GENEVA (AA) – UNICEF has warned that the so-called “safe zones” declared by Israel in Gaza pose risks to be “zones of disease.” “Without water, without sanitation, without shelter, the so-called ‘safe zones’ risk becoming zones of disease,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN press brief...
Doha, Qatar — AFP Qatar’s ruler lashed out at the “shameful” international inaction over Israel’s brutal crackdown on the occupied Gaza Strip as he opened a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha on Tuesday. “It is shameful for the international community to allow this heinous crime to continue for nearly ...
KHAN YOUNIS, Palestine (AA) – Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said on Tuesday that its fighters had targeted several Israeli military vehicles in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. The brigades said on Telegram that they targeted five Israeli military vehicles in the east of Khan Younis city with “Al-Yasin 105̶...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The United Nations said on Tuesday that it was impossible to create safe zones for civilians in Gaza. “The so-called safe zones… are not scientific, they are not rational, they are not possible,” said James Elder, spokesman for the UN children’s agency, UNICEF. On Monday, a UN official w...
Beersheba, Israel – AFP Around two civilians have been killed for every dead Hamas fighter in the Gaza Strip, senior Israeli military officials said Monday. The health ministry in Gaza says Israel’s military campaign, in the wake of Hamas attacks on October 7, has killed around 15,900 people so far, most of them women and [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – On average one child is killed every 10 minutes in Gaza, a World Health Organization (WHO) representative said on Tuesday, calling the situation “humanity’s darkest hour.” “We are talking almost about 16,000 people killed, its more than 60% (are) women and children, and more than 42,000 people injure...
ANKARA (AA) – US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner underscored the cautious approach being taken by Washington in sharing intelligence amid efforts to assist Israel in locating the leadership of the Palestinian group Hamas. The US is “being selective as to the information that’s being provided” to Israel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said on Sunday that the number of soldiers killed in Gaza has risen to 75 since October 27. Three more soldiers have been killed and another soldier sustained serious injuries in clashes in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said. Israel launched relentless air and ground attacks on the […]
LONDON (AA) – What is happening in Gaza is simply about “Israeli expansion at the expense of the Palestinian people,” according to Jeremy Corbyn, the former head of the UK’s main opposition Labour Party. Speaking to the media, Corbyn defined the resumption of Israeli attacks as “abominable and appalling.” “The bombing has started again. ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should face trial for being a “war criminal,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, slamming him as the “butcher of Gaza.” “We are not going to let the issue of Israel having nuclear weapons be forgotten,” Erdogan said in his opening remarks at...
