News of gaza

An expanded BRICS needs to innovate to show its influence

09-10-2024 14:07 Q&A session with research scientist Mihaela Papa, of Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Israel sends thousands more troops into Lebanon

08-10-2024 11:00 Israel ramps its ground offensive against Hezbollah along Lebanon's southern coast.

Israel hits Beirut as world awaits its response against Iran

03-10-2024 15:54 Nine people died and dozens injured in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, after an Israeli strike on a medical site. Amidst waiting for Israel’s response against Iran, Beirut was bombed and the European Union increased humanitarian aid by 30 million euros.

Milei signs Biden’s statement calling for Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

06-06-2024 12:20 President Javier Milei’s government co-signs US-led statement urging Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal and Israel to accept compromises in a bid to stop the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.

Argentina, 17 other nations to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages

25-04-2024 12:55 Argentina signs joint statement calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza; Casa Rosada's release says nation is aligned with "nations of the free world."

UN Security Council demands 'immediate' ceasefire in Gaza

25-03-2024 11:54 UN Security Council demands 'immediate' Gaza ceasefire for first time; Only United States abstains, 14 other members vote in favour.

G20 finance ministers meet on world economy hit by crises, conflicts

28-02-2024 12:55 G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Gaza, Ukraine loom large as G20 foreign ministers meet

21-02-2024 11:37 G20 foreign ministers begin meeting in Brazil on Wednesday, with bleak outlook as focus remains Gaza and Ukraine wars

Tears, hugs in Tel Aviv after rescue of Israeli-Argentine hostages

12-02-2024 10:06 Israeli special forces in a dramatic overnight raid freed two Argentine-Israeli captives held by Hamas militants since the October 7 attack, in Gaza's densely crowded southern city of Rafah near Egypt.

Netanyahu orders Israeli army to ready plan to 'evacuate' Rafah

09-02-2024 12:36 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered military officials to draw up plans for "evacuating" Rafah, where half of Gaza's 2.4 million people are currently sheltering

From Israel, Milei announces plan to move Argentina's Embassy to Jerusalem

06-02-2024 11:51 Upon his arrival in Israel, President Javier Milei immediately announced that he plans to move the embassy to Jerusalem; Hamas "strongly condemns" libertarian leader's announcement.

UN court tells Israel to protect Gazans, avoids ceasefire call

26-01-2024 11:54 United Nations’ top court tells Israel it must act to immediately prevent the killing and harm to innocent Palestinians in an interim ruling that stopped short of demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

Argentina debuts diplomatic shift under Milei at United Nations

19-12-2023 10:17 Diplomatic shift begins as Milei government takes stronger stance on authoritarian regime at United Nations; Argentina urges "Nicaraguan authorities to immediately release all persons arbitrarily arrested while re-establishing the rights of those deprived of their nationality," in line with European Union countries and the United Kingdom and other nations.

by Juan Gasparini, from Geneva

Argentina welcomes release of six citizens held hostage by Hamas

28-11-2023 14:30 Six citizens with dual nationality released by Palestinian militants; Two groups of three, a mother and two daughters, selected for liberation from kidnapping nightmare.

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel, Colombia and Chile recall envoys

01-11-2023 16:01 Bolivia said on Tuesday it was severing diplomatic ties with Israel over its "disproportionate" attacks in Gaza, as Chile and Colombia recall ambassadors over mounting humanitarian crisis.

Latin America divided and nuanced on Israel-Hamas conflict

01-11-2023 11:52 Many Latin American governments maintain strong support for Palestinians and their cause of statehood while condemning Israeli bombing of the Gaza strip; Argentina shows support for freeing hostages, with some of its citizens still being held by Hamas.

Teary return from Israel for young Argentines

15-10-2023 21:34 First flight of evacuees, mostly young, returning from Israel arrives at Ezeiza International Airport.

Argentines evacuated from Israel begin to arrive in Rome

12-10-2023 18:01 Argentina, Latin American country with the largest Jewish population, starts evacuating more than 1,400 of its citizens from Israel; Three Air Force flights a day will take them to Rome before state-owned airline Aerolíneas Argentinas will fly them to Buenos Aires; Foreign Ministry confirms that seven nationals were killed and another 15 others are missing.

Colombia's Petro compares Gaza siege to 'Nazism'

09-10-2023 16:44 Colombia's President Gustavo Petro compares Israel's targeting of Gaza in retaliation for deadly attacks by militant group Hamas to the Nazi persecution of Jews.

Israel imposes total siege on Gaza after Hamas attack

09-10-2023 11:41 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday to "change the Middle East" in Israel's war with Palestinian militant group Hamas, as the army pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes.