ANKARA (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have displaced more than 260,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian office has said. “Over 263,934 people in Gaza are believed to have fled their homes,” the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said. Fears are mounting that the number of displaced Palestinian...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Strip will face a humanitarian catastrophe if safe corridors are not opened up for aid, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned. “The Gaza Strip will witness an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe if safe corridors are not opened for the arrival of ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday he has offered support to his Israeli counterpart Yoav Galant against Hamas. The federal (German) government has also made this offer to the Israeli military attaché, said Pistorius in Berlin after a meeting of the parliament’s Defense Committee. “Both have said so f...
GENEVA (AA) – The Berlin police have banned rallies in support of Palestine, in order to prevent “incitement of anti-Semitic exclamations” and “glorification of violence”. In Berlin, two solidarity rallies with Palestinians were planned for Wednesday under the banners “Solidarity with All Political Prisoners on Pa...
ATHENS (AA) – Pope Francis has expressed concern over the total siege of Gaza, saying the Middle East does not need war but peace, the official Vatican News agency reported on Wednesday. Referring exclusively to the Israeli lives, the Pope said, “I pray for those families who have seen a day of celebration turned into […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Many children are being exposed to violence during the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict which is having a “huge impact” on their mental health and psychological well-being, according to the UN. “It has an impact on the mental health of the children. It has also an impact on their physical well-being. We have received [&h...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The EU on Wednesday said it is engaged in efforts to establish a secure conduit for the expeditious delivery of aid to Gaza Strip, where Israel has launched airstrikes after a surprise attack by Hamas. “Member states of the European Union, in collaboration with undisclosed regional and international entit...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 1,200 Israelis have been killed since a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas early Saturday that involved dozens of fighters who infiltrated Israeli towns, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said early Wednesday. Meanwhile, citing Israel’s Health Ministry, the Times of Israel reported that ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Tuesday announced it gave green light to call up around 360,000 of the army’s reservists amid fighting with Palestinian groups in Gaza. According to the Ynet news website, the Israeli army dispatched air force jets to collect reservists from Europe to join the army. Meanwhile in another st...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands marched in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Carrying Palestinian flags and wearing headbands engraved with the slogan “Labbaik ya Gaza,” (We are here, Gaza), marchers, including women and children, chan...