genocide

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  • Gaza 2026-02-11 17:01

    Gaza faces catastrophic civilian loss as death toll mounts

    TEHRAN – The human cost of Israel’s war on Gaza has reached staggering levels, with the death toll now reported at 72,045 and 171,686 injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. The figures only partially reflect the scale of devastation, as thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble or have died from starvation, disease, and lack of medical care due to Israel’s siege.

  • Abdel Kareem Hana/AP 2026-02-07 19:07

    By Shahab Sarmadi 

    Israel’s uncounted massacre in Gaza: The 200,000 death estimate and the silence on genocide

    TEHRAN – The scale of death in Gaza has reached a level that is almost impossible to comprehend, yet the world continues to treat it as an abstraction. In comments reported by Anadolu, Stuart Casey Maslen, head of the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, warned that Gaza’s population has declined by more than 10 percent since Israel launched war on the enclave on October 7, 2023.

  • Rescuers carry the body of a victim amid the debris of Sheikh Radwan police station in Gaza City following an Israeli air raid [AFP] 2026-01-31 20:04

    ‘Horrific massacres against civilians’: Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in a single day

    TEHRAN – Israeli warplanes launched a new wave of air raids across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing dozens of Palestinians in yet another blatant violation of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. 

  • South African 2026-01-30 19:20

    Persona non grata: South Africa expels Israel’s top diplomat

    South Africa has ordered Israel’s top diplomat to the country to leave within 72 hours, citing “insulting attacks” on South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa on social media and the “abuse of diplomatic privilege”.

  • Gaza 2026-01-30 19:10

    By staff writer

    Israel’s admission of Gaza death toll shatters its own denial

    TEHRAN — A quiet admission from a senior Israeli military official has opened a door Israel has tried to keep shut for two years. By acknowledging that around 71,000 people have been killed in Gaza, the official effectively confirmed what the Gaza Health Ministry has been reporting since the start of the war.

  • Gaza 2026-01-18 19:27

    Israel continues attacks in Gaza in violation of October ceasefire

    Israeli forces have wounded several Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, firing on civilians and launching air and artillery attacks in the latest near-daily violations of the ceasefire in place since October, as its genocidal war on the besieged enclave continues unabated, Al Jazeera reported. 

  • Gaza 2026/01/13

    Gaza death toll continues to rise amid Israeli ceasefire violations 

    The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has announced that the number of martyrs in the besieged area has surpassed 71,400.

  • Gaza 2026-01-06 19:20

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Catastrophic year for Palestinians in 2025 

    TEHRAN – An official Palestinian report has documented the catastrophic suffering of Palestinians in 2025 at the hands of the Israeli occupation regime. 

  • Game Over Israel 2026-01-04 21:09

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    “Game Over Israel”: Red card pressure to hunt down Gaza genocide perpetrators

    Ashish Prashar shares the story behind his global campaign in an exclusive interview with Tehran Times

    TEHRAN- Ashish Prashar is a political strategist, believes that if Israel were removed from football, it would send an “unmistakable global message” that genocide which has been happening in Gaza for more than two years is unacceptable.

  • Gaza 2025/12/27

    By Sasa Milivojev

    Gaza genocide and collapse of human conscience

    Shame on silence, cowardice and betrayal of humanity 

    History will record this moment not as a triumph of civilization, but as its absolute moral collapse. In Gaza, more than 70,000 innocent human beings—the overwhelming majority women, mothers, pregnant women, and children—have been systematically annihilated. Their crime? Being born Palestinian. Their punishment? Death under rubble, starvation, and fire. And the world, with all its institutions, governments, and self-proclaimed guardians of humanity, stood by in silence.

  • German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands, in Jerusalem, on December 7, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO) 2025-12-07 21:40

    By staff writer

    Merz’s appeasement of Netanyahu will only embolden war criminals

    TEHRAN - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited Israel for the first time since taking office in May. Merz’s visit comes just days after Germany decided to lift a three-month suspension on arms exports to Israel.

  • Pro-Gaza protest 2025-12-02 15:35

    Genocide's poisonous fruit: Worldwide loathing

    TEHRAN – By perpetrating the most heinous crimes in Gaza, Israel has not only reaffirmed its status as the most detested entity on the global stage and plunged itself into even deeper isolation, but has also dragged the United States down with it—rendering Washington an object of worldwide loathing.

  • Gaza 2025-11-30 18:31

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Gaza’s death toll hits grim milestone of 70,000

    TEHRAN – More than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed as the occupying Israeli regime’s genocidal assault on Gaza continues with no end in sight.

  • I wrote so that monsters wouldn’t erase me: Gazan author 2025-11-28 18:43

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    I wrote so that monsters wouldn’t erase me: Gazan author

    Wasim Said tells Tehran Times his testimony began amid ruins of Beit Hanoun and continued through renewed attacks and starvation

    TEHRAN- In the midst of Gaza’s devastation, where entire neighborhoods have vanished and the international community largely remains silent, young Palestinian writer Wasim Said has emerged as one of the clearest voices documenting a genocide as it unfolds. 

  • MTG and Trump 2025-11-22 19:18

    First Republican lawmaker to call Israel's Gaza assault genocide quits Congress amid MAGA rift  

    Republican lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene, an influential figure among the right and longtime ally of Donald Trump who recently had a dramatic falling out with the US president, has said she is quitting her seat in Congress, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

  • Gaza 2025-11-21 18:39

    By staff writer 

    From truce to tragedy: 310+ dead in Gaza after Oct 10 ceasefire

    TEHRAN — The death toll in Gaza continues to climb as Israeli forces intensify military operations despite the ceasefire agreement with Hamas that came into effect on October 10. Israel’s army has advanced beyond the designated “yellow line,” pushing tanks and armored vehicles into areas where displaced Palestinians had cautiously begun to return.

  • Bosnian Muslims were intentionally targeted in the 1992-1995 Balkan War and Gazans are facing the same destiny today 2025-11-21 15:44

    Commentary: Similarities between Bosnia and Gaza

    TEHRAN - In a commentary published on November 18 on Middle East Eye (MEE), a senior journalist draws comparison between the genocide in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Gaza Strip.

  • Gaza 2025-11-17 18:32

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Rising Hamas popularity in Gaza 

    TEHRAN – Despite over two years of U.S.-backed genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip, American media reports Hamas has seen its popularity increase.

  • UAE conceals intelligence network linking Israel ans US behind Darfur conflict 2025-11-10 18:43

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    UAE conceals intelligence network linking Israel and US behind Darfur conflict: Sudanese journalist

    Saad Kamil says Abu Dhabi’s covert operations from Bab al-Mandab to the Suez Canal aim to reshape regional power maps

    TEHRAN- Mohamed Saad Kamil, Editor-in-Chief of the Brown Land News, focuses on issues of peace, justice, and human rights in Sudan. He is known for his steadfast stance in defending the truth and exposing the violations committed against civilians, especially in conflict areas such as Darfur, including El Fasher. 

  • Netanyahu 2025-11-08 17:20

    Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Netanyahu, top Israeli officials

    An Istanbul court on Friday issued arrest warrants for 37 suspects, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza and against the Global Sumud Flotilla vessel that was seized in October, Anadolu reported. 

  • Gaza 2025-11-07 19:27

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Truce with no peace for Palestinians 

    TEHRAN – Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, the Israeli regime continues to trample on the rights of Palestinians in Gaza. 

  • Israel could not have carried out genocide in Gaza without U.S. support. 2025-11-05 14:48

    By Professor Hossein Askari

    Quintessential rogues gallery — US, Western Europe, Canada, Australia, with Arab and Muslims in tow

    PORTLAND - The fact that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip is beyond a doubt. For the human and physical fallout, simply look at the results on the ground and read the South Africa filing at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). And as for intent (critical to proving genocide) listen to and read the statements of Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Gallant and senior military leaders.

  • The extermination mindset in Israeli society 2025-11-04 18:46

    By Nawaf Al-Zaru

    The extermination mindset in Israeli society

    AMMAN – Israeli writer, historian, and Beit Berl lecturer Yehiam Sorek documents the character of Israeli society in a study titled The Roots of Thuggery and Force in Israeli Society.

  • Sudan 2025-11-03 18:52

    By Shahrokh Saei 

    From Gaza to Darfur: Mossad’s strategic footprint in Sudan’s genocide

    TEHRAN – As the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) consolidate control over western Sudan with the fall of el-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, questions are growing about the involvement of foreign actors—particularly Israel and the United States—in shaping the trajectory of the country’s civil war.

  • A UN inquiry determined that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza 2025-10-31 20:57

    Erdogan to Merz: Does Germany not see Israeli genocide in Gaza?

    At a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticized Germany over its ignorance of Israel's "genocide" and attacks in Gaza, Reuters reported.

  • Gaza ceasefire 2025-10-21 13:41

    Qatar’s Emir condemns Israel’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza, continued ceasefire violations

    Israel’s war on Gaza has been nothing but genocide, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani said while condemning Israel’s continued violation of the ceasefire agreement, Al Jazeera reported. 

  • Gaza war 2025-10-20 19:32

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Israel wages new round of attacks on Gazans in violation of truce 

    TEHRAN – Israeli occupation forces have killed some 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire agreement on October 10. 

  • Israel Gaza 2025-10-08 19:01

    By Wesam Bahrani 

    Gaza genocide rages on without relief 

    TEHRAN – Forces of the Israeli occupation regime continue an unyielding campaign of violence against Gaza’s civilian population.

  • The media office in Gaza says the number of missing persons in the besieged enclave stands at 9,500 2025-10-07 19:35

    By Wesam Bahrani

    IOF casualties amid ongoing Gaza genocide

    TEHRAN – Hebrew media has reported the death of an Israel Occupation Force (IOF) soldier and the injury of five others.

  • Palestinian fighters resisting Israeli soldiers have amazed military analysts 2025-10-06 21:23

    By Matin Jamshidi

    Humiliation after two years of futile war on Palestinians fighters

    TEHRAN - Today marks the second year that Israel is fighting Palestinian rebels in Gaza. The war began as Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel. Israel’s response to the attack has been unimaginably disproportionate.