Gaza resident and journalist Tareq Hajjaj and Ahmad Al-Bazz, an independent journalist and filmmaker, told of the suffering faced by ordinary Palestinians since the decades-long conflict escalated sharply at the weekend.
On October 1, 2023, the Paltoday.ps website, which is affiliated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), reported on a new line of "perfumes with the fragrance of the rockets of the resistance." The products, in bottles shaped like rockets, are made and marketed by a Gaza Strip Palestinian company, Al-Hijaz Perfumes. The owner of the Al-Hijaz for Perfumes shop, Bilal Abu Saraya,
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday that Israel was committed to the status quo that prevents Jews praying at Jerusalems flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the epicentre of repeated clashes. His comments follow violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories that has killed 38 peo ..