WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestinian American community members rejected an invite from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sit down for an off-the-record conversation Thursday due to what they said is the Biden administration’s complicity in the “genocide” in Gaza. The majority of those who were invited to Thur...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is likely to shut down operations by the end of February amid a suspension of funding by Western countries, its chief warned Thursday. “As the war in Gaza is being pursued unabated, and at the time the International Court of Justice calls for more humanitarian assistance, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in its war on Gaza has jumped to 27,019, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. The Gaza-based Health Ministry made the statement as the Israeli deadly onslaught against Gaza entered its 118th day. It also said 66,139 other people have been injured in […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday withdrew from parts of Gaza City and North Gaza governorate for the first time since it started its ground offensive on Oct. 27. Military vehicles completely withdrew from the neighborhoods of At-Tawam, Al-Karama, and Rashid Street in the western region of North Gaza governorate, a...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed 119 Palestinians in Gaza in the latest night of strikes, the health ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. The Qatar-based leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh was expected in Cairo on Thursday or Friday for talks on a proposed truce. The group was reviewing a proposal for a six-week […]
New Delhi, India – AFP Bulldozers have knocked down a centuries-old mosque in India’s capital, a member of the building’s managing committee said Thursday, during a demolition drive to remove “illegal” structures from a forest reserve. The demolition comes at a sensitive time in India with nationalist activists em...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced support for the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, or UNRWA, amid that agency’s funding crisis. The crisis was sparked by allegations that some of its employees in the Gaza Strip took part in the October 7 cross-border attack on Israel. “UNRWA is the backbone...
ANKARA (AA) – Iran has vowed to decisively respond to any attack on its territories or interests, following Washington’s threats to respond to the deadly attack on a US base near the Jordanian-Syrian border. A statement, issued by Iran’s permanent mission to the UN, warned that Tehran would respond decisively to any attack on its [...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hospitals in Khan Younis city are experiencing “catastrophic” situations amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Wednesday. “Conditions are worsening at the Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital in the city,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has jumped to 26,900 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday. The Health Ministry said that 65,949 other people have also been injured in the attacks. The statement noted that in the past 24 hours, […]
