Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas on Wednesday accused the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees of “colluding” with Israel in the “forced displacement” of residents of Gaza. “UNRWA and its officials bear responsibility for this humanitarian catastrophe, in particular the residents of the Gaza (Ci...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Israel is killing about 160 children every day on average in Gaza. “An average of about 160 children are killed every day based on the figures of the (Palestinian) Ministry of Health,” WHO official Christian Lindmeier told a UN briefing in Geneva. Lindmeier rei...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that the death toll from Israeli’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has jumped to 10,328 people. Among the killed are 4,237 children and 2,719 women, Gaza-based Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said at a press conference. More than 25,956 others have also […]...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP The South African government said on Monday it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to “signal” its concern over the situation in Gaza. Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, a minister in the president’s office, told a press briefing that all diplomatic staff in Tel Aviv would be asked back to Pre...
Ankara, Turkey – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that Washington was working “very aggressively” to dramatically expand the amount of aid reaching trapped civilians in Gaza. The top US diplomat held 2.5 hours of one-on-one talks with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan focused on soothing the anger at...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The death toll in Gaza now exceeds 10,000 after nearly one month of Israeli bombardment, the health ministry said Monday as the offensive against the Palestinian enclave showed signs of intensifying. Hundreds of overnight strikes pushed the death toll to 10,022, mostly women and children, a spokesman for the...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The United States Navy has sent a nuclear submarine to the Middle East. “On November 5, 2023, an Ohio-class submarine arrived in the US Central Command area of responsibility,” US Central Command (CENTCOM) said late Sunday on X. Since the Palestinian group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel on Oct. ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The head of the Palestinian group Hamas’s political bureau made an unannounced visit to Iran and held talks with Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, both sides confirmed Sunday. Ismail Haniyeh and an accompanying delegation discussed developments in the Gaza Strip in the wake of the Hamas-led Ope...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel claimed on Sunday that there was no change in diplomatic relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv despite the latest developments in Gaza. “Diplomatic relations with Türkiye remain unchanged despite the position taken by Ankara on the war in Gaza and the fact that the Turkish ambassador was recalled over the weekend,” [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip has risen to 9,770, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave announced on Sunday. “The death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 is 9,770, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women,” the ministry said […]
