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Gaza genocide

Over five months into Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the regime continues pounding the blockaded territory with indiscriminate airstrikes and artillery fire. The Health Ministry in Gaza says at least 92 people have been killed and 130 others wounded over the past 24 hours. At least 12 were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza. According to the ministry, Israel prevents medical teams from reaching victims who are still under the rubble. Meanwhile, Israeli jets continue bombing residential buildings across the coastal strip, including Gaza City. The suffering in Gaza is not limited to just being targeted by bombs. According to UNRWA, malnutrition and famine are striking northern Gaza and is now moving to southern areas. Since the onset of the Israeli war in early October, 31,600 and 45 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. 

Pro-Palestine rallies

People across the world are continuing to display their support for the people in Gaza as the regime presses ahead with its genocide in the besieged strip. The German capital, Berlin, was the scene of one of the latest such demonstrations. The protesters demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the liberation of Palestine and establishment of al-Quds as its capital. They carried blood-stained small mock body bags in reference to the large number of children killed in Gaza. The protesters also held up pieces of bread to draw attention to the issue of starvation in besieged strip. Pro-Palestine rallies have been intensifying across Europe despite attempts by the governments to crack down on the public demonstrations of support. During a rally in the Austrian capita Vienna, thousands took to the street to slam the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Accord with US ended

Niger's government says it has broken its military cooperation agreement with the United States, calling the accord illegal. Abdramane said the government revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows military personnel and civilian staff from the US Department of Defense on its soil. The declaration came just a day after a senior US delegation left Niger, following a three-day visit to renew contact between the two countries. The US relations with Niger faces challenges after a military coup ousted the Western-backed president in the African country last year. However, the US still stations some 1,000 troops in Niger at a desert drone base. Niger has previously severed military ties with its former colonizer, France. It forced French troops in the country to withdraw after nearly a decade.

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