Protest rallies against persisting Israeli atrocities in the besieged and densely-populated Palestinian enclave of Gaza have been held across the world’s major cities this week.
A US-based rights group has expressed alarm at the extent of atrocities perpetrated by the ISIL terror franchise, warning that the Takfiri terrorists are engaged in killing or expelling all religious minorities from northern Iraqi city of Mosul and its suburbs.
The United Nations has expressed anxiety over the Israeli regimel’s cotinued deadly strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip as the attacks have so far claimed nearly 310 lives.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at Egypt’s newly installed president for Cairo’s antagonistic approach towards the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip, referring to the former army chief as "a tyrant."
The Israeli regime’s tanks have withdrawn from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip after intense clashes with Hamas, only a day after they have penetrated hundreds of meters into the area.
Christians were fleeing Iraq's city of Mosul en masse Friday after the terrorist group of ISIL relayed an ultimatum giving them a few hours to leave, the country's Chaldean patriarch and witnesses said.
As Israeli troops pushed into Gaza overnight, intense tank fire shook parts of Khan Yunis, sending a flood of patients into the southern city's Nasser hospital.
Israel says it is adding 18,000 military reservists to the 56,000 already mobilized as the army steps up its ground offensive.
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany for medical treatment since December 2012, will return home on Saturday, his party said in a statement.
Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes have pushed deeper into the besieged Gaza Strip, killing more Palestinians.