Netanyahu: Israel is destroying Gaza so Palestinians are forced to leave
London (MEMO): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee that Tel Aviv is “destroying more and more houses [in Gaza] so the Palestinians will have nowhere to return,” according to quotes from the session leaked to the media.
Israel army wants $2.7 billion to continue Gaza war
London (MEMO): The Israeli army estimated that it needs an additional 10 billion shekels ($2.7 billion) to resume the war on the besieged Gaza Strip and to expand it with large scale ground operations, Israeli media outlets reported on Tuesday.
Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia expelled from Rwanda genocide conference
Addis Ababa (MEMO): Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia Avraham Neguise was expelled on Monday from a conference on the Rwandan genocide organized by the African Union (AU) in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Anadolu Agency reports.
More journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza than were killed in other wars combined
London (MEMO): Israel has killed more journalists in Gaza than were killed in total in the American Civil War, World Wars One and Two, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (including the conflicts in Cambodia and Laos), the wars in Yugoslavia in the 1990s and 2000s, and the post-9/11 war in Afghanistan, a new study has found.
UN: Gaza has largest number of child amputees in modern history
Middle East Monitor (MEMO) March 27, 2025, Geneve (MEMO): The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that Gaza has the “largest cohort of child amputees in modern history,” according to Quds Press.
Arab ministers meet in Qatar to discuss Gaza reconstruction funding
Cairo (MEMO): The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and the UAE met in Doha to discuss mechanisms for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. The Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s Executive Committee also attended the meeting in the Qatari capital.
Malaysia announces conference to support Palestine reconstruction efforts
Kuala Lumpur (MEMO): The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it will be holding a conference to support reconstruction efforts in Palestine.
Hezbollah does not accept reasons for time extension for Israeli troop withdrawal
Beirut (MEMO): Lebanese Hezbollah chief, Naim Qassem, said that the group would not accept any justifications to extend the period for Israeli troops’ withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
