GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza media office on Thursday said the Israeli army destroyed its building in Gaza City. “We strongly condemn the shelling and destroying of the headquarters,” it said in a statement, adding that Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinian journalists since the start of its attacks on the Gaza [&...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP A group of Dutch civil servants staged an unusual protest in front of the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry on Thursday to call for a cease-fire in war-torn Gaza. Around 150 ministerial workers held up placards and unfurled a banner reading “Civil Servants Demand Cease-fire” over lunchtime,...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The vote on a UN Security Council resolution calling for a suspension of hostilities in Gaza to deliver aid was postponed on Wednesday for the third day in a row. On Thursday, 15 members of the Council are expected to vote on the resolution, which was first postponed on Monday. The text, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden threw cold water Wednesday on prospects for a new deal to secure the release of Israelis held by Hamas, but maintained his senior officials are continuing to pursue a breakthrough. Asked about the prospects for a deal materializing anytime soon, Biden told reporters, “there’s no expectation ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Communications and internet services were completely cut off Wednesday in wide areas of the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes in various parts of the enclave. This marks the seventh outage in the Palestinian territory since Oct. 7, Jawwal and Paltel telecom providers said in a statement. In the six previous outages, fix...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The leader of Hamas travelled to Egypt on Wednesday as hopes grew that Israel and the Palestinian group may be inching toward another truce and prisoner swap deal. The Qatar-based Hamas chief, Ismail Haniyeh, arrived in Cairo for discussions on the “aggression in the Gaza Strip and other matters”...
GENEVA (AA) – A hospital in the southern Gaza Strip was targeted twice by Israeli forces in the last 48 hours, UNICEF announced on Tuesday. “Over the past 48 hours, the largest remaining fully functional hospital in Gaza has been shelled twice. That hospital is Al Nasser,” spokesman James Elder said in a UN press […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, as the Israel’ war on the besieged Palestinian enclave entered its 74th day. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday that a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted three adjacent homes, lea...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Attacks by “extremist settlers” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank “must stop,” US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Monday. “Attacks by extremist settlers against the Palestinians in the West Bank must stop and those committing the violence must be held accountable,R...
TUBAS, Palestine (AA) – At least four young Palestinians were killed as Israeli forces raided the Al-Far’a refugee camp near the city of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Monday. The Israeli army raided the camp Monday morning. The raid marked the second such incident within two weeks, a […]...
