GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, Gazan refugees have been grappling with the absence of basic needs essential for a life of dignity. An Anadolu team toured the areas that have become, despite their fragility, shelters for people displaced from northern Gaza to the central […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army carried out “explosions” in the basements of several buildings in the Al-Shifa Hospital complex after it was raided by Israeli forces on Wednesday, according to a medical source. “The Israeli army is the sole party firing inside the Al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings,” th...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the “best way” to ensure the safety of patients as well as civilians taking shelter at Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital is not a risky evacuation but “stopping hostilities now.” At a UN press conference in Geneva, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 400 US officials from 40 government agencies have sent a letter to President Joe Biden, opposing his support for Israel in its war on the Gaza Strip, and demanding a cease-fire. The letter, first reported by the New York Times, signed by political appointees and staff members from the State […]
Israel’s war on Palestine: Day 40 Death & Injury Toll: Total Palestinian deaths from Israeli aggression: 11,240 (75% children, women, elderly) Children: 4,630 Women: 3,130 Elderly: 678 Palestinians under rubble: >3,500 (including 1,740 children) Injured people: >29,000 (mostly children and women) Family massacres: 1,153 Al-Ahli Bapt...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has rejected growing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and reaffirmed its support for Israel’s strikes which have claimed more than 11,100 lives, many of them children. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed doubts about a cease-fire, arguing that it was not clear how this could be negotiated, how it could [&hel...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has hit out at the international community, calling the death toll of 11,000 from Israeli strikes on Gaza “a deplorable and disgraceful milestone.” “…over 11,000 people killed in Gaza of which almost half are children. One child is being killed every ten […...
Brussels, Belgium – – AFP The EU’s humanitarian aid chief has called for “meaningful” pauses in Israel’s war on Gaza and urgent deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals working in the territory. “It is urgent to define and respect humanitarian pauses,” Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on Monday, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing on hospitals, schools, UN shelters and other facilities. The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 am loc...
Israel’s war on Gaza: Day 39 highlights Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Intensified Attacks: Israeli airstrikes have increased across Gaza, causing extensive damage to healthcare facilities. The main cardiac ward at Gaza’s largest hospital has been destroyed. Refugee Camps and Towns Under Siege: Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Younis face relentless...
