Middle East Experience

The top UN official for humanitarian aid in Yemen, who narrowly dodged an aerial bombing raid by Israel on Sanaa's airport, denied Friday that the facility had any military purpose.Israel said that it was targeting "military infrastructure" in Thursday's raids and that targets around the country were used by Huthis to "smuggle Iranian weapons" and bring in senior Iranian officials.UN humanitarian coordinator Julien Harneis said the airport "is a civilian location that is used by the United Nations."
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: UN official denies Israeli claim Yemen airport was military target

Gaza health officials and the WHO said Saturday that an Israeli military raid targeting Hamas militants has forced a major hospital in northern Gaza out of service and led to the detention of its director.The military said it intercepted two projectiles fired toward Israel from northern Gaza, a rare attack more than 14 months into Israel's war with the Palestinian militants, whose top leaders have been killed.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza hospital shut after Israeli raid, director held: health officials

A delegation from Turkey's main pro-Kurdish DEM party is due on Saturday to visit jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is serving life on a prison island off Istanbul, a party source said."The delegation left in the morning," the source told AFP, without elaborating how they would travel to the island for security reasons. The visit would be the party's first in almost 10 years. DEM's predecessor, the HDP party, last met Ocalan in April 2015.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey's pro-Kurd party to meet jailed PKK leader on Saturday

The head of the World Health Organization said Saturday he only narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Yemen's Huthi rebel-held capital.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC radio his ears were still ringing following Thursday's attack as he prepared to board a flight in Sanaa, and stressed that the protection for civilian installations under international law must be respected.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: WHO chief says narrowly escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport

Layan Al Nasr, 14, thought she would never walk again after both of her legs were amputated following an Israeli bombing in Gaza one year ago. Now, she stands proudly on artificial limbs fitted in the United Arab Emirates. But fear for her family, still living under the attacks, gnaws away."When I was told about prosthetics when I arrived, I didn't even know they existed," she jokes, taking a few steps supported by crutches. She is able to smile as she describes her operations, rehabilitation and her newfound hope. But emotion eventually catches up with her.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza child amputees get new limbs but can't shake war trauma

The IDF said two rockets were launched from Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip towards Jerusalem before being successfully intercepted by the IAF.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: IDF issues Gaza evacuation orders after sirens activate in Jerusalem

For carnivores who like an exotic touch, this is definitely the place.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Abdalla: For carnivores (and celebrities) with an exotic touch

Iranian leaders' main concern may be that Trump could empower Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Iran's nuclear sites.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 2025 will be 'important year' for nuclear program, Iranian FM says

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the country had lost approximately $7 billion in 2024.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Egypt completes trial run of new Suez Canal channel extension

The Jerusalem Cinematheque is hosting the festival from December 28 - January 2, including wide-ranging genres and competitions.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival spotlights best of Jewish cinema