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SvennoJ on 30 May 2024
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Pro-Palestinian protests outside Canadian security conference

Pro-Palestinian protesters have blocked roads in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, over the city’s hosting of the CANSEC exhibition, where representatives from the Israeli army are reported to be in attendance.

Footage shared on social media and verified by Al Jazeera shows large numbers of participants blocking roads leading to the exhibition. Some protesters lay on the ground in clothes stained with symbolic blood, others held banners denouncing Canada’s support of Israel.

CANSEC’s website says the event “showcases leading-edge technology, products and services for land-based, naval, aerospace and joint forces military units”.

Gaza sea aid route from Cyprus will be kept offshore until pier fixed: Cypriot official

According to a Cypriot government official, humanitarian aid for Gaza is continuing to depart Cyprus by sea and will be kept in floating storage off the enclave until a US-built military pier undergoes repairs.

As we reported earlier, the US military has announced that the jetty it anchored off Gaza’s coast to receive aid by sea was being temporarily removed after part of the structure broke off two weeks after it started operating.

Err, now we get a traffic jam of ships off the Gaza coast? Bring it to Ashdod port and truck it in through the Erez crossing?!

 

‘Dire conditions’: 16,000 displaced people crammed into one UN school

A UN-run school in Deir el-Balah is now housing 16,000 people, as overcrowding worsens due to displacement from Rafah. Families seeking refuge in the school are forced to sleep in its hallways or put up makeshift plastic shelters, said the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

“Living conditions are dire, with scarce resources, insufficient sanitation facilities and very limited supplies,” said the agency. More than one million Palestinians have now fled Rafah, previously a designated safe zone for Gaz’s displaced. Many have moved to Deir el-Balah or Khan Younis.