Tuesday, October 31, 2023

'I don't have hope,' says Palestinian Canadian stuck in Gaza

A hand holds a smartphone showing a young woman on a WhatsApp video call

Shouq Alnajjar fled south from her home in Gaza City to Khan Younis when the Israeli airstrikes started. 'Every night, we think we are going to get hit,' she says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/palestinian-canadian-khan-younis-1.7014479?cmp=rss

CBC reports from Rafah crossing with Gaza amid calls for more aid

CBC's Tom Parry reports from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with Gaza as part of an Egyptian government-organized tour, where Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and officials blamed Israel for not allowing more aid to go through. Earlier, Madbouly rejected any notion of allowing Palestinians in Gaza to move to the North Sinai region of Egypt.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/cbc-reports-from-rafah-crossing-with-gaza-amid-calls-for-more-aid-1.7014161?cmp=rss

Nearly 7 million displaced during Congo's decades-long conflict, UN says

People carrying their belongings as they walk down a dirt path.

A record 6.9 million people have been displaced by conflict across Congo, the United Nations migration agency said, making it one of the world's largest displacement and humanitarian crises.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/congo-conflict-displacement-1.7014224?cmp=rss