United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations said Monday it had to halt the movement of aid and aid workers within Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, which had become a hub for its workers. A senior UN official had earlier said that UN operations had […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians were killed in fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Israel continued its deadly offensive on the enclave, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone strike targeted a house in the southern city of Khan Younis, leaving four people dead and injuring several others, […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah have forced most water wells out of service, resulting in an 85% water shortfall, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. The Israeli army has demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir al-Balah that was previously designated [&helli...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes targeting homes and a school sheltering displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone hit a house in western Gaza City, killing five people, including two children and a woman, and injuring 15 […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s health ministry announced late Sunday that it had received 1.26 million doses of polio vaccine. “A total of 1.26 million doses of the OPV2 polio vaccine have arrived, along with 500 vaccine coolers,” the ministry said in a statement. “Preparations are underway to launch the (vaccine) campaig...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have turned the designated “safe humanitarian zones” within the Gaza Strip into heaps of rubble and ashes, leaving only 9.5% of the territory as “safe zones” for displaced people, the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has said. According to a statement released by the authority, at the ons...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to President Joe Biden to withdraw the army one kilometer from the 14-kilometer-long Philadelphi Corridor, which runs along the Gaza-Egypt border while leaving a minimal number of military sites in the area, according to Israeli media. The pledge comes as part of ongoing discu...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 100,000 displaced Palestinians in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in Gaza have no place to seek refuge from Israeli forces’ bombardment, as Israel destroyed 20 shelter centers over the last two days after issuing evacuation orders, the city municipality has said. In a brief statement, the ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United States said Friday that progress had been made at the latest round of Gaza truce talks, after the presence of Israeli troops on the Egyptian border emerged as a major sticking point. The White House said CIA chief William Burns was among US officials taking part in the discussions […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli foreign minister has said that Israel will not permit the establishment of a Palestinian state, claiming that such a state, mandated by the UN, would pose a “security threat” to Israel. In a post on X, Israel Katz said: “Iran and Hamas have taken over the Palestinian issue.” “A Palestinian [&helli...
