Cairo, Egypt – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a cease-fire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from Hamas raised further questions on whether he can succeed. The top US diplomat, paying his eighth visit to the region since October last year, was […]
London, United Kingdom – AFP Thousands of people marched through central London to parliament on Saturday calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and chanted: “End the genocide” and “Free, free Palestine”. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has extended the closure of the Qatari Al Jazeera television. “We will not allow the Al Jazeera terrorist channel to broadcast in Israel and endanger our soldiers,” Kahri said in a statement. The Israeli minister claimed that the ban was “unanimously adopted by the government, based...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – With hundreds of patients awaiting help, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is struggling to provide medical attention to the victims of a deadly Israeli attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. At least 274 people were killed and nearly 700 others injured in Israeli bombardment of the […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel has killed at least 37,084 Palestinians during more than eight months of its war on Gaza, local health ministry said Sunday. It said the toll includes at least 274 deaths in Saturday’s Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp in which Israel claimed it freed four of its citizens held […]
Israel has dropped more than 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, surpassing the combined tonnage used in Dresden, Hamburg, and London during World War II. Historical records show the Germans dropped 18,300 tons of bombs on London, while the Allies dropped 8,500 tons on Hamburg and 3,900 tons on Dresden. Euro-Med […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine on Friday welcomed the UN’s decision to add the Israeli army to a global list of offenders who have committed violations against children, commonly referred to as the “list of shame.” “The Security Council must now adopt a resolution to immediately halt the ongoing aggression against our people and stop the...
Palestinian Territories – AFP As many as 77 Palestinians have been killed and 221 wounded in the past 24 hours by Israeli strikes, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Gaza reportedly received 54 bodies and numerous injured individuals on Friday. Hospital spokesperson Khalil Al-Dakran has confirme...
GENEVA (AA) – The EU foreign policy chief called for an independent investigation after dozens of Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza on Thursday. “Reports coming from Gaza time and again show that violence and suffering are still the only reality for hundreds of thousand...
GENEVA (AA) – The Spanish prime minister on Thursday called on all states to support the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the implementation of the provisional measures against Israel. Pedro Sanchez’s remarks came after Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares announced Spain’s decision to join South Africa’s genocide case again...
