December 11, 2024

Daily News Brief

*) Israel kills 7 Palestinians in an overnight strike on Nuseirat camp Medics in besieged Gaza say that Israel’s overnight air strikes on a house in the Nuseirat camp has killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded many others. Israel’s onslaught comes in the backdrop of the UN General Assembly vote on a draft resolution today that seeks an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. In addition to calling for "an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire," the draft resolution seeks "the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages." *) 104 journalists killed in 2024, over half in Gaza: press group The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said this year has been "particularly deadly" for journalists with 104 killed worldwide, over half of them being in Gaza. According to the figures collated by the press group 55 Palestinian media workers were killed in 2024 in the face of Israel's offensive in Gaza. Since the start of the war on 7 October 2023, at least 138 Palestinian journalists have been killed. *) Russian strike kills three, destroys clinic in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Meanwhile, three people were killed and 16 others wounded in a Russian missile strike that destroyed a private clinic in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia. Officials have said many more were trapped under the rubble. The regional governor Ivan Fedorov said the rescue operations were ongoing in search of at least eight more people who are trapped under the rubble. *) Fallen Assad regime used more than 70 torture methods During the rule of the collapsed Baath regime in Syria, thousands were subjected to torture in dozens of centres beyond Sednaya prison. According to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR), regime forces detained at least 1.2 million Syrians during the civil war and subjected them to various torture methods. According to the SNHR report, the Baath regime employed 72 torture methods involving physical, psychological, and sexual violence. The regime also subjected detainees to forced labour and solitary confinement, violating basic human rights. *) Eygi's family to meet Blinken, call for US-led probe into her killing The family of a Turkish-American woman, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, killed by Israel in the Occupied West Bank, will meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken as they call for an independent US-led probe into her killing. Ozden Bennett, Eygi's sister, said in a statement that for the last three months, Blinken and State Department officials have repeatedly told us to wait for Israel, the government whose army perpetrated the crime against Aysenur, to investigate itself.