LONDON (AA) – Amnesty International has urged donor countries to reverse their decision to suspend funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) following unfounded Israeli allegations, describing it “inhumane” and a “devastating blow” to more than 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The London-based ri...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Dozens demonstrated outside the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Beirut on Tuesday against several countries’ decision to suspend funding for the body after Israel alleged some staff had participated in Hamas’s October 7 attack. At least 12 key donor countries have said they will halt fu...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that 26 soldiers had been injured in the Gaza Strip in 24 hours. Figures released by the military showed that at least 557 soldiers have been killed and 2,797 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict on Oct. 7. Israel has killed at least 26,751 […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas confirmed Tuesday it has received a proposal for a cease-fire deal and hostage swap with Israel. “Hamas is studying the proposal,” group leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement. He said Hamas’ response “will be based on the priority of stopping the brutal aggression against Gaza and the complete withdrawal of [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Gaza’s Health Ministry has accused the Israeli army of targeting patients and medical staff at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in southern Gaza. “The Israeli occupation army is tightening up its siege of the hospital for the second week in a row,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a statement […]
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – JANUARY 30, 2024 10:50:14 GMT – AFP Israeli undercover agents, some disguised as medical staff, raided a West Bank hospital Tuesday and shot dead three Palestinians. An AFP photographer saw a bullet hole on a pillow covered in blood following the raid at Ibn Sina Hospital in the northern city of [&h...
GENEVA (AA) – The European Commission has stated that it will take its upcoming UNRWA funding decisions in light of the outcome of an investigation into Israeli allegations. “Humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will continue unabated through partner organisations,” a commission statement said. “Cu...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has condemned a meeting of Israeli ministers and far-right groups to promote Palestinian emigration and rebuild Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Ministry spokesman Sebastian Fischer said the participation of several Israeli government ministers at the conference, and speeches made there were unacceptabl...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli army forces detained 40 more Palestinians in military raids carried out across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. Most of the arrests took place in the cities of Jenin and Hebron in the northern and southern West Bank, the Commission of Detainees Affairs and the [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two more Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, pushing the death toll of press members targeted by Israel since October 7 to 122, officials and state media said. Israeli warplanes targeted the home of journalist Isam Al-Lulu in the town of Al-Zawayda in central […]...
