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US-Israel genocide

As Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip enters its 152nd day, more civilians fall victim to the regime's airstrikes on the besieged territory over the past 24 hours. An Israeli bombing of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City left two Palestinians dead and several more injured. The city has a witnessed another attack on the people waiting for aid, resulting in the injury of several of them. In central Gaza, six civilians, including a journalist working for the Al-Aqsa TV, were killed in the attacks on homes in Deir-Al-Balah. To the south, 25 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble in different areas of the city of Khan Yunis. Meanwhile, the World Food Program reported that the Israeli army denied the entry of an aid convoy to famine-stricken northern Gaza. The death toll from the Israeli onslaught on Gaza since early October has now surpassed 30,700, majority of them women and children.

Hamas ceasefire stance

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has held an extraordinary foreign ministerial meeting in the Saudi city of Jeddah to discuss the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Gaza was the focus of the talks, with the final OIC statement calling for an immediate and unconditional end to the deadly Israeli aggression against the besieged territory. The statement from the 57-member bloc also warned about the dangerous consequences of continuing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Gaza. It called on the UN Security Council to take urgent measures to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza as well as the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories. The OIC categorically rejected any attempt to forcibly transfer the Palestinian people from their ancestral land. It said that peace can only be achieved when the Israeli occupation comes to an end. 

US presidential race

To the United States where it is a joyous occasion for former president Donald Trump who has increased his lead further on Super Tuesday. This is the day when the outcome of democratic and republican primaries in 15 states and one territory typically shapes the race for the White House. Addressing his supporters in Florida, Trump hailed his wins as unprecedented. Trump’s sole Republican challenger Nikki Haley is far behind as she has won only in Vermont. Trump has won at least 890 delegates to date while Haley has secured fewer than 70. That despite the former president is facing a number of lawsuits. In the Democratic camp, incumbent president Joe Biden is cruising toward nomination as he swept in all 15 states on Super Tuesday. Biden remains the front-runner for Democrats as he faces no real challenger within the party. He gears up for a likely rematch with Trump in November. Meanwhile, Biden said in a statement that a second Trump’s term would be a return to "chaos, division, and darkness".

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