Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, has accused Israel of preparing the mass expulsion of Gazans into neighbouring Egypt, which Israel said was “simply not true”. In an opinion piece published Saturday in the Los Angeles Times, Lazzarini wrote that “the developm...
JERUSALEM – AFP Hamas said Sunday that Israel had launched a series of “very violent raids” targeting the southern city of Khan Yunis and the road from there to Rafah, near the border with Egypt. A source close to Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another Palestinian resistance group, told AFP that both were engaged in “fierce [...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United States is sending three aircraft to Egypt to bring humanitarian aid for Gaza during the extended truce, senior US officials said. The relief flights are the first by the US military since the conflict began. The aircraft will bring “medical items, food aid, winter items, given that winter’...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed on Friday that Hamas handed over 13 Israeli prisoner in Gaza to the Red Cross and were taken to the Egyptian side of the border. “The Israeli prisoner are in the hands of the Red Cross,” the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said. The Israeli prisoner will be transferred by helicopters […]...
Ankara, Turkey – AFP More than two dozen Palestinian cancer patients, who had crossed from Gaza into Egypt, have arrived in Turkiye for treatment. Turkiye has sent a ship loaded with material for field hospitals, ambulances and generators to Egypt to treat civilians who have been able to flee Israel’s military assault on the besieg...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca met his Egyptian counterpart Khaled Abdel Ghaffar in Cairo on Wednesday to discuss aid supply to Gaza and the transfer of cancer patients to Türkiye. Koca arrived in the Egyptian capital earlier in the day and was received by Abdel Ghaffar and other officials. Last week, Koca [&helli...
Moscow, Russia — AFP Russia has sent 25 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Egypt to be delivered to the Gaza Strip, which has been under near-total siege and relentless bombardment by Israel. Since October 9, when Israel placed the Palestinian territory under a “total siege”, only very limited quantities of basic human necessities...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP A group of dual nationals left Gaza for Egypt on Thursday through Rafah, a border official said, a day after the crossing point reopened for foreign passport holders and wounded Palestinians. Wael Abu Mohsen, spokesman for the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, said in a statement that “100...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Last Friday evening, journalist Hind Khoudary was attending a crucial press conference at Al Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, when she found out her mobile phone had no internet coverage. At first, she thought the connection issue had something to do with the hospital premises, especially since Israeli authoriti...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt is building a field hospital near its border with the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Palestinian territory, according to the Egyptian media. “The Health Directorate in North Sinai is working at full capacity to establish a field hospital for injured Palestinians upon their entry into Egypt,” the [&...
