GENEVA (AA) – Israel permitted only four out of 66 planned humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza during the first 20 days of October, with no food aid allowed for 14 days, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) has said. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke detailed a severe deterioration in humanitarian access, revealing that Israeli authorities ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – United Nations agencies have postponed a polio vaccination campaign for Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip because of a deadly Israeli onslaught. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza’s Health Ministry and UN partners “were compelled to postpone the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza” d...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians working for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in the central Gaza Strip. A medical source in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city told Anadolu that two UNRWA staffers were killed after their vehicle [&...
ANKARA (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday morning departed Israel after meeting with top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to discuss the possibilities of ending the war on Gaza. According to media reports, Blinken is heading to Saudi Arabia to meet with top officials. He told reporters wh...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli President Isaac Herzog during a meeting Tuesday in Tel Aviv that it is “imperative” to restore sustained humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to the State Department. “The Secretary noted the imperative to restore sustained humanitarian aid to Gaza and reit...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinians in northern Gaza “are waiting to die” as Israel escalated its offensive in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Our staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillippe Lazzarini said in a statement. “T...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has presented a cease-fire proposal that does not include the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Gaza, the local media has reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said the proposal includes a temporary cease-fire in exchange for releasing several Israeli captives in Gaza. KAN added that Israe...
LONDON (AA) – The British government has assured parliament that there are no active UK export permits for items Israel could use in ways that violate international law. “There are currently no extant UK export licences,” UK Development Minister Anneliese Dodds said during a House of Commons session. In response to questions from l...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Two Palestinians were killed and 19 others were injured Sunday in two Israeli airstrikes targeting a home and a tent housing displaced people in the central and southern Gaza Strip. The two Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, which also injured eight […]
JERUSALEM (AA) — Israel announced Sunday evening the killing of a brigade commander in the northern Gaza Strip, the first confirmed death of an officer at the rank of colonel in its war on the Palestinians. “The commander of the IDF (Israeli army) 401st Armored Brigade, Col. Ehsan Daqsa, was killed during fighting in the […]
