South Africa has approached the International Court of Justice seeking urgent action against Israel. The urgency stems from the Israeli War Cabinet’s approval to expand the ground assault to Rafah. The South African Presidency called for immediate ICJ intervention to halt Israel’s actions and ensure humanitarian access to Gaza. This plea fo...
More than 520 bodies have been unearthed from seven mass graves within hospital grounds in Gaza, according to local health ministry. Three of these graves at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex alone held 80 bodies, with many others found inside hospital departments, the ministry said. Observers say many victims, primarily patients, were deprived of...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – MAY 13, 2024 09:30:37 GMT – AFP Israel continued its attacks in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and of the threat of post-war “anarchy” across the Palestinian territory. AFP correspondents reported hel...
Kuwait City, Kuwait – AFP A conference of international donors in Kuwait on Sunday pledged over $2 billion to aid the people of Gaza devastated by Israel’s attacks for more than seven months. The conference, organised by the International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) and the UN’s humanitarian coordination agency OCH...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Mothers in Gaza are struggling to survive amid relentless Israeli attacks. As many as 10,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip where Israel has indiscriminately dropped bombs since Oct. 7, 2023. Israeli forces have targeted civilian areas, including schools, hospitals, mosques, and churches, where civilians seek re...
CAIRO (AA) – Egypt said Sunday it will join a genocide lawsuit filed by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the move comes “in light of the escalating severity and scope of the Israeli assaults against Palestinian civilians in Gaza and the […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said Sunday that Israel has killed at least 35,034 people in the territory during more than seven months of its war on the enclave. The toll includes at least 63 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 78,755 people have been […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP A full-scale Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah “cannot take place”, the UN human rights chief insisted Sunday, saying it could not be reconciled with international law. “I can see no way that the latest evacuation orders, much less a full assault, in an area with an extremely [...
Palestinians in Rafah in southern Gaza Strip fear a “famine worse than in the north” as a result of the ongoing Israeli assault on the city. The Israeli army’s seizure of the Rafah crossing has raised new concerns about aid delivery into Gaza. The United Nations has warned of grave famine risks. Um Mohammed Dughmush […...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel on Saturday hit parts of Gaza including Rafah where it expanded an evacuation order and the UN warned of an “epic” disaster if an outright invasion of the crowded city goes ahead. AFP journalists, medics and witnesses reported strikes across the coastal territory, where the UN says ...
