GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The emergency polio vaccination campaign in Gaza entered its second phase on Saturday, though areas in northern Gaza, under Israel’s attacks, were excluded from the campaign. A Gaza-based doctor involved in the vaccination campaign told Anadolu that the initial phase began two months ago, with plans to l...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A hospital in the central Gaza Strip received on Friday bodies of 14 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the northern area of the Nuseirat refugee camp. “Since early morning, we have received 14 Palestinian martyrs and 69 others injured, including 21 in serious condition, from Israeli airstrikes...
At least 322 aid workers, including 237 U.N. staff, have been killed in Gaza since the war began last October. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, aid workers and emergency responders continue to face “extreme challenges” in assisting those in Gaza. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said since the b...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Security Council members have issued a warning against efforts to dismantle the Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), calling it the “backbone of the humanitarian response” in the Gaza Strip. “The Members of the Security Council strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish UNRWA’...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – An independent UN Commission has confirmed that Israel has a “concerted policy” to destroy the Gaza Strip’s healthcare system. “Our report to the General Assembly, which we presented this morning, examines attacks on medical facilities and personnel and the treatment of detainees and hostages fro...
JERUSALEM (AA) — At least 80 Israelis, most of them soldiers taking part in wars in southern Lebanon or Gaza, have been killed by the Hezbollah and Hamas resistance groups this month. Israeli Army Radio dubbed the month “black October,” as 64 soldiers and police, along with 16 civilians, were killed in either southern Lebanon [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN warned Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza face imminent execution for refusing to abandon their land and homes. Riyad Mansour was speaking at a session of the UN Security Council focused on the situation in the Middle East. Mansour ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 93 Palestinians were killed and scores injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to local authorities. Israeli fighter jets hit a 5-story building in the city as more than 200 people were inside, Gaza’s government […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed grave concern Monday over bills passed by Israel’s parliament banning the UN relief agency for Palestinians from operating in the country, which could affect its work in the Gaza Strip. “I am deeply concerned by the adoption today by the Knesset of Israel of two laws...
More than 6,000 military flights originating from Western nations landed in Israel in one year, facilitating the transportation of arms, Al Jazeera reports. Using open-source flight data, Defence Editor Alex Gatopoulos, reveals the significant military assistance provided to Israel by Western nations. The investigation details the establishme...