GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday withdrew from parts of Gaza City and North Gaza governorate for the first time since it started its ground offensive on Oct. 27. Military vehicles completely withdrew from the neighborhoods of At-Tawam, Al-Karama, and Rashid Street in the western region of North Gaza governorate, a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 10 Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured Monday as Israeli forces shelled a UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school sheltering hundreds of displaced people in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City. Palestinian medical sources at Al-Shifa Medical Complex reported that ...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Palestine (AA) – Families have turned to burying the bodies of their relatives killed in Israeli airstrikes in makeshift mass graves scattered throughout the Gaza Strip. The burials in makeshift graves are due to the difficulty of reaching cemeteries because of the continual bombardment. Palestinians interviewed by the med...
JERUSALEM – AFP Gaza’s health ministry on Friday reported 40 dead in Israeli strikes near Gaza City and “dozens” more in the northern Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Yunis. Israeli forces have encircled major urban centres as they seek to “destroy Hamas”, making much-needed aid deliveries to Gaza almost imposs...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has reported that over 800,000 Palestinians remain in the besieged Gaza City and northern areas despite Israel’s destructive ground operations. The PCBS said in a statement that this figure indicates that “two-thirds of the population of the northern governorates sti...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli attacks raged around Gaza’s biggest hospital Sunday where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions. Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital is caught in Israel’s ground offensive aimed at “destroying Hamas”, and the compound has been repeatedly hit by...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops and Hamas fighters were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinians’ “strongholds”. Hamas fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and assault rifles were clashing...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south from Gaza City on foot, in some cases carrying nothing but the clothes on their back. The Israeli army has told Palestinians in the north to move south. Already, more than 1.5 million people in Gaza have fled their homes in search of safety, and […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 900,000 Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, which consists of five governorates, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry has said. Interior Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Buzm said during a news conference in Gaza that residents are still living in Gaza despite the Israeli mi...
