Topic: Violence
Israeli shelling of school kills at least 15,International crime?
July 31, 2014 ·
Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem and Hazem Balousha in Jabaliya The Guardian, Thursday 31 July 2014 • UN condemns IDF attack on sleeping children as violation of international law • Strike on crowded market in Shujai’iya during ceasefire kills 17 • Death toll now more than 1,300 after three weeks of fighting Link to video: Gaza: […]
Read More...THE CONFLICT IN GAZA
July 31, 2014 ·
by Fr. Shay Cullen 28 July 2014 The death toll is at least 1,360 Palestinians killed, mostly civilians, women and children, and hundreds more have been injured. 58 Israelis killed, 56 soldiers, 2 of them civilians. 16 Palestinians were killed when an Israeli shell hit a UN school where 3000 refugees were sheltering. UN Secretary […]
Read More...Nigeria Kano blast: Boko Haram blamed for six deaths
July 31, 2014 ·
Meanwhile the government says a 10-year-old girl with a suicide belt has been arrested in a neighbouring state.
Read More...No place to hide for children of war in Gaza and Syria
July 28, 2014 ·
Tanks instead of toys: There are no playgrounds left for Syrian children
Read More...Women, children, UN staff killed in shelling of school in Gaza
July 25, 2014 ·
Published time: July 24, 2014 19:57 Women, children and UN staff were among those killed during the shelling of a UN-run school in northern Gaza, in which hundreds of people had taken refuge. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed outrage and horror at the tragedy. “I am appalled by the news of an attack on […]
Read More...U.N.: 1 child killed in Gaza every hour
July 24, 2014 ·
CBS/APJuly 23, 2014, 7:49 AM Last Updated Jul 23, 2014 1:00 PM EDT GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops battled Hamas militants on Wednesday near a southern Gaza Strip town as the U.S. secretary of state flew into Israel to press top-gear efforts for a truce in the conflict that has so far killed at least 657 […]
Read More...Children Suffer as War Continues in Gaza and Israel
July 23, 2014 ·
As Israel and Hamas continue fighting, children on both sides of the border are paying the price Megan Gibson @MeganJGibson 2:42 PM ET As the conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel moves into its third week, the impact of the fighting on Palestinian and Israeli children has become a heart-breaking signature of the conflict. […]
Read More...Israel-Gaza conflict: Four boys killed while playing football on beach after Israeli warships open fire
July 17, 2014 ·
Kim Sengupta GAZA Wednesday 16 July 2014 Four young boys – members of the same family – playing football and hide and seek on the beach were killed today by what is believed to have been gunfire from Israeli warships carrying out a blockade of Gaza. The attack on the fishing port in Gaza City […]
Read More...2 teens found tied up, killed in Cotabato
April 25, 2014 ·
By WILLIAMOR A. MAGBANUA April 20, 2014 2:48pm KIDAPAWAN CITY – The bodies of two minors believed to be victims of summary executions were discovered by joggers in Purok Saranay, Barangay New Rizal, Mlang, North Cotabato on Sunday morning, police said. Mlang chief of police Inspector Sunny Leoncito identified the victims as Christian Dave Billeza […]
Read More...The injustice that leads to violence.
March 17, 2014 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen The massacre of 20 elementary school children and six teachers at the Sandy Hook school in Connecticut on 14 December 2012 continues to mystify psychologists and social workers ,they and most people cannot explain what drove the killer to such wanton violence. He killed his mother some hours earlier that day and as police closed […]
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