JERUSALEM (AA) – The ongoing war on Gaza caused the Israeli economy to contract 19.4% in the last quarter of 2023, reported the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. “The contraction of the economy in the fourth quarter of 2023 was directly affected by the outbreak of the Iron Swords War on October 7,” […]...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – AFP Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva accused Israel Sunday of committing “genocide” against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and compared its actions to Adolf Hitler’s campaign to exterminate Jews. In response, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the 78-yea...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 150 patients are crammed in rooms and corridors of the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces arrested 70 medical staff and refused to evacuate the patients for treatment in other hospitals, the Gaza Health Ministry said […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians who have died in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 29,092, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said that 69,028 others were also injured in the ongoing onslaught. It added that in the past 24 hours, Israeli […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened Sunday to invade Rafah city during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if “hostages” held by Hamas were not released. “I say this very clearly: Hamas has a choice. They can surrender, release the hostages, and this way, the citizens of Gaza can celebrate the [&he...
Munich, Germany – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the situation in the Israel-occupied West Bank posed a major obstacle to finding a long-term solution for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. “The West Bank is the real obstacle for the two-state solution,” Borrell said at the Munich Security Co...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Prospects for a cease-fire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. Efforts to pause the over four-month-old war languish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – In the south of Gaza, a white, blue and sand-colored structure with lush green lawns once stood tall. Every day, hundreds of Palestinians would make their way to Israa University, a building with an imposing facade inspired by Islamic architecture. Today, though, the university exists only in memories and visual archives....
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Adham family is living in the back of a truck in Rafah as they struggle to survive after Israel destroyed their home in Jabalia. Maryam Al-Adham expressed her family’s difficulty in finding adequate shelter in Rafah due to overcrowded shelters and the high cost of tents, which led them […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Every day, Abu Muhammad Hassan, an elderly Palestinian, goes to collect wood from under the rubble of homes destroyed by the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. His 7-year-old granddaughter, Maryam, accompanies him on his daily search trip in the northern Gaza Strip to collect wood pieces from doors and windows, [&...
