Amir Nour

Dec 11, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Phil Pasquini |Alex Lantier |Vikas Meshram

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Ministry of Health in Gaza has stated that dozens of wounded patients at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza are at risk of dying due to a lack of food and water, as the Israeli military has been besieging the area since October 5. The ministry said late on Tuesday that 60 patients were “at risk of death”.

Dec 11, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Phil Pasquini |Alex Lantier |Vikas Meshram

Gaza (Quds News Network)- Over 22 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building sheltering a displaced family near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza on Tuesday night. At 11:30 pm, local sources reported that the three-story residential building sheltering the Abu al-Tarabish family was targeted, killing at least 22 people, including children, and injuring dozens. Many others are still missing under the rubble.

Dec 10, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Phil Pasquini |Andrea Mazzarino |Mohd Khan

On 20 November, I decided to organize a special day for the 35 5-year-olds I teach in a kindergarten near me in Khan Younis. It was World Children’s Day, and I figured that even if the world has forgotten Gaza’s children, we have not. It’s not an official kindergarten, of course. Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza has seen 95 percent of Gaza’s schools destroyed or damaged, with at least 87 percent needing “significant reconstruction,” according to the UN, before they can be used again.

Dec 9, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Ali Mamouri |Amir Nour |Amina Hussain |Bharat Dogra

To Shri Rajiv Kumar Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Shri Gyanesh Kumar Election Commissioner Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu Election Commissioner Dear Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, S/Shri Gyanesh Kumar/ Rajiv Kumar, I feel somewhat concerned about the CEC choosing to attend an NDTV function recently at which the anchor was praising the way elections have been conducted, you being the chief guest adorning the occasion Are you not conscious of the fact that NDTV is largely owned by the Adani Group...

Dec 8, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Amir Nour |Phil Pasquini |Gideon Polya |Ali Mamouri

Pope Francis unveiled the Vatican’s annual nativity scene on Saturday, highlighting the Holy Family’s connection to occupied Bethlehem. This year, the baby Jesus figure was draped in a Palestinian keffiyeh, a traditional symbol of Palestinian identity and resistance. The nativity scene was crafted by Palestinian artists from occupied Bethlehem.