GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, announced Sunday that it had killed 40 Israeli soldiers and destroyed 44 military vehicles in the last two days. “During the last 48 hours, the Al-Qassam Mujahideen managed to completely or partially destroy 44 military vehicles on all fronts of...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 17,997 since October 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 49,229 other people were injured in the Israeli onslaught on the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hamas is part of the Palestinian political landscape, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has said. “Hamas is part of the Palestinian political map, and if Israel claims that it will eliminate, this will not happen, and it is unacceptable to us,” Shtayyeh said in a speech at the 21st edition of […]...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Amid dire warnings of food shortages and mass displacement in Gaza as a winter chill sets in, aid group Oxfam has warned that the plight of trapped Palestinians “is not just a catastrophe, it’s apocalyptic”. Palestinian resistance groups reported fighting in Jabalia and Gaza City’s Sh...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. After the UN Security Council declined Friday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza, the 34 countries on the WHOR...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Washington dashed a growing clamor for an immediate cease-fire that had been led by UN chief Antonio Guterres and Arab nations. American envoy Robert Wood said the resolution ...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that it opposed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “While the United States strongly supports the durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire,&...
JERUSALEM – AFP Gaza’s health ministry on Friday reported 40 dead in Israeli strikes near Gaza City and “dozens” more in the northern Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Yunis. Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres as they seek to “destroy Hamas”, making much-needed aid deliveries to Gaza almost imposs...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of people, including children, were killed and injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house on Friday in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said. “Al-Amal Hospital received numerous injuries and casualties as Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians Friday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said it conducted a “counter-terrorism” operation. The ministry said those who lost their lives included a 14-year-old boy and a...
