Israeli strikes killed veteran Palestinian journalist Saher Akram Rayan and his son Anas on Monday in Gaza City. Rayan worked for the Palestinian news agency Wafa for two decades. They were killed while trying to help wounded neighbors. On Saturday, three journalists — Muhammad Al-Rifi, Abdul Rahman Saima and Mahmoud Imad Issa — had been [&...
Israeli strikes killed 107 Palestinians and left 176 wounded in 24 hours. Palestinian medics say Israeli forces targeted Rafah in southern Gaza, killing 30 civilians. Despite warnings from international leaders, Israel continues bombing Rafah. It is planning a ground invasion of southern Gaza, which currently houses about 1.4 million displac...
Beijing, China – AFP China said Monday it supported a new draft resolution at the UN Security Council on an “immediate” cease-fire in Gaza, after it and Russia vetoed an earlier text proposed by the United States. “China supports this draft resolution and commends Algeria and other Arab countries for their hard work in ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that Israel has definitively barred it from making aid deliveries in northern Gaza, where the threat of famine is highest. “Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Sunday in Cairo that delivering the necessary aid to famine-threatened Gaza “requires Israel removing the remaining obstacles and chokepoints to relief”. Guterres repeated his call for an “immediate humanitarian cease-fire” to alleviate “the pligh...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has called on Israel to investigate “credible allegations of law of war violations” after a video showed an Israeli drone targeted four unarmed Palestinians in Khan Younis. Asked about the video, a State Department spokesperson said that the “contents of the video are disturbing.” “We have not verified the foota...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least five Palestinian patients at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex died due to the absence of health services, food and water as a result of the siege imposed by Israeli forces on the hospital. The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said the rest of the patients are in […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Another three Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, pushing their death toll to 136 since October 7, 2023, the media office in the enclave said on Saturday. A statement by the media office identified the slain journalists as Muhammad Al-Rifi, Abdul Rahman Saima, and Mahmoud Imad Issa. [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others were injured on Saturday in Israeli bombardment targeting Palestinians waiting for aid southeast of Gaza City. “The occupation forces targeted a group of citizens who were waiting to receive aid at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City, leading to the dea...
Rafah, Egypt – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the doorstep of war-ravaged Gaza, on Saturday said the world has seen enough of its horrors and appealed for a cease-fire to allow in more aid. He spoke at the crossing on the Egyptian side of Rafah, where most of Gaza’s population has […]
