Doha, Qatar – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday the Security Council was “paralysed by geostrategic divisions” in its efforts to end Israel’s war against Palestinians in Gaza. Addressing the Doha Forum, he said the body’s “authority and credibility were severely undermined” by it...
Doha, Qatar – AFP Mediation efforts are continuing to secure a new Gaza cease-fire and free more prisoners held by Hamas despite ongoing Israeli bombardment that is “narrowing the window” for a successful outcome, Qatar’s prime minister said Sunday. “Our efforts as the state of Qatar along with our partners are co...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 17,700, with 48,780 injured since Oct. 7, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Saturday evening. In a statement, the ministry spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qedra, stated: “Over the past few hours, 210 martyrs and 2,300 [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday condemned the US for using its veto to block a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, describing the move immoral and holding Washington accountable for the bloodshed of Palestinian children and women, as well as an accomplice with I...
BERLIN (AA) – A 6-member German family was killed in the Israeli bombing of Gaza, German media reported. According to the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, Yousuf Abujadallah, who worked as a doctor in Germany, his wife Ayah, and their children Salahuddin (10), Mohammed (9), Abdulrahman (3) and Omar, an infant, were killed in Gaza as [&hel...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Three Hezbollah fighters and a Syrian were killed on Friday in an Israeli drone strike on their car in the south of Syria, a war monitor said. “A Syrian and three Lebanese Hezbollah fighters from the surveillance and missile-launching unit were killed in the Israeli drone strike on their rented carR...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States on Friday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. Washington dashed a growing clamor for an immediate cease-fire that had been led by UN chief Antonio Guterres and Arab nations. American envoy Robert Wood said the resolution ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Health Ministry in Gaza on Friday said the Israeli army is besieging the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern the Gaza Strip and opening fire towards the hospital. In a statement, the ministry said the Israeli army snipers are taking positions in the surrounding buildings of the hospital and […]
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States told a UN Security Council meeting on Friday that it opposed an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. “While the United States strongly supports the durable peace, in which both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security, we do not support calls for an immediate ceasefire,&...
JERUSALEM – AFP Gaza’s health ministry on Friday reported 40 dead in Israeli strikes near Gaza City and “dozens” more in the northern Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Yunis. Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres as they seek to “destroy Hamas”, making much-needed aid deliveries to Gaza almost imposs...
