Israel’s war on Gaza has reached 200 days, leaving a dire human and economic toll. According to the latest figures from the Gaza Health Ministry, 34,183 Palestinians have been killed. Over 14,500 children and 9,500 women are among those killed. Gaza’s Government Media Office has confirmed that Israeli forces have committed a total of 3,025 [&...
In the last 24 hours, at least 32 Palestinians have been killed and 59 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza. Gaza’s Palestinian media office reported that Israeli forces carried out three massacres and trapped many people under rubble. Wafa news agency reported that Israeli ships and warplanes continued to bombard Gaza during the night, includ...
Thirty-seven House Democrats dissented from a Republican-led measure to provide $26 billion more in aid to Israel. The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act was adopted with 366 votes in favor and 58 against. Notable opposition came from Democrats including centrists and progressives. Democratic strategist Waleed Shahid termed it un...
United Nations, United States – AFP An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found “neutrality-related issues” but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) rem...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza’s civil defence said Sunday health workers had uncovered at least 50 bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. In a statement to AFP, the civil defence agency said the remains were discovered in the courtyard of Nasser Medical […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine children among 16 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli bombing targeting several homes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. “At least 16 Palestinian citizens, including nine children, were killed at dawn today (Sunday) in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting se...
United Nations, United States — AFP Senior UN officials have warned the Security Council of the risks of a new front opening in Sudan, around the town of el-Fasher in Darfur, where the population is already on the brink of starvation. After a year of war between the armed forces (SAF) of General Abdel Fattah […]
ANKARA (AA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has stressed the need to open Israeli crossings with the besieged Gaza Strip. “We demand that the six Israeli crossings with Gaza be opened to humanitarian aid,” said Shoukry in a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul. The Egyptian official stresse...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has urged a hate crime investigation against pro-Israel leader Ezra Weinblatt. This follows Weinblatt’s alleged assault on anti-war protesters outside the Israeli Embassy. Weinblatt, a board member of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, faces charges of property destruction a...
The Palestinian Media Office has revealed that a mass grave was found within Gaza City’s Shifa Medical Complex. It is believed to hold 10 Palestinians executed during an Israeli military operation. It was found in the hospital’s courtyard, with some bodies decomposed and dismembered, including those of women. Dr. Mu’tasim ...