Palestinian Territories – AFP Fighting in Gaza raged on Friday with scores reported killed overnight, after mediator Qatar said Hamas had given its “initial” support to a prisoner exchange deal that would pause its war with Israel. The health ministry in the territory said 112 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is likely to shut down operations by the end of February amid a suspension of funding by Western countries, its chief warned Thursday. “As the war in Gaza is being pursued unabated, and at the time the International Court of Justice calls for more humanitarian assistance, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in its war on Gaza has jumped to 27,019, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. The Gaza-based Health Ministry made the statement as the Israeli deadly onslaught against Gaza entered its 118th day. It also said 66,139 other people have been injured in […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed 119 Palestinians in Gaza in the latest night of strikes, the health ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. The Qatar-based leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh was expected in Cairo on Thursday or Friday for talks on a proposed truce. The group was reviewing a proposal for a six-week […]
New Delhi, India – AFP Bulldozers have knocked down a centuries-old mosque in India’s capital, a member of the building’s managing committee said Thursday, during a demolition drive to remove “illegal” structures from a forest reserve. The demolition comes at a sensitive time in India with nationalist activists em...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hospitals in Khan Younis city are experiencing “catastrophic” situations amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Wednesday. “Conditions are worsening at the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital in the city,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has jumped to 26,900 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said that 65,949 other people have also been injured in the attacks. The statement noted that in the past 24 hours, […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel’s army has begun flooding Hamas’s network of tunnels, with the UN warning of the potential “collapse of the humanitarian system” in the territory after a funding row hit its Palestinian aid agency. The epicentre of the fighting in recent weeks has been Khan Yunis, southern Gaza...
Islamabad, Pakistan – AFP Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison, less than two weeks before the country votes in an election his party has been hamstrung from contesting. Pakistan goes to the polls next Thursday in a ballot already marred by allegations of pre-vote rigging, with Khan [&hell...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – JANUARY 30, 2024 10:50:14 GMT – AFP Israeli undercover agents, some disguised as medical staff, raided a West Bank hospital Tuesday and shot dead three Palestinians. An AFP photographer saw a bullet hole on a pillow covered in blood following the raid at Ibn Sina Hospital in the northern city of [&h...
