ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Sunday that the bodies of six individuals who were taken prisoner on Oct. 7 were found and recovered late Saturday from Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. The army identified them as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli government has been accused of purchasing Google ads to discredit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and discourage donations, according to a statement made by the agency’s commissioner-general. Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA commissioner-general, to...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza has risen to nearly 40,700 as Israeli forces killed 89 more Palestinians over the past two days, the Gaza Health Ministry reported. The relentless Israeli onslaught, ongoing since October 7, 2023, has also left 94,060 others injured, according to the ministry. “Israeli forces killed 89 people and [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has blocked water trucks from reaching the Jenin Government Hospital, potentially disrupting kidney dialysis services for patients. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces stopped water tankers from the Jenin Civil Defense from reaching the hospital. Dargham Zakarneh, dire...
Details have emerged of torture endured by Palestinian paramedic Walid Khalili while in Israeli detention. Khalili is 36 years old. He was detained after he witnessed the execution of four men by Israeli soldiers in Gaza City. Blindfolded and beaten, Khalili was subjected to severe abuse. He was threatened with gasoline and electric shocks a...
Israel has consented to limited humanitarian pauses in its war on Gaza to facilitate a crucial polio vaccination drive. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced this campaign. It is set to start on Sunday and will immunize 640,000 children under the age of 10. The effort was necessitated by a confirmed polio case in […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has reported that during its 22-day military offensive in Khan Younis, the Israeli army destroyed water lines supplying areas in the city claimed by Tel Aviv to be “humanitarian zones.” “The Israeli army destroyed main water lines providing essential services t...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has strongly condemned a recent attack on humanitarian workers in Gaza, expressing deep concern over the rising dangers faced by aid personnel in the conflict-stricken region. In a statement, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim described the incident, where a clearly marked UN vehi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. Medical sources at the Nasser Hospital said that the bodies of 10 Palestinians were brought in from central and eastern Khan Younis, following the withdrawal of the Israeli army from those areas. The [&...
GENEVA (AA) – The start of a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip remains uncertain as the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the need for “security and access guarantees.” More than 1 million polio vaccines have reached Gaza, but WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said that the vaccination campaign can only com...
