Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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Arab foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cairo seeking to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. Attendees included officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, and the Palestine Authority. Blinken’s discussions with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emphasized cease-fire negotiations. Blinken ...
Israeli forces on Thursday destroyed the main surgical building at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, following four days of siege. Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 65 Palestinians and wounded 92 people in the past 24 hours. The forces are reported to be targeting homes near the hospital, obstructing ambulances and rescue efforts. The...
United Nations, United States – AFP After nearly a year of war, Sudan is suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises in recent history, the United Nations warned Wednesday, slamming the international community for lack of action. Fighting between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, has since ...
The UN Secretary-General says Palestinians in Gaza represent the highest number of people facing catastrophic hunger ever recorded by the UN anywhere, anytime. Speaking outside the Security Council in New York on Monday, Antonio Guterres, described a recent UN report on the situation as an “appalling indictment of conditions on the grou...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States said Tuesday that Israel should let the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA into Gaza, after he was denied entry. “Our belief is that they should be able to visit UNRWA’s field of operation, including in Gaza, and we’re going to continue to work [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday arrested several journalists at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, according to witnesses. “They were brutally beaten by Israeli forces, blindfolded and taken into custody,” an eyewitness to the latest attack on the hospital reported. The Qatar-based Al Jazeera television confirmed that its c...
Israeli forces stormed Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital, marking the fourth raid since October. The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that more than 80 people, including medical staff and evacuees, were detained. The Israeli military alleges that Palestine resistance fighters had regrouped inside the hospital. But the Palestinian Media Off...
GENEVA (AA) – The “painful and slow death” of 23 children in the north of Gaza due to malnutrition and dehydration “would be the tip of the iceberg” as only those who reached hospitals are reported, UNICEF’s deputy executive director has said. Ted Chaiban’s remarks came during a panel on the humanitarian situation...
Jerusalem – AFP Israel is committed to achieving all its war aims against Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Joe Biden in a Monday call. Israel faces international pressure to ease its campaign in Gaza. In their first call in more than a month, with Biden increasingly vocal about the war’s impact on civilians, ...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday he was deeply concerned by Israeli plans for a ground operation in Gaza’s Rafah, the White House said. Biden added that an offensive would be a “mistake”. Netanyahu had also agreed to Biden’s request to send a dele...
