GENEVA (AA) — The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is “catastrophic,” the UN human rights chief has said, urging all parties to ensure an immediate cease-fire. “I urge all parties and States with influence over them to redouble efforts, immediately, to ensure a ceasefire — on humanitarian and human rights grounds,” Vol...
– JERUSALEM (AA) – Following the resumption of attacks on the Gaza Strip after the end of the humanitarian pause on Friday morning, rightwing extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for “crushing Gaza with all force.” The leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party said on X: “For the sake of the […]...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian family of six insists on staying in its home in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip despite it being reduced to rubble as a result of an Israeli airstrike. The family continues to live in difficult conditions after Israeli warplanes destroyed its two-story home last […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Ahmad Shabat, a 3-year-old Palestinian boy, calls for his mother at the Suhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip. Despite fleeing northern Gaza to the south, it is the third time that Ahmad has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes since the outbreak of the war on the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US military has announced that it conducted airstrikes in Syria against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and associated groups. The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media platform X that airstrikes had targeted a facility used by the IRGC and associated groups. “We will take all necessa...
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF has raised alarm over the rising number of child deaths in the Gaza Strip since October 7. “Gaza has become a graveyard of children,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva. Elder reiterated UNICEF’s call for an immediate cease-fire a...
Kano, Nigeria — AFP Nigerian military jets have carried out air strikes on a gathering of bandit militias, killing around 100 gunmen in the country’s northwest, two army sources with knowledge of the operation and local residents said. Nigeria’s air force confirmed it had carried out bombardments in northwestern Zamfara State...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have displaced more than 260,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian office has said. “Over 263,934 people in Gaza are believed to have fled their homes,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. Fears are mounting that the number of displaced Palestinian...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli warplanes launched new airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Sunday amid rising tensions following a surprise Hamas attack into Israeli towns on Saturday. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the security cabinet took a “series of operation decisions” to destroy the military and government...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip launched after a Hamas offensive has killed at least 198 Palestinians, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. In an update on its Facebook account, the ministry said over 1,600 Palestinians were also wounded. Israel initiated Operation Iron Swords in Gaza in retaliation to O...
