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, […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel’s army has begun flooding Hamas’s network of tunnels, with the UN warning of the potential “collapse of the humanitarian system” in the territory after a funding row hit its Palestinian aid agency. The epicentre of the fighting in recent weeks has been Khan Yunis, southern Gaza...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip are grinding animal feed to make bread due to the prolonged scarcity of wheat flour amid Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid. Awatif al-Besyuni, who has been affected by Israel’s attacks, told the media that residents have been forced to grind broken wheat ...
United Nations, United States – AFP No organization can “replace or substitute” the United Nations’ Palestinian refugee agency, the UN’s coordinator for Gaza aid said on Tuesday. Several countries, including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan, have suspended funding to the agency. “There is no way...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel on Tuesday accused the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, of letting Hamas use its infrastructure in the Gaza Strip for military activity. “UNRWA is a front for Hamas. It has been fundamentally compromised in three main ways: hiring terrorists on a massive scale, letting its infrastructure ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas confirmed Tuesday it has received a proposal for a cease-fire deal and hostage swap with Israel. “Hamas is studying the proposal,” group leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement. He said Hamas’ response “will be based on the priority of stopping the brutal aggression against Gaza and the complete withdrawal of [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Gaza’s Health Ministry has accused the Israeli army of targeting patients and medical staff at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in southern Gaza. “The Israeli occupation army is tightening up its siege of the hospital for the second week in a row,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement […]
LONDON (AA) – The UK will consider recognizing a Palestinian state as part of efforts to bring about an “irreversible” peace settlement, the British foreign secretary said. Palestinians must have “a political horizon so that they can see that there is going to be irreversible progress to a two-state solution,” Dav...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – JANUARY 30, 2024 10:50:14 GMT – AFP Israeli undercover agents, some disguised as medical staff, raided a West Bank hospital Tuesday and shot dead three Palestinians. An AFP photographer saw a bullet hole on a pillow covered in blood following the raid at Ibn Sina Hospital in the northern city of [&h...