GENEVA (AA) – More than 8,000 people in the Gaza Strip need medical evacuation and the vast majority of them have war-related injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “Medical referrals for critically injured and sick patients outside Gaza remain ad hoc and insufficient. An orderly, safe and sustained transfer ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestinian American community members rejected an invite from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sit down for an off-the-record conversation Thursday due to what they said is the Biden administration’s complicity in the “genocide” in Gaza. The majority of those who were invited to Thur...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is likely to shut down operations by the end of February amid a suspension of funding by Western countries, its chief warned Thursday. “As the war in Gaza is being pursued unabated, and at the time the International Court of Justice calls for more humanitarian assistance, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in its war on Gaza has jumped to 27,019, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. The Gaza-based Health Ministry made the statement as the Israeli deadly onslaught against Gaza entered its 118th day. It also said 66,139 other people have been injured in […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday withdrew from parts of Gaza City and North Gaza governorate for the first time since it started its ground offensive on Oct. 27. Military vehicles completely withdrew from the neighborhoods of At-Tawam, Al-Karama, and Rashid Street in the western region of North Gaza governorate, a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Head of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea has presented an outline for a proposed deal with Hamas that could include the release of 35 captives in return for a 35-day pause in Israeli attacks, according to media. The first stage of the proposed deal would see the release of women, sick, […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed 119 Palestinians in Gaza in the latest night of strikes, the health ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. The Qatar-based leader of Hamas Ismail Haniyeh was expected in Cairo on Thursday or Friday for talks on a proposed truce. The group was reviewing a proposal for a six-week […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN relief chief Martin Griffiths has voiced support for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, amid the agency’s funding crisis sparked by allegations that some of its employees in the Gaza Strip took part in the October 7 Hamas attack. “UNRWA is playing an indispensable role in terms of distribut...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Half of Israelis oppose a proposed deal with Hamas to secure the release of 35 Israelis in return for a 45-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by Israeli Channel 12, showed that 35% of Israelis support such a deal with Hamas, while 15% did […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has pulled out its 5th reservist brigade from the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli media. The Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the 5th reservist brigade had fought in the northern Gaza Strip and had seized the territory’s coastal area from Hamas fighters. According to the broadcaster, one reservist [&he...
