Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Eight Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. A statement from the Palestinian health ministry said the current death toll in Jenin stood at eight, with 14 others wounded. The Israeli army said its forces were opera...
ROME (AA) – Italian navy ship Vulcano, equipped with hospital instruments and operating rooms, has been deployed to the Middle East to receive and treat wounded people from Gaza, the defense minister has said. Guido Crosetto said the hospital ship will first head to Cyprus island and then as close as possible to the besieged […]
BERLIN (AA) – Germany’s Muslim community has been facing growing attacks since the start of the war against Palestine, a Berlin-based non-governmental human rights organization has reported. “In recent weeks we have seen an increase in anti-Muslim racism. We currently have three documented anti-Muslim incidents per day. This applies to t...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have damaged two more mosques in Khan Yunis, bringing the total number of damaged mosques to 136 and completely destroyed mosques to 59, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry. Ikrami al-Mudallal, spokesman for the Ministry of Endowments in the Gaza Strip, said: “The number of mosques completely demolis...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The head of the UN has said that killing of thousands of children in the Gaza Strip shows that there is “something clearly wrong in the way that military operations are being done.” “Every year, the highest number of killing of children by any of the actors in all the conflicts that […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN has demanded respect for the Gaza Strip’s territorial integrity as Israel continues to carry out strikes against the Palestinian enclave. “The integrity of Gaza needs to be respected. It is clear right now that no place in Gaza is safe,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference on [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that the Rafah border crossing remains closed because of a “security circumstance.” “Our understanding is that given a security circumstance that brought the border closing, Rafah border crossing remains closed today,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday. “But this ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Qatar is mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the potential release of a number of people held in Gaza by Hamas in exchange for a humanitarian pause, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. “Negotiations mediated by the Qataris in coordination with the US are ongoing to secure the […...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israel not to reoccupy Gaza once its war against the Palestinians ends. Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would take “overall security responsibility” for the territory following its war against Palestine. Key ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south from Gaza City on foot, in some cases carrying nothing but the clothes on their back. The Israeli army has told Palestinians in the north to move south. Already, more than 1.5 million people in Gaza have fled their homes in search of safety, and […]
