GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The lives of thousands of people are at risk at a hospital in southern Gaza amid a tight Israeli siege around the facility, the Health Ministry has warned. The Israeli army has slapped a siege around the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis city since January 22 as part of […]
LONDON (AA) – Mary Lou McDonald, the leader of Ireland’s Sinn Fein party, has emphasized the urgent need for a cease-fire and adherence to international law in the ongoing genocidal Israeli assault on Gaza. During a press briefing for foreign correspondents, McDonald expressed deep concern over the relentless violence engulfing the entir...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Washington next week for a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the White House has said. The February 12 meeting comes as regional efforts continue to broker an agreement to halt Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The White House said Abdullah and Biden will […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
ANKARA (AA) – Norway has sent $26 million in aid to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), after some countries decided to stop their support in response to Israeli allegations against UNRWA workers of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attacks. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on X, “Today, Norway tran...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Attacks against Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea have halted Israeli ship traffic in the Red Sea, the leader of Yemen’s Houthi group has said. “Israeli ships have completely stopped in Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea. This is a real achievement and victory,” Abdulmalik al-Houthi said in a televised speech. “The […...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip has jumped to 27,840 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement said that 67,317 other people have also been injured in the ongoing onslaught. “Israeli attacks left 130 people dead and 170 […]...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Lebanon-based official of Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was “genocide”. Netanyahu’s “insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal of the aggression on Gaza is geno...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – As Palestinian Tamer Kaskeen managed to return to his neighborhood in Gaza City, it was hard for him to locate the site of his destroyed home due to Israel’s devastating onslaught against the Gaza Strip. When he identified the location of his destroyed home, Kaskeen, 50, drowned in tears over […]
