– ANKARA (AA) – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in New York has condemned Israel’s recent criticism of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Israeli top officials criticized recent remarks of Guterres on the recent escalations in Gaza, including Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, who demanded that Guterr...
GENEVA (AA) – At least 94,000 liters of fuel is required daily to keep critical functions running at Gaza’s 12 major hospitals, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Addressing a UN press briefing in Geneva via a video link, Richard Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in occupied Palestinian territory, warned that the acut...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said that the Israeli military death toll has risen to 310 since the fighting broke out on October 7 with Palestinian groups in Gaza. At a press conference, Daniel Hagari, an army spokesperson, said the families of the soldiers have been informed about the death of their relatives. […]
MOSCOW (AA) – Deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned that the Israeli military’s ground operation in the Gaza Strip will lead to the “most serious bloody consequences.” In a statement on Telegram, Medvedev noted that Israel keeps postponing its ground operation in Gaza “mostly under pressure fr...
ANKARA (AA) – Hamas has denied Israeli allegations that it is using a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip for military purposes. “The Israeli claims about Al-Shifa Hospital are false,” said Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of Hamas’ Political Bureau. In a statement, he also warned that “such allegations pave the way for targeting a hospital [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities restricted the entry of Palestinians into Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, allowing only around 5,000 Palestinians to perform the Friday prayer in the mosque. An official from the Waqf Department in Jerusalem informed the media that these restrictions have been in place for the third consecu...
21st Day of Israel’s Palestine War Casualty Reports: Gaza’s health authority reported 481 fatalities from Israeli air raids. Overnight attacks resulted in the death of 40 Palestinians, according to medical sources and the Palestinian news agency, WAFA. An airstrike targeted the Al-Abyad Mosque in the northern Gaza Strip, causing several ...
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. It also demands “continuous, sufficient and unhindered” provision of lifesaving supplies and services for civilians trapped inside the enclave, as news repor...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU Council on Friday called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza. “We call for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor and a humanitarian pause,” EU Council President Charles Michel told reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels. “We expressed a united, clear, and firm posit...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations said Friday it was concerned that war crimes were being committed on both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN human rights office cited forcible transfer, collective punishment and the taking of hostages as the war continued into its 21st day. “We are concerned that [&...
