GENEVA (AA) – Israel permitted only four out of 66 planned humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza during the first 20 days of October, with no food aid allowed for 14 days, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) has said. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke detailed a severe deterioration in humanitarian access, revealing that Israeli authorities ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – American news network CNN has drawn fierce criticism over a piece on the mental health struggles of Israeli soldiers who returned from Gaza. Critics argue it whitewashes the perpetrators of violence and trivializes Palestinians’ suffering. The article, which focused on Israeli soldiers’ experiences of trauma a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A dozen US lawmakers called on President Joe Biden Tuesday to authorize an independent investigation into a targeted Israeli attack on a group of journalists that killed one person and injured six others. Among those targeted in the attack was American Dylan Collins, who was working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Leb...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Members of the European Parliament have called for an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon following Israeli airstrikes there which have injured several UN peacekeepers in recent weeks and also condemned its continuing attacks in the Gaza Strip. As violence escalates across the Middle East, several parliamentarians expressed t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinians in northern Gaza “are waiting to die” as Israel escalated its offensive in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Our staff report that they cannot find food, water or medical care,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Phillippe Lazzarini said in a statement. “T...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has presented a cease-fire proposal that does not include the Israeli army’s withdrawal from Gaza, the local media has reported. The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said the proposal includes a temporary cease-fire in exchange for releasing several Israeli captives in Gaza. KAN added that Israe...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel to “capitalize” on the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to secure long-term safety for Israelis and Palestinians, according to a State Department statement released Tuesday. Blinken’s remarks came during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjami...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Police arrested 13 Free Palestine protesters who barricaded an administration building at a university in the US Midwest late Monday, according to reports. According to a university statement, the University of Minnesota Police Department entered the building with “necessary support” from the Hennepin County S...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Monday faced a strong protest in Berlin as demonstrators gathered to condemn her statements seen as justifying Israel’s military actions in Palestine, targeting civilian areas such as homes, hospitals, mosques, churches, and UN schools sheltering displaced people. The protest, wh...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has deplored the high number of civilian casualties in northern Gaza as Israel relentlessly continues its war on the Palestinian region. “Corresponding reports of civilian deaths [in northern Gaza] are horrific,” deputy Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Kathrin Deschauer said at a press briefing in Berlin. “You also know...
