ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Sunday that the bodies of six individuals who were taken prisoner on Oct. 7 were found and recovered late Saturday from Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. The army identified them as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark warning about the potential impact of a military operation in Gaza during the upcoming polio vaccination campaign. In a statement on X, UNRWA said: “We cannot vaccinate children who are fleeing for their lives,” and warned that “any military operations duri...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza has risen to nearly 40,700 as Israeli forces killed 89 more Palestinians over the past two days, the Gaza Health Ministry reported. The relentless Israeli onslaught, ongoing since October 7, 2023, has also left 94,060 others injured, according to the ministry. “Israeli forces killed 89 people and [&he...
Details have emerged of torture endured by Palestinian paramedic Walid Khalili while in Israeli detention. Khalili is 36 years old. He was detained after he witnessed the execution of four men by Israeli soldiers in Gaza City. Blindfolded and beaten, Khalili was subjected to severe abuse. He was threatened with gasoline and electric shocks a...
Israel has consented to limited humanitarian pauses in its war on Gaza to facilitate a crucial polio vaccination drive. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced this campaign. It is set to start on Sunday and will immunize 640,000 children under the age of 10. The effort was necessitated by a confirmed polio case in […]
Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for a congressional probe into alleged war profiteering by major US defense contractors. Sanders condemns Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and RTX for pocketing $255 billion in taxpayer funds since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Sanders accuses these firms of “fleecing” American tax...
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would not alter the Biden administration’s policies on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and the war on Gaza. Harris’s comments come during an interview with CNN network — her first interview as this year’s Democratic presidential nominee. She, however, stresses the need to secure a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has reported that during its 22-day military offensive in Khan Younis, the Israeli army destroyed water lines supplying areas in the city claimed by Tel Aviv to be “humanitarian zones.” “The Israeli army destroyed main water lines providing essential services t...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has strongly condemned a recent attack on humanitarian workers in Gaza, expressing deep concern over the rising dangers faced by aid personnel in the conflict-stricken region. In a statement, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim described the incident, where a clearly marked UN vehi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The run-up to the presidential election is tense because of two key issues: the economy and the major parties’ support to Israel. As Americans grapple with economic hardships and inflation, their frustration is compounded by their government’s support to Israel’s genocidal actions in the devastated Pales...
