Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Palestine Red Crescent said five people were killed and dozens wounded by gunfire and a stampede during an aid delivery Saturday in Gaza, where famine is looming. AFP video footage shows a convoy of trucks moving quickly past burning debris near the distribution point in pre-dawn darkness as [...
Palestinians are describing a temporary pier being constructed by the U.S. on the shores of Gaza City as an “occupation port.” On March 7, President Joe Biden announced that he had ordered the U.S. military to build a temporary pier off Gaza for the delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, Israel continues to let only [...
Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister has announced that his country will join the South Africa-led genocide case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Micheal Martin says that while the court will determine whether genocide has occurred, there have been blatant violations of international humanitarian law on a mass s...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Amid the ongoing onslaught by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, a petition has been moved in the New Zealand parliament seeking support for the people in the besieged coastal enclave. “We call for the New Zealand government to fulfill its international legal obligations, and to demonstrate moral leadership to the rest of [&h...
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and southern Lebanon continue despite a UN Security Council resolution passed this week urging an immediate cease-fire during Ramadan. In the last 24 hours, Israeli forces killed 76 Palestinians and wounded 102 in Gaza. Palestinian civilians seeking aid have been targeted, with two severely wounded by Israeli snipe...
A report by a UN rapporteur says there are “reasonable grounds” indicating that Israel has committed genocidal acts in Gaza. Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on Palestine, has found Israel’s actions violating three of the five acts mentioned under the UN Genocide Convention. These are killing members of a group; ca...
Defying the UN Security Council’s cease-fire resolution passed on Monday, Israeli forces have continued their assault on Gaza. As many as 81 people were killed and 93 wounded in 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Among the casualties of an overnight bombing of a home in Rafah are 18 people, including nine children. [&hel...
Beijing, China — AFP China has welcomed the UN Security Council call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, urging swift “action” to halt fighting over the final weeks of Ramadan. After more than five months of war, the UN Security Council for the first time demanded an immediate cease-fire in Gaza after Israel’s forefron...
NGOs are skeptical about America’s proposal to build a maritime pier off Gaza’s coast to expedite aid delivery. Despite no scarcity of humanitarian aid, Israeli inspections and ongoing conflict have obstructed its distribution on land. Deepmala Mahla from CARE International questions the necessity of a pier when supplies are readily availabl...
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 [&...
