United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations said Monday it had to halt the movement of aid and aid workers within Gaza due to a new Israeli evacuation order for the Deir al-Balah area, which had become a hub for its workers. A senior UN official had earlier said that UN operations had […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians were killed in fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as Israel continued its deadly offensive on the enclave, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone strike targeted a house in the southern city of Khan Younis, leaving four people dead and injuring several others, […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah have forced most water wells out of service, resulting in an 85% water shortfall, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. The Israeli army has demanded Palestinians evacuate an area east of Deir al-Balah that was previously designated [&helli...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes targeting homes and a school sheltering displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. An Israeli drone hit a house in western Gaza City, killing five people, including two children and a woman, and injuring 15 […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s health ministry announced late Sunday that it had received 1.26 million doses of polio vaccine. “A total of 1.26 million doses of the OPV2 polio vaccine have arrived, along with 500 vaccine coolers,” the ministry said in a statement. “Preparations are underway to launch the (vaccine) campaig...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered two American carrier strike groups to remain in the Middle East on Sunday after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged intense cross-border fire overnight. The announcement came in the Pentagon’s reading of Austin’s call with Yoav Gallant, his Israeli counterpart. During the...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah announced late Sunday his group’s “success” in its military response to Israel’s assassination of top commander Fuad Shukr, accusing Tel Aviv of “lying and failing.” “We identified the Galilot base as the primary target of our operation. It houses Unit 8200, whi...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US continues to “work tirelessly” to conclude a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner exchange deal after Israel and Hezbollah exchanged intense cross-border fire overnight, an official said Sunday. “A cease-fire in Gaza could also help to reduce tensions along the Blue Line (that marks the frontier between...
In key US swing-state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back, after they were alienated by President Joe Biden’s unwavering support for Israel’s war on Gaza. “We are in listening mode right now,” says Osama Siblani, publisher of The Arab Americ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have turned the designated “safe humanitarian zones” within the Gaza Strip into heaps of rubble and ashes, leaving only 9.5% of the territory as “safe zones” for displaced people, the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has said. According to a statement released by the authority, at the ons...
