Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas has condemned the decision of the World Food Programme (WFP) to stop desperately-needed deliveries to the north of the Gaza. The WFP had only just resumed deliveries Sunday but said its convoy was met with gunfire, violence and looting, while a truck driver was beaten. “We are shocked about this ...
Beijing, China – AFP China warned Wednesday that a US decision to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza pushed the conflict into an “even more dangerous” situation. Washington on Tuesday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution drafted by Algeria, which demanded an immediate humanita...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 29,313, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday. The Gaza-based ministry made the statement as the Israeli onslaught against Gaza entered its 138th day. It also said that 69,333 other people have also been injured […]
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Yemeni Houthis on Wednesday said the US and the UK carried out six overnight airstrikes on several areas in the Al Hudaydah province in western Yemen. “The American-British aggression targeted the Al-Araj area in Al Hudaydah with four raids,” reported the Houthi-run Saba news agency. The Houthi Al-Masirah ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Palestinian children in Gaza City in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday rallied to protest the scarcity of food and water under the Israeli siege. The children marched in the streets of Gaza City holding banners reading “bread becomes my dream” and “we want food”. ...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization has said that it led two life-saving missions to transfer 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza on February 18-19. “The high-risk missions were conducted in close partnership with the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the United Natio...
ATHENS (AA) – The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday announced that it had halted food distribution in northern Gaza until safety conditions there improve. “The decision to pause deliveries to the north of the Gaza Strip has not been taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will deteriorate further and […]
LONDON (AA) – Britain’s Prince of Wales William has expressed “deep concern” over the “terrible human cost” of Israel’s war on Gaza. “Too many have been killed. I, like so many others, want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible,” William said in a statement issued by Kensington ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar said Tuesday that negotiations for a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel are ongoing. “Qatar continues its role and efforts and communications are still ongoing between all parties,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari told reporters. He said the humanitarian conditions are taking a cen...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for a humanitarian cease-fire amid growing concerns about an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah. Speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting, Baerbock said they will be discussing the latest developments in the region, and ongoing diplomatic ...
