ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army attacked the southern city of Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing 11 civilians and wounding dozens of others. Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah. Six Palestinians were killed, most of them children, and many others [&h...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, announced Sunday that it had killed 40 Israeli soldiers and destroyed 44 military vehicles in the last two days. “During the last 48 hours, the Al-Qassam Mujahideen managed to completely or partially destroy 44 military vehicles on all fronts of...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have taken hostage 142 Palestinian women and children during their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, including nursing infants and the elderly, two social welfare organizations have announced. The information was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and th...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has climbed to 17,997 since October 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Sunday. Speaking at a press conference, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 49,229 other people were injured in the Israeli onslaught on the […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hamas is part of the Palestinian political landscape, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has said. “Hamas is part of the Palestinian political map, and if Israel claims that it will eliminate, this will not happen, and it is unacceptable to us,” Shtayyeh said in a speech at the 21st edition of […]...
Jerusalem – AFP Israeli media have reported that Hamas fighters have surrendered to Israeli forces in several locations across Gaza. Footage published by Israeli media showed groups of men stripped down to their underwear, with some appearing to hand over weapons. Defending the stripping of those detained, the army said that “it is...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has said nearly one million children have been displaced in Gaza because of Israeli attacks. “They are now being pushed further and further south into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food or protection,” said Adele Khodr of UNICEF. “The restrictio...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Amid dire warnings of food shortages and mass displacement in Gaza as a winter chill sets in, aid group Oxfam has warned that the plight of trapped Palestinians “is not just a catastrophe, it’s apocalyptic”. Palestinian resistance groups reported fighting in Jabalia and Gaza City’s Sh...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. After the UN Security Council declined Friday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza, the 34 countries on the WHOR...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has accused Israel of preparing the mass expulsion of Gazans into neighbouring Egypt, which Israel said was “simply not true”. In an opinion piece published Saturday in the Los Angeles Times, Lazzarini wrote that “the developm...
