GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians taking refuge in Rafah refuse to leave the southern Gaza Strip city despite concerns of an impending Israeli ground invasion. More than a 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in attacks launched by the Israeli army on Rafah this week. Local sources report that Israeli warplanes carried out ...
GENEVA (AA) – Many Syrians who fled their country’s war face gross human rights violations and abuses on their return home, a report by the UN Human Rights Office has shown. “This report paints an alarming picture of the suffering of returnees, in particular women, amid the increasing number of deportations of Syrians from other [&hellip...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The Israeli army has killed 10% of all journalists in the Gaza Strip to prevent them from conveying the truth about what is happening in the enclave to the world, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. “The death toll of journalists has risen to 120, meaning that 10% of journalists have […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said there are no prospects for a quick stabilization of the situation in the Gaza Strip due to the “uncompromising attitude” of Israel. “Taking into account the uncompromising attitude of the Israeli leadership to continue the military action in Gaza, now extending it to Rafah, ...
LONDON (AA) – The Labour Party has withdrawn its support for Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali over his comments on the October 7 Hamas attacks. The party will no longer campaign for Ali after the Mail on Sunday published his comments, claiming Israel had “allowed” the Hamas attack on October 7. Later, the Daily Mail [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged all “conscientious” countries to protect the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which he said provided a “lifeline for 6 million refugees in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.” Speaking at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, the Unite...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Senator Bernie Sanders has slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s relentless attacks on Gaza and the US Congress for supporting them, warning against the US sending “the Israeli war machine” $10 billion more for bombings that cause innocent deaths. On YouTube, Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 28,473, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry made the statement as Israel’s deadly onslaught on Gaza entered its 130th day. It also said that 68,146 other people have been injured in the ongoing offensive. The […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns met with Mossad chief David Barnea in Cairo Tuesday for a [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Abu Omar was injured on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, according to witnesses. “Abu Omar sustained serious injuries in his leg and was rushed to hospital for medical attention,” an eyewitness told Anadolu. The Israeli army has […]...
