Palestinian Territories – AFP Overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 80 people in Gaza and a UN aid agency warned it would have to stop work by the end of Wednesday. Alarm has grown about the spiralling humanitarian crisis in heavily bombarded Gaza where one doctor said he was forced to perform emergency surgery on the […]
United Nations, United States – AFP The Palestinian Authority’s foreign minister has deplored inaction by the UN Security Council to stop “massacres” in Gaza by Israel. “The ongoing massacres being deliberately and systematically and savagely perpetrated by Israel — the occupying power against the Palestinia...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has called for an end to the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza, saying “enough is enough.” “We are saying enough is enough,” Sheikh Tamim said at the opening of the 52nd annual session of the country’s Shura Council, adding that Israel should not be allowed […]
GENEVA (AA) – While limited aid delivery began last weekend to the blockaded Gaza Strip, there are no security guarantees for getting aid to hospitals in the northern part of the strip, the World Health Organization has warned. Underlining the “huge risk” for people delivering relief, Rick Brennan, WHO regional emergencies di...
BEIRUT (AA) – The Hezbollah Movement in Lebanon Tuesday announced that three more members of the group lost their lives in clashes with the Israeli army. A statement by the group provided no more details. Meanwhile, an Israeli army’s statement mentioned that it launched an attack on a cell located in the Sheba Farms in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has dispatched a few high-ranking military officers to Israel to provide counsel to the Israeli military on operations in Gaza, the White House confirmed Monday. “What I can tell you is that there are a few relevant military officers with the kinds of experience that we believe is appropriate [...
ANKARA (AA) – France’s president on Tuesday warned Hezbollah and Iran to not open new fronts in the current Mideast conflict. “We must (fight a battle) while avoiding (setting) a blaze in the entire region,” Emmanuel Macron told a joint news conference in Jerusalem alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “I...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russia has called on the Palestinian resistance group Hamas to release all its prisoners “urgently and immediately.” “All prisoners must be urgently, immediately released, this is our firm position. We, of course, call on Hamas to ensure that all prisoners are released,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in a...
United Nations, United States – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has alleged violations of international law as Israel pounds Gaza, and urged an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to bring in relief. “I am deeply concerned about the clear violations of international humanitarian law that we are witnessing in Gaza. Let me be ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – As the bombardment of Gaza continues, Israeli forces have also arrested more than 50 Palestinians in various parts of the occupied West Bank. According to a statement from the Palestinian Prisoners Society on Tuesday, Israeli forces continued their arrest campaigns throughout the West Bank. Israeli forces arrested mo...