Washington, United States – AFP American cargo planes airdropped more than 36,000 meals to Gaza Tuesday in a joint operation with Jordan, the US military said, as the international community scrambles to curb a growing humanitarian crisis there. Airdrops by the United States and other countries are aimed at supplementing what officials s...
GAZA (AA) – Starving children in the besieged Gaza Strip are getting poisoned by fodder they have to eat due to food shortage caused by continuous Israeli bombing. Israel, which has been attacking Gaza from air, land and sea for about five months, does not allow water, food, medicine, fuel and electricity to be delivered […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel’s “inadequate interpretation of the right to self-defense” is the primary reason for the escalation of the confrontation in the Gaza Strip, Russian geopolitical analyst Vitaly Naumkin says. Speaking at a news conference on Monday to explain the deliberations and outcome of the February 29-March 2 in...
NEW DELHI (AA) – An Indian national was killed by an anti-tank missile launched from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi has said. Southern Lebanon has been targeted by Israel several times over the past few weeks, leading to dozens of casualties. In a statement issued Tuesday morning, the Israeli [&he...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations Monday of “terrorism” and torture, after the United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza. While mediators in Cairo persisted with efforts toward a Gaza truce, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) ca...
United Nations, United States – AFP Dismantling the UN Palestinian refugee aid agency (UNRWA) would sacrifice a “generation of children,” its chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Monday amid an increasingly bitter row between the UN and Israel. “Dismantling UNRWA is short-sighted. By doing so, we will sacrifice an entire ...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli tanks “deliberately” ran over Palestinians alive on Sunday, according to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The Geneva-based organization described these crimes as “part of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.” Euro-Med reported several cases of Israeli forces running over Palestin...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian boy has been killed and several others injured by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Mustafa Abu Shalbak,16, succumbed to his injuries after being shot by occupation forces in the neck and chest, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The boy, who [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli war cabinet rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s two conditions, which are a major impediment to talks with Hamas about a prisoner swap and a cease-fire in Gaza, local media reported on Monday. The cabinet rejected Netanyahu’s pre-conditions for moving forward with negotiations with Hamas, which...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 124 Palestinians were killed and 210 others injured over 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Monday. “The Israeli occupation committed 13 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 124 martyrs and 210 injured during the pa...
