Hope amid ruins: Gaza sleeps without fear
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GENEVA (AA) – A UN expert on Friday warned that Israel seeks to “permanently alter” the composition of Gaza’s population with ever-expanding evacuation orders and widespread attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in the south of Gaza. “Israel has reneged on promises of safety made to those who complied with it...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Food Program on Friday said that the number of people in Gaza facing “catastrophe-level hunger” is four times greater than those facing similar conditions worldwide. “The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with each passing day,” the UN agency said on X, citing a recent report of the Inte...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – The American shipping company Flexport Inc. announced on Thursday that nearly 170 ships have been diverted from the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea and 35 ships have been halted, awaiting instructions from their operating companies. According to a statement by the San Francisco-based company, about 170 container sh...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed late Thursday in attacks by Israel on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to media reports. Israeli forces bombed civilian areas, including the Jabalia Refugee Camp, Rafah and Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip from the air and the ground, reported WAFA news agency . […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday ordered Palestinians in central Gaza Strip to leave their homes and head south to the city of Deir al-Balah. In a statement, Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee said that the Israeli army “operates forcefully against Hamas and terrorist organizations.” He ordered the residents of t...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The United Nations has warned that Israel’s war on Gaza is pushing the people of the enclave towards famine. The entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”, according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system on Thursday, with more than half a million people facing &#...
ANKARA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said only four hospitals are operating in northern Gaza, providing very limited care. WHO and UN mission to north Gaza found that Al-Ahli Arab Hospital is a “shell” of its former self due to lack of fuel, staff and supplies, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has announced that two more officers and one soldier were killed and 8 others seriously injured during attacks against Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since October 7 to 469. A military statement said that First Lt. Yaakov Elyan, 20, First Lt. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hamas has demanded the release of three top Palestinian leaders in any prisoner swap deal, according to the Israeli media. Hamas insists Marwan Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat and Abdullah Barghouti be on the list of prisoners to be released in any new deal, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported. Barghouti, 64, a member of Fatah’s [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of US House Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week, urging him to use the US’ leverage to shift Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “military strategy and tactics in Gaza.” “We urge you to continue to use all our leverage to achieve an immediate and significant shift of [&hell...
