At least 322 aid workers, including 237 U.N. staff, have been killed in Gaza since the war began last October. According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, aid workers and emergency responders continue to face “extreme challenges” in assisting those in Gaza. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric said since the b...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Security Council members have issued a warning against efforts to dismantle the Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), calling it the “backbone of the humanitarian response” in the Gaza Strip. “The Members of the Security Council strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish UNRWA’...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – An independent UN Commission has confirmed that Israel has a “concerted policy” to destroy the Gaza Strip’s healthcare system. “Our report to the General Assembly, which we presented this morning, examines attacks on medical facilities and personnel and the treatment of detainees and hostages fro...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has issued a threat to Hezbollah’s new chief Naim Qassem that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, whom Israel assassinated September 27 in an airstrike. Katz responded to Qassem’s first official speech, where the Hezbollah leader pledged to co...
A UN rapporteur has called for Israel’s suspension from the United Nations for its repeated violations of international law and the occupation of Palestinian territories. UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese made the statement on Wednesday. She is recommending the General Ass...
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri confirmed on Wednesday that Lebanon has reached an understanding with US envoy Amos Hochstein regarding a cease-fire with Israel. He stressed no changes have been made to the text of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701. This statement counters recent Israeli media reports claiming that Hochstein...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Donald Trump on Wednesday pledged to end the “suffering and destruction” in Lebanon, if he is elected to the White House. “During my Administration, we had peace in the Middle East, and we will have peace again very soon! “I will fix the problems caused by Kamala Harris and Joe Biden and [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) — At least 80 Israelis, most of them soldiers taking part in wars in southern Lebanon or Gaza, have been killed by the Hezbollah and Hamas resistance groups this month. Israeli Army Radio dubbed the month “black October,” as 64 soldiers and police, along with 16 civilians, were killed in either southern Lebanon [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine’s permanent representative to the UN warned Tuesday that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in northern Gaza face imminent execution for refusing to abandon their land and homes. Riyad Mansour was speaking at a session of the UN Security Council focused on the situation in the Middle East. Mansour ...
The State Department has expressed concern about Israel’s move to ban the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees. Spokesman Matthew Miller says the move poses risks for millions of Palestinians who rely on UNRWA for essential services. These include health care and primary and secondary education. Miller’s ...
