GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations says Lebanon’s densely populated capital Beirut is increasingly being targeted by Israel. Hundreds have been killed, and over a million people have fled their homes throughout the country, with the situation for civilians on the ground in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria worsening every day. “Just last night, Beirut was...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel has been deliberately attacking medical personnel and facilities to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system, a UN Commission has said. The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel also investigated the treatment of Palestinian detainees in...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Around 590,000 children in Gaza will receive polio vaccinations in the second phase which begins October 14, the UNICEF has announced. “The second round of polio vaccination in the Gaza Strip is confirmed. It will start on 14th October to vaccinate around 590K children under 10,” UNICEF Executive Direc...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has sparked controversy with comments in a documentary that suggested a “Greater Israel” . Smotrich suggested that Israel’s future borders would extend beyond the Jordan River. “Little by little,” he responded when asked about possible expansion in the “In Is...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli army majors were killed in clashes with fighters from Palestinian resistance forces in northern Gaza, the army admitted on Thursday. The Israeli army said in a statement that three reservist officers were killed during clashes with Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza. The three casualties were reserve officers ...
International Union for Muslim Scholars head Ali Mohiuddin Al-Qaradaghi has highlighted the fragmentation within the Islamic world regarding the Palestinian crisis. He said the Muslim community has splintered into three factions: the silent majority, those supporting Israel, and a small group backing Palestine, including Turkiye, Qatar, and Ma...
GENEVA (AA) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said that Germany will continue to supply arms to Israel, which continues air and ground attacks in Gaza and Lebanon. During the German Bundestag debate on the events of October 7, 2023, Scholz said: “We have supplied weapons and we will supply weapons. … We have made decisions […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – One more journalist was killed when Israeli warplanes targeted a Palestinian television crew, and two others were injured in Israeli forces’ attacks in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Al-Aqsa TV reported on its Telegram channel that photojournalist Mohammad Al-Tanani was killed and reporter Tamer Lubbad ...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Adel Abu Lebdeh’s world has been shattered. He has lost at least 117 relatives in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza. “I lost about one-third of my family,” he told Anadolu while tearfully recounting the devastating impact the war has had on his loved ones and many others in the Palestinian community in [&hell...
Director of hospitals in Gaza, Dr. Marwan al-Hams, has called for an end to Israeli threats to evacuate several hospitals in the region. The Israeli army has demanded the evacuation of Kamal Adwan, Indonesian, and Al-Awda Hospitals, raising fears of severe repercussions for patients and staff. Al-Hams warns of potential crimes against health w...
