Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Gaza’s main hospital has been forced to bury scores of dead patients in a mass grave, its director said Tuesday. At least 179 people, including babies and patients who died in the intensive care unit, were buried in the “mass grave” at Gaza’s biggest hospital, said director Mohammad Abu ...
Tel Aviv, Israel-AFP President Joe Biden on a visit to Israel Wednesday backed his ally’s stance blaming Palestinian fighters for a strike on a hospital that killed hundreds in war-torn Gaza and has inflamed anger across the Middle East. Arab countries blamed Israel, which has rained bombs on Gaza since the bloody October 7 attack [&hell...
Paris, France – OCTOBER 18, 2023 09:54:06 GMT – AFP A strike on a Gaza hospital compound which health officials there said killed hundreds has provoked outrage and condemnation from around the world, with protests on the streets of Amman, Tunis, Beirut and Tehran. Hamas, which runs the territory, accused Israel of being behind the ...
NEW YORK (AA) – The UN Security Council will convene an emergency meeting Wednesday to address the attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. According to a statement from a UN spokesperson, the meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. (1400GMT) and will be conducted in an open debate format. A draft resolution from Brazil calling […]
Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP/AA Health officials in Gaza have said that more than 500 people were killed in an air strike on a hospital compound which sheltered the wounded and displaced from Israeli bombing, prompting condemnation and fury in the Middle East and beyond. According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israel was ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden has agreed to postpone a meeting with Arab leaders that was to take place amid soaring casualties in the besieged Gaza Strip, the White House said Tuesday. “After consulting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and in light of the days of mourning announced by President (Mahmoud) Abbas […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – “Gaza is on its knees,” UN Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday after a deadly airstrike on a hospital in Gaza. “Just arrived to Cairo amid reports that a school and a hospital have come under attack in Gaza today,” Griffiths posted on X. “Hundreds of people have been ki...
LONDON (AA) – British main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on Tuesday said that the attack on a hospital in Gaza is “absolutely devastating.” “The scenes of hundreds killed at the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist hospital in Gaza are absolutely devastating and cannot be justified,” he said on X. Underscoring that...
