Ethar Shalaby

London

Radio Broadcast Journalist at BBC News Arabic

Egyptian journalist to the bone, TV & Radio Broadcast Journo

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IVF clinics destroyed, crushing hopes of motherhood

1 week ago | bbc.com | Ethar Shalaby

Hopes of motherhood crushed after IVF embryos destroyed in Israel's Gaza offensiveEthar ShalabyNoura's family archiveNoura and Mohamed at their home in Gaza City before the war began, where they hoped to raise a family"My nerves are shattered," says Noura, a 26-year-old Palestinian woman, explaining that she has been "left with nothing". After years of IVF treatment, she became pregnant in July 2023. "I was overjoyed," she remembers, describing the moment she saw the positive pregnancy test.
At least 79 killed in Gaza in past 24 hours, health ministry says

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

The Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday that at least 79 people were killed and another 163 wounded over the past 24 hours. The death toll in Gaza now stands at 54,056 people killed since the start of the war, with thousands remaining missing.
Germany ‘more than concerned’ about Israel’s activity in Gaza

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticised on Tuesday Israel’s activity in Gaza saying his country is “more than concerned”.
Opinion: 'France’s Muslim Brotherhood report is manufacturing a threat'

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

A new government report, presented by France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, revives the spectre of the Muslim Brotherhood as an underground Islamist threat poised to capture local and national institutions. But behind this alarmist framing lies a deeper political strategy: to delegitimise non-compliant Muslim political participation ahead of the 2026 and 2027 elections, and to bolster the far right parties as the most credible guardians of the republic against a manufactured enemy.
Israel says strike on Gaza City school targeted ‘intelligence centre’ of Hamas, Islamic Jihad

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

The Israeli army and Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, said on Monday that the bombing of Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City was targeting an intelligence compound used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. "The command and control center was used by the terrorists to plan and gather intelligence in order to execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops," the Israeli army said in a statement, stating that the compound was used by both Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Death toll of Gaza City school attack rises to 30

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

The death toll from the Israeli bombing of Fahmi al-Jarjawi school-turned-shelter in Gaza City has climbed from 25 to 30, according to Al Jazeera. Meanwhile, Palestinian Mujahideen Movement has condemned the “international silence” after the massacre, describing it as “a manifestation of the most heinous crimes against humanity caused by the criminal entity’s impunity for international accountability”.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to start aid distribution in Gaza

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a US backed private humanitarian organisation, said it will begin distributing aid in Gaza on Monday, following the sudden resignation of its executive director. “Our trucks are loaded and ready to go. Beginning Monday, May 26, GHF will begin direct aid delivery in Gaza, reaching over one million Palestinians by the end of the week. We plan to scale rapidly to serve the full population in the weeks ahead,” it said in a statement.
Kamal Adwan Hospital suffering from ‘severe shortage of supplies’

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital says the facility is “suffering from a severe shortage of supplies”. He added that the hospital, located in northern Gaza, received four bodies and dozens of casualties due to several Israeli attacks. “Israeli forces continue to fire at the hospital’s surroundings. We have been calling on international organisations to intervene for a year and a half, to no avail,” he said.
Hamas agrees to free all Israeli captives for ‘serious prisoner swap’

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

A senior Hamas official has said on Monday that the group is willing to free all the Israeli captives in return for what he described as a “serious prisoner swap” and a guaranteed end to the war. “We are ready to release all Israeli captives in exchange for a serious prisoner swap deal, an end to the war, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and the entry of humanitarian aid,” Taher al-Nunu, a senior Hamas official, was quoted as saying to AFP.
Israel releases nine Palestinian prisoners

1 month ago | middleeasteye.net | Ethar Shalaby

Nine Palestinian prisoners who were released from Israeli military prisons have arrived on Monday at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah. The prisoners were handed over by Israeli authorities to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), according to al-Jazeera. Since 7 October, thousands of Palestinians have been arbitrarily arrested from Gaza and many are held under arrest without charges.