ISTANBUL (AA) – The EU and China have responsibilities to work for peace and security, and find solutions to global challenges including in the Middle East, an EU leader said on Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Beijing and the European bloc need “to do everything possible to work for a two-state [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has mounted to 17,177 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said Thursday. “Around 70% of the victims are children and women,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told a press conference. He said 46,000 other people were […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – All hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip are currently “out of service”, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said on Thursday. He said medical teams are facing difficulties in work at the Al-Shifa Hospital. “Despite the difficulties, we will keep up attempts to run any hospital in the G...
BERLIN (AA) — Germany on Wednesday said that the EU member states will discuss possible sanctions on Israeli settlers. The German Foreign Ministry spokesman told a news conference in Berlin that the issue will be discussed during an EU foreign ministers meeting next week. “We welcome that the US has adopted a clear stance, as […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The United States has supplied Israel with over 10,000 tons of military equipment since the start of the latter’s war against Gaza on Oct. 7. In a statement, the Israeli defence ministry said that the 200th cargo plane carrying military equipment for the army had arrived in Israel. The equipment includes armored [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would not govern the Gaza Strip during his term. “As long as I’m the prime minister of Israel, this will not happen,” Netanyahu said on social media platform X, in response to a report by Sky News Arabia that […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Some 73 Palestinians were killed and 123 others injured in Israeli attacks on central Gaza Strip over the past day, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. “73 martyrs and 123 others injured are the total casualties that arrived in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital (near Deir al-Balah city) over the past [&h...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living in “utter, deepening horror”, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday. Volker Turk said there was a high risk of atrocity crimes being committed in such “catastrophic” humanitarian circumstances. “Civilians in Gaza continue to be relentless...
GENEVA (AA) – UNICEF has warned that the so-called “safe zones” declared by Israel in Gaza pose risks to be “zones of disease.” “Without water, without sanitation, without shelter, the so-called ‘safe zones’ risk becoming zones of disease,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN press brief...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United Nations said on Tuesday that it was impossible to create safe zones for civilians in Gaza. “The so-called safe zones… are not scientific, they are not rational, they are not possible,” said James Elder, spokesman for the UN children’s agency, UNICEF. On Monday, a UN official w...
