WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said that Israel’s failure to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip could lead to a generation of Palestinians resistant to cooperation with Israel. During remarks to reporters in Rome, Austin said he regularly discusses the importance of protecting civilians and providing humanita...
A UN report reveals Israel’s ongoing bombardment of the Gaza Strip has obliterated nearly seven decades of human development in just over a year. The UN Development Programme estimates poverty in Gaza will soar to 74.3%, affecting more than 2.6 million people. The region’s Human Development Index has plummeted to levels not seen since 1955. [...
LONDON (AA) – The Nordic countries have expressed “deep concern” over the recent introduction of draft legal bills in Israel’s parliament, fearing that if passed, Tel Aviv would prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) from continuing its operations in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The Nordi...
ROME (AA) – The University of Milan has suspended an agreement with Israel’s Reichman University on an exchange of students and researchers after its rector, Marina Brambilla, met with a delegation of Palestinian students who had been pressing for a boycott of relations with Israeli universities. The university’s administration cited the...
Gaza City, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian women displaced by the Israeli army’s attacks on northern Gaza since October 6 have shared their harrowing experiences with journalists. Malak Elyan and Aya Al-Tanani arrived in Gaza City from Beit Lahiya, visibly exhausted from the bombardments, hunger, and the toll of forced migration. They recounted a...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel permitted only four out of 66 planned humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza during the first 20 days of October, with no food aid allowed for 14 days, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) has said. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke detailed a severe deterioration in humanitarian access, revealing that Israeli authorities ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – American news network CNN has drawn fierce criticism over a piece on the mental health struggles of Israeli soldiers who returned from Gaza. Critics argue it whitewashes the perpetrators of violence and trivializes Palestinians’ suffering. The article, which focused on Israeli soldiers’ experiences of trauma a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A dozen US lawmakers called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to authorize an independent investigation into a targeted Israeli attack on a group of journalists that killed one person and injured six others. Among those targeted in the attack was American Dylan Collins, who was working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Leb...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Members of the European Parliament have called for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes there which have injured several UN peacekeepers in recent weeks and also condemned its continuing attacks in the Gaza Strip. As violence escalates across the Middle East, several parliamentarians expressed t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinians in northern Gaza “are waiting to die” as Israel escalated its offensive in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Our staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillippe Lazzarini said in a statement. “T...
