
ISRAELI strikes have killed at least 55 more Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said today.
This followed senior government officials saying on Wednesday that Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor across the coastal enclave.
Israel has vowed to escalate the war with Hamas until the resistance group returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory. Israel has imposed a month-long halt on all imports of food, fuel and humanitarian aid that has left civilians facing acute shortages as supplies dwindle.

As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE

Money makers already exploit cleaning and catering contracts while the military-industrial complex diverts billions from health to warfare — but Bevan’s vision will endure as long as people fight for it, writes ROGER MCKENZIE