11/08/2025 07:05
The Guardian
Committee to Protect Journalists says those responsible for death of Anas al-Sharif and four colleagues must be held to accountAnas al-Sharif among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrikeA prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike.Anas al-Sharif, who was one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night.Australia will recognise a Palestinian state next month, prime minister Anthony Albanese said, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signalling they would do so. Albanese told reporters after a Cabinet meeting Monday that Australia’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state will be formalised at the United Nations General Assembly in September. “A two-state solution is humanity’s best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza,” Albanese said. Those commitments included no role for Hamas in a Palestinian government, demilitarisation of Gaza and the holding of elections, he said.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended a new military offensive in Gaza that is more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.” Netanyahu said the security Cabinet last week instructed the dismantling of Hamas strongholds not only in Gaza City but also in the “central camps” and Muwasi. The camps – sheltering well over a half-million displaced people, according to the UN – had not been part of Israel’s announcement on Friday. It was not clear why, though Netanyahu faced criticism this weekend within his ruling coalition that targeting Gaza City was not enough. Netanyahu said there would be “safe zones,” but such designated areas have been bombed in the past.The UN has warned Gaza faces “starvation, pure and simple” as child deaths mount. The body’s humanitarian office OCHA said 98 children had died from acute malnutrition since the start of the conflict in October 2023, with 37 of those deaths since July, according to Gaza’s authorities.The US defended Israel at security council meeting, saying it has the right to decide what’s best for its security. It called allegations of genocide in Gaza false. The US has veto power at the council and can block proposed actions there. Continue reading...
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