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CAIRO (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has warned of an “unprecedented conflict” in the region, calling for international intervention to prevent it and urging collective efforts for cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, the presidency said in a statement. This came during Sisi’s meeting with European Commission P...
The US House of Representatives has voted to forbid the State Department from citing casualty figures provided by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza. The amendment, passed by a 269-144 margin with bipartisan support, aims to restrict the use of these statistics in official reports. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib condemned the move, calling i...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the office of one of Israel’s most recognizable Palestinian politicians, framed pictures show him posing with famous figures like Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In front of Ahmad Tibi’s desk is the Arabic slogan, “The more beautiful days are tho...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Twenty-one cancer patients crossed from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday through the Kerem Shalom crossing, a medical source in Egypt’s El-Arish city told AFP. “They will be transported to the United Arab Emirates for treatment,” said the source, who requested anonymity because they a...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel’s military on Friday said it was conducting raids backed by air strikes in northern Gaza, killing “dozens” of Palestinians in an area where it had declared the command structure of Hamas dismantled months ago. The raids in Shujaiya, on the edge of Gaza City, caused numerous casualtie...
LONDON (AA) – Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has confirmed that the Nordic country will accept and treat injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, local media reported. Norway will participate in the international effort to help Palestinians who badly need hospital treatment, according to media outlet VG. The announcement come...
Just under a month after returning home from a medical mission to Gaza, two US doctors and a nurse visit Washington to warn White House and congressional officials that Palestinian civilians are dying at Khan Yunis’ European Hospital because of restrictions imposed by Israel in the way of medical supplies. Ammar Ghanem, an intensive care...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The outgoing United Nations humanitarian chief warned Wednesday that a spread of Israel’s war on Gaza to Lebanon would be “potentially apocalyptic”. Martin Griffiths described Lebanon as “the flashpoint beyond all flashpoints”, especially its southern border with Israel which ha...
Istanbul, Turkey – AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Western powers of backing what he said were Israeli plans to attack Lebanon and “spread war” throughout the region. “Israel is now setting its sights on Lebanon and we see that Western powers behind the scenes are patting Israel on the ba...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin on Wednesday urged warring parties in the Middle East to accept “peace proposals”, saying the region including Lebanon “doesn’t need war”. “The Middle East is going through a critical moment,” Parolin told a press conference in Beiru...
