CAIRO – 15 October 2023: Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported Friday that Human Rights Researcher Patrick Zaki was banned from attending a peace conference held in Brescia after he posted on Facebook describing Israeli Prime Minister as "a serial killer." The same conference had given Zaki, researcher at the University of Bologna and who spent almost two years at Egyptian prisons, a peace award, which is now subject to calls of revocation. The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated Sunday that the numbers of deaths and injuries since October 7 amounted to 2,384 and 10,150, respectively. As for the Israeli side, deaths and injuries exceed 1,000 and 3,000, respectively. In addition, more than 150 have been held hostages by Hamas, which launched an offensive against Israeli settlements on October 7.

Source: Egypt Today October 15, 2023 21:53 UTC