at least nine humanitarian aid workers—three of whom were there to film the distribution effort.
TOP GERMAN WEAPONS MANUFACTURER PREPARES FOR WINDFALL AS EU TAKES OUT CREDIT CARD FOR WAR
Rheinmetall, Europe’s top weapons manufacturer, announced last week that it expects to see sales jump up to 30 percent this year on the back of the EU and Berlin’s plan to pour money into their military budgets to prepare for what they see as a resurgent Russia and a slinking U.S.
PUTIN REFUSES TO ACCEPT UNFAVORABLE U.S. CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL
Russian President Vladimir Putin last week refused to agree to a 30-day ceasefire proposal to pause the fighting in Ukraine because he said the deal is unfavorable to Russia—which is gaining new ground by the day—and would only give Kyiv the opportunity to regroup, rearm, and catch its breath.
IRANIANS REFUSE TO BOW TO TRUMP, WHO THEY SAY DOESN’T KEEP HIS WORD ANYWAY
Do what you have to do. That was the message from Iranian leadership to U.S. President Donald Trump last week after Tehran said it would not be bullied into talks with Washington about its nuclear program...
ISRAELI SETTLERS ATTACK WEST BANK TOWN IN LATEST ATTEMPT TO INTIMIDATE RESIDENTS
Israeli “settlers”—violent land-stealers who operate above the law in the West Bank—ran roughshod across a West Bank village on Thursday and harassed residents—firing live ammunition and burning homes and cars.
ISRAEL TARGETS DAMASCUS IN AIRSTRIKE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE NEW GOVERNMENT TOOK HOLD
The Israeli government last week carried out airstrikes on a Damascus suburb that it claimed targeted a jihadi militant headquarters—while Syrian media said the buildings struck were residential.
ISRAEL USED SEXUAL VIOLENCE AS WAR STRATEGY, UN CLAIMS
The IDF carried out “genocidal acts” by intentionally targeting women’s healthcare facilities across Gaza and by using rape and other forms of sexual violence to “dominate, oppress and destroy the Palestinian people in whole or in part,” according to a newly released UN report.
NOT WORTHY OF NEWS COVERAGE IN U.S.: ACUTE MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN IN NORTHERN GAZA JUMPS AMID ISRAEL’S BLOCKADE
The number of children in northern Gaza experiencing acute malnutrition has doubled in the last month as Israel continues its humanitarian blockade after Hamas refused to accept Tel Aviv’s changes to the ceasefire agreement.
IDF HEAD SAYS ISRAEL READY TO STAY IN SYRIA FOR AN ‘UNLIMITED’ AMOUNT OF TIME
Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister who landed the role because he is a puppet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said Wednesday that his forces are “prepared to stay in Syria for an unlimited amount of time”—because of security concerns.