GENEVA (AA) – The UN humanitarian office said on Friday that they cannot deliver aid trucks to the north of Gaza. “If there is a hell on earth, it is the north of Gaza,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told the weekly press briefing in Geneva. Laerke […]
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Al-Rantisi Hospital for Children in western Gaza went out of service Thursday after running out of fuel for its generators, leaving 38 Palestinian children who are suffering from kidney failure in grave danger. “Thirty-eight children suffering from kidney failure are deprived of dialysis services after the Al...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes targeted the surroundings of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza with airstrikes overnight, causing casualties among displaced people and medical teams, an official said early Friday. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the Health Ministry spokesman in Gaza, said similar strikes were conducted on hospitals in the central and ...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Saudi Arabia is hosting Arab leaders and Iran’s president for two summits this weekend on Israel’s war against Palestinians. The emergency meetings of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation come after over one month of Israeli bombardment has killed more than 10,000 people in Ga...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops and Hamas fighters were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinians’ “strongholds”. Hamas fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and assault rifles were clashing...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Eight Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. A statement from the Palestinian health ministry said the current death toll in Jenin stood at eight, with 14 others wounded. The Israeli army said its forces were opera...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The head of the UN has said that killing of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip shows that there is “something clearly wrong in the way that military operations are being done.” “Every year, the highest number of killing of children by any of the actors in all the conflicts that […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that the Rafah border crossing remains closed because of a “security circumstance.” “Our understanding is that given a security circumstance that brought the border closing, Rafah border crossing remains closed today,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday. “But this ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel not to reoccupy Gaza once its war against the Palestinians ends. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would take “overall security responsibility” for the territory following its war against Palestine. Key ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south from Gaza City on foot, in some cases carrying nothing but the clothes on their back. The Israeli army has told Palestinians in the north to move south. Already, more than 1.5 million people in Gaza have fled their homes in search of safety, and […]
