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The Independent
2 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
Pro-Palestine activists ‘damage military aircraft at RAF base'
Pro-Palestine activists say they breached RAF Brize Norton on 20 June and damaged two military aircraft. Footage shared by Palestine Action shows two protesters spraying red paint into turbine engines with repurposed fire extinguishers and using crowbars for further damage. The group said their reason for targeting the base was its role in flights to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, which they claim support operations in Gaza. Palestine Action reported that the two activists "escaped undetected" after the incident. RAF Brize Norton has been contacted for comment. Watch the video in full above.
South China Morning Post
2 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Gaza's ‘death race': hundreds killed in desperate dash for food aid
Like Squid Game. That is how residents describe it, invoking the dystopian TV show when recounting the lethal gauntlet that getting aid in famine-haunted Gaza has become. 'It's a death race. The faster, the stronger, the luckier - they're the ones who might survive, might reach the food,' said 30-year-old Mohammed al-Shaqra. 'It feels like we're animals, racing for a box of supplies as if our lives depend on it. And they do.' Ever since Israel sidelined the United Nations and other humanitarian organisations late last month and tasked assistance operations to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an opaque US and Israeli-backed private contractor registered in Delaware, killing has been the near-daily companion of aid deliveries. Members of a private US security company, contracted by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, direct displaced Palestinians to receive relief supplies. Photo: AFP On Thursday, health authorities in Gaza said 12 people were killed near a GHF distribution centre, a relatively low toll in a week that saw 59 killed in similar circumstances on Tuesday. Since the foundation began its work on May 26, more than 400 people have been killed and more than 3,000 wounded.
The Independent
2 hours ago
- Politics
- The Independent
RAF Brize Norton military planes damaged after activists on scooters break into base ahead of flights
Pro-Palestine activists have broken into the RAF Brize Norton air base and damaged two military aircrafts. Footage shared by Palestine Action on Friday (20 June) shows two protesters riding electric scooters towards the planes on the runway, where they then used 'repurposed fire extinguishers to spray red paint into the turbine engines'. Explaining the choice to target the base, the group said: 'Flights leave daily from the base to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. From Cyprus, British planes collect intelligence, refuel fighter jets and transport weapons to commit genocide in Gaza '. The two activists, who also used crowbars to inflict further damage, 'escaped undetected", the group said.
South China Morning Post
3 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Gaza the worst as violence against children hit ‘unprecedented levels' in 2024, UN says
Violence against children caught in multiple and escalating conflicts reached 'unprecedented levels' last year, with the highest number of violations in Gaza and the West Bank, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Nigeria and Haiti, according to a United Nations report released late Thursday. Advertisement Secretary General Antonio Guterres' annual report on Children in Armed Conflict detailed 'a staggering 25 per cent surge in grave violations' against children under the age of 18 from 2023, when the number of such violations rose by 21 per cent. In 2024, the UN chief said: 'Children bore the brunt of relentless hostilities and indiscriminate attacks, and were affected by the disregard for ceasefires and peace agreements and by deepening humanitarian crises'. He cited warfare strategies that included attacks on children, the deployment of increasingly destructive and explosive weapons in populated areas, and 'the systematic exploitation of children for combat'. A Palestinian girl runs past the ruins of destroyed buildings along the Gaza City shoreline. Photo: AP Guterres said the United Nations verified 41,370 grave violations against children - 36,221 committed in 2024 and 5,149 committed earlier but verified last year. The violations include killing, maiming, recruiting and abducting children, sexual violence against them, attacking schools and hospitals and denying youngsters access to humanitarian aid.
Washington Post
3 hours ago
- Health
- Washington Post
Israel's air defense against Iran, explained
Over the past week, Israel has pummeled Iran with airstrikes and Iran has sent barrages of ballistic missiles and drones toward Israel. At least 24 people in Israel and 224 people in Iran have been killed in attacks since June 13, their governments have reported. Israel's sophisticated air defense system has in the past fended off attacks from Gaza, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Iran. Still, Iranian missiles have tested the multilayered network, and some projectiles have made impact. A strike on Thursday wounded about 80 people at the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, the largest hospital in southern Israel, and caused extensive damage.
