NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
GENEVA (AA) – The recognition of the Palestinian state is among Spain’s far-left Sumar party’s demands to form a government with the Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the party’s spokesperson said on Monday. Ernest Urtasun told a press conference that Sumar believes that there is room to close a government agreement with ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 57 Palestinian medics have been killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave has reported. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said 12 hospitals and 32 healthcare centers have been forced out of service due to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of journalists killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict has risen to 23, an international press freedom group has revealed. In a statement, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that the Israel-Palestine crisis has taken a “severe toll” on journalists, adding that among the dead are 19 Palestinian, thr...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday stressed the need for a two-state solution in Palestine, saying it is “essential” for lasting peace. “Our support for a two-state solution is highly valued across the region, but it can’t be a cliched talking point to roll out at times like this. The […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – More than 181,000 housing units have been damaged in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Government Media Office said Monday. “More than 20,000 units were totally destroyed or rendered uninhabitable,” Salama Marouf, a spokesman for the office, told a press conference in Gaza City. He said [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A third convoy of 20 aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, according to a Palestinian spokesman at the terminal. “Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid are being allowed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” Wael Abu Mohsen told Anadolu. Egypt’s state news [...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment has climbed to 4,651, including 1,873 children, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Sunday. In a statement, Ashraf Qudra, a ministry spokesman, said that 1,023 women were also among the people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7. [&hell...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hezbollah on Sunday said that four of its fighters were killed while fighting the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. The death toll of Hezbollah affiliates killed in fighting with the Israeli army since Oct. 7 has risen to 22. Tensions have flared along the Israeli-Lebanese border amid Israeli airstrikes against the...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip have destroyed five more mosques, bringing the total number to 31 since Oct. 7, the Gaza-based Endowments and Religious Affairs Ministry said. “The number of mosques completely destroyed since the beginning of Israel’s attacks on Gaza has increased to 31,R...
