GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza police chief and his deputy have been killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Interior Ministry said. A ministry statement said Mahmoud Salah and his deputy Hussam Shahwan were killed in a dawn strike by the Israeli army. Several people were reportedly […]
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – An official from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has termed the death of seven newborns and infants from cold in Gaza as “tragic and unacceptable.” “It’s tragic and unacceptable that since 23 December, 7 newborns and infants have reportedly died from the cold and a lack of adequate shelter ...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi resistance group has claimed to have shot down a US drone in central Yemen. Military spokesman Yahya Saree said a US MQ-9 drone was intercepted “while carrying out hostile missions” over Marib province. He said the drone was shot down by “a domestically made surface-to-air missile.” The spokesman [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Heavy rains have inundated over 1,542 tents housing displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip in the past two days amid Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave, the Civil Defense Service has said. “Hundreds of tents were flooded with rainwater at a level exceeding 30 centimeters,” the agency said in a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hundreds of thousands of people gathered at Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day to express solidarity with Palestine. Participants marched from mosques across the historic peninsula and beyond after early morning prayers, beating the wintry chill and carrying Turkish and Palestinian flags. The event was organized b...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Gaza’s population has declined by 6% as a result of Israel’s genocidal war, official figures have shown. Ola Awad, head of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), said the territory’s population dropped to 2.1 million, down by 160,000 people since 2023. Awad said nearly 45,500 people have been dire...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s destruction of hospitals in northern Gaza is part of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” against Palestinians, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote in a recent editorial. The editorial criticized the Israeli army’s actions in northern Gaza, saying they are aimed at preventing displaced Palestinians...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is “aware of reports and still gathering information” about the Israeli detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, said the State Department on Monday. The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Israeli forces arrested Abu Safiya in northern Gaza, and other s...
ANKARA (AA) – UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has strongly criticized an Israeli draft bill aimed at recruiting volunteers as prison guards, warning that it could lead to increased abuses against Palestinian detainees. In a post on X, Albanese called the proposal “so sickening,” saying “Israel MUST BE STOPPED: starti...
ANKARA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) director-general has called on Israel to stop attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.” He stressed that the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza w...
