the move was announced after a closed meeting of the security council at which sunday s deaths at a displaced persons camp were discussed. palestinian officials say twenty one people were killed by strikes on a refugee camp in al mawasi, west of rafah, yesterday. israel has denied firing at the area. lucy williamson has sent this report from jerusalem. rafah was once gaza s refuge, the safest place in a dangerous war. today, the city s west and centre was emptying, those still sheltering here fleeing again amid air strikes and artillery fire. taking whatever they need to survive, whatever they can t leave behind. there s been no evacuation order from israel s army and for many, no sense of where to go. translation: i m just walking in the street, l i don t know where to go, there is nowhere safe. where should we go? this is not a life, this is not a life. they were packing up, too, in the displacement camp at tal al sultan to the west of the city, still scarred by fires trigg
FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2023 marks 47 years since the Youth massacre in Soweto, south-west of Johannesburg, South Africa in 1976. SOWETO, is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. JUNE 16, otherwise called the Soweto Uprising, was inspired and influenced by the Black Power movement. The Soweto uprising and…