Israel and Hamas edge closer to ceasefire agreement
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GENEVA (AA) – While limited aid delivery began last weekend to the blockaded Gaza Strip, there are no security guarantees for getting aid to hospitals in the northern part of the strip, the World Health Organization has warned. Underlining the “huge risk” for people delivering relief, Rick Brennan, WHO regional emergencies di...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 57 Palestinian medics have been killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave has reported. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 12 hospitals and 32 healthcare centers have been forced out of service due to […]
ATHENS (AA) – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for “sustained” access for health aid in the Gaza Strip. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the WHO has called for the safe passage of additional aid convoys across the enclave, protection of all humanitarian workers and sustained access to health […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has warned of the “real danger” to the lives of the wounded and sick people if fuel is not provided to hospitals in the besieged enclave. “Failing to immediately supply hospitals in Gaza with fuel poses a real danger to the wounded and […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel demanded the evacuation of 20 hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip and six have already been evacuated, an Israeli security official said on Saturday. “Four hospitals refused the evacuation orders while the rest are in the process of being evacuated,” the unnamed official told the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation....
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization called Thursday for a daily flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip beyond the first convoy readying near the border — including fuel to keep hospitals running. Egypt’s state-linked television Al Qahera News reported that the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has agreed to postpone a meeting with Arab leaders that was to take place amid soaring casualties in the besieged Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday. “After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President (Mahmoud) Abbas […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – “Gaza is on its knees,” UN Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday after a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Gaza. “Just arrived to Cairo amid reports that a school and a hospital have come under attack in Gaza today,” Griffiths posted on X. “Hundreds of people have been ki...
LONDON (AA) – Scotland is willing to be the first country in the UK to offer safety and sanctuary to refugees from Gaza, First Minister Humza Yousaf said after a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Gaza on Tuesday. “There can be no justification for this. None whatsoever. If people cannot be safe in a […]
GENEVA (AA) – While no humanitarian supplies have been allowed into Gaza since October 7, two million people across Gaza are in danger of running out of water, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said. “It has become a matter of life and death. It is a must; fuel needs to be delivered now […]
