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Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip, depriving civilians of goods essential for survival, is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said people’s dignity and lives had to be respected as he called for ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 900, as the war entered its fifth day. Israeli warplanes continued to launch airstrikes on targets in various parts of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza-based resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel early Saturday, firing a barr...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel pounded Hamas targets in Gaza Tuesday and claimed the bodies of 1,500 fighters were found in southern towns recaptured by the army in gruelling battles near the Palestinian enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israel’s military campaign following Saturday’s surprise mass onsl...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has ordered a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip as the military pounded the Palestinian territory with air strikes. “We are putting a complete siege on Gaza… No electricity, no food, no water, no gas — it’s all clo...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 560 on Monday, the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave said, as Israel pounded Hamas targets for the third consecutive day. The Hamas-controlled ministry said “560 people were killed and another 2,900 injured” since Saturday’s surp...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The military wing of Hamas on Monday announced the capture of a new group of Israelis from settlements around the Gaza Strip. In a speech broadcast on the Hamas-affiliated Al-Aqsa TV, the Izzeddin al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesman Abu Ubaida said that fighters affiliated with the group had successfully captu...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians on Monday were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a public market area in the Jabalia refugee camp, northern Gaza, local sources told Anadolu. The airstrike also left 120 people injured, including many in critical condition, in addition to a large-scale destruction of the area, according to the [&hel...
New York, United States – AFP Some thousand demonstrators on Sunday gathered in Manhattan in solidarity with Palestinians as pro-Israel marchers counter-protested following a bloody escalation in the Middle East conflict. The rallies followed Saturday’s surge in violence that’s killed hundreds and wounded thousands in the reg...
At least 700 Israelis have been killed as a result of Hamas attacks on Israel, local media reported on Sunday. A BBC news anchor said it is “the biggest single-day loss of life in Israeli history.” The anchor also said more than 100 Israelis had been taken hostage and were inside Gaza. BBC also quoted […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 413 Palestinians, including 78 children and 41 women, were killed and 2,300 others injured in Israeli attacks launched after a surprise attack by Hamas on Saturday, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement on Sunday. Palestinian resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, saying it was [...
