Graphic warning: Pictures may be disturbing to some

 Palestinian girl Orheen Al-Dayah, who was injured on her forehead in an Israeli strike is assisted after she had her wounds stitched without anaesthesia, at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 8, 2023. — Reuters
Palestinian girl Orheen Al-Dayah, who was injured on her forehead in an Israeli strike is assisted after she had her wounds stitched without anaesthesia, at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 8, 2023. — Reuters

 Palestinian members of the Hijazi family, killed after their home was hit during the Israeli bombardment at dusk the evening before, are placed in the back of a pick-up truck to be taken for burial from the Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 10, 2023. — AFP
Palestinian members of the Hijazi family, killed after their home was hit during the Israeli bombardment at dusk the evening before, are placed in the back of a pick-up truck to be taken for burial from the Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Nov 10, 2023. — AFP

 Palestinian wounded in an Israeli strike rest at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 7, 2023. — Reuters
Palestinian wounded in an Israeli strike rest at Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Nov 7, 2023. — Reuters

Opinion

Editorial

AJK elections
29 Jul, 2026

AJK elections

CONSIDERING the political unrest that has rocked Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past, free and fair general...
Still vulnerable
29 Jul, 2026

Still vulnerable

THE State Bank’s decision to hold the policy rate at 11.5pc is a prudent response to the heightened risks the...
Guarding the past
29 Jul, 2026

Guarding the past

THE return of 513 smuggled archaeological artefacts from the US is a welcome homecoming for objects that should ...
Lull in fighting
Updated 28 Jul, 2026

Lull in fighting

AFTER two weeks of escalating violence, the US has halted its strikes on Iran, with Tehran also silencing it guns....
Water policy
28 Jul, 2026

Water policy

THE country is caught in a crisis where there too much water at the wrong time and too little when it is most ...
Ending hepatitis
28 Jul, 2026

Ending hepatitis

WORLD Hepatitis Day is being observed under the theme ‘Hepatitis: Let’s break it down’, a call to remove the...