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...
Maldives government has announced a ban on Israeli passport holders, citing solidarity with Gaza. This is because of Israel’s ongoing war there, in which it has killed more than 36,400 Palestinians, most of them children and women, since October last year. Mohamed Muizzu, president of the archipelago in the Indian Ocean, declared the ban wi...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediator Qatar said Tuesday it was waiting for a “clear position” from Israel on a proposed Gaza cease-fire and prisoner release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. “We have yet to see a very clear position from the Israeli government towards the principles laid out by Biden,” foreign minist...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Lebanese official media said Israeli strikes on a car and a motorcycle in the country’s south killed two people Monday. Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, has traded near-daily cross-border fire with Israel since October last year. “An enemy drone strike targeted a motorcycle in Naqura,” a coastal town near ...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Fresh strikes by Israel across the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday killed at least 19 Palestinians, as mediators urged Israel and Hamas to agree to a truce and prisoner swap deal outlined by US President Joe Biden. Since Biden spoke at the White House on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [&he...
