NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has hit out at the international community, calling the death toll of 11,000 from Israeli strikes on Gaza “a deplorable and disgraceful milestone.” “…over 11,000 people killed in Gaza of which almost half are children. One child is being killed every ten […...
Brussels, Belgium – – AFP The EU’s humanitarian aid chief has called for “meaningful” pauses in Israel’s war on Gaza and urgent deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals working in the territory. “It is urgent to define and respect humanitarian pauses,” Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on Monday, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing on hospitals, schools, UN shelters and other facilities. The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 am loc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian detainee has died at the Megiddo prison in northern Israel, the Israeli prison authorities have declared. In a statement, the Israeli Prison Service said the 33-year-old detainee, from the West Bank died after “feeling unwell.” The statement, however, did not provide any further details There are more...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 66-year-old man was killed by a bullet in the head. Palestinians shared a video on social media platforms of a taxi driver covered in […]
By Anadolu staff JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday announced the death of another two soldiers in fighting in northern Gaza. Sunday’s fatalities pushed the death toll in Israel’s ground operation in northern Gaza to 45 since it began on Oct. 27. The death toll since Israel’s war with the Palestinian group Hamas […]
Israel’s war on Gaza: Day 39 highlights Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Intensified Attacks: Israeli airstrikes have increased across Gaza, causing extensive damage to healthcare facilities. The main cardiac ward at Gaza’s largest hospital has been destroyed. Refugee Camps and Towns Under Siege: Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Younis face relentless...
LONDON (AA/AFP) – Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been sacked in a cabinet reshuffle, according to media reports on Monday. It came after a row over her controversial remarks on pro-Palestinian protests and her article in The Times newspaper that met with massive criticism. Braverman sparked widespread outrage after calling...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Thousands of people remained trapped in Gaza’s largest hospital Monday, where evacuations have been hampered by Israeli attacks. Conditions are worsening for hundreds of patients and thousands of others sheltering around Al-Shifa hospital — which has become the focus in the five-week-old war. The...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The death toll from a power outage at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has risen to 15, including six premature babies, the hospital director said Monday. “Six premature babies and nine injured people at the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) died today as a result of the power outage,” Mohamed Abu […]
