GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has reported that during its 22-day military offensive in Khan Younis, the Israeli army destroyed water lines supplying areas in the city claimed by Tel Aviv to be “humanitarian zones.” “The Israeli army destroyed main water lines providing essential services t...
LONDON (AA) – Norway has strongly condemned a recent attack on humanitarian workers in Gaza, expressing deep concern over the rising dangers faced by aid personnel in the conflict-stricken region. In a statement, Norwegian Minister for International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim described the incident, where a clearly marked UN vehi...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. Medical sources at the Nasser Hospital said that the bodies of 10 Palestinians were brought in from central and eastern Khan Younis, following the withdrawal of the Israeli army from those areas. The [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top Hamas leader has urged university students across the world to again start their protests to demand a halt to the US support to Israel, which continues to attack Gaza and launched a military operation in the West Bank on Wednesday. “With the return of the academic year and the approach […]
ANKARA / GENEVA (AA) – Israeli foreign minister’s call to forcibly displace people from the West Bank is “completely unacceptable,” the EU foreign policy chief said on Thursday. Before attending the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Josep Borrell told reporters that UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordina...
GENEVA (AA) – The start of a polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip remains uncertain as the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the need for “security and access guarantees.” More than 1 million polio vaccines have reached Gaza, but WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said that the vaccination campaign can only com...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany and the UK have called for progress in cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, and urged Israeli authorities to allow unhindered humanitarian access into Gaza. Speaking at a joint news conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were both “deeply concerned” abou...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The row between the Democratic Party establishment in the US and advocates for Palestine lays bare the party’s hypocrisy when it comes to Israel’s war on Gaza, says an American doctor who recently returned from Gaza. Delegates from the Uncommitted National Movement, many of whom are longstanding Democratic operatives di...
ANKARA (AA) – A Sydney-based law and advocacy firm has announced it will defend veteran broadcaster Mary Kostakidis from the charges brought against her by the Zionist Federation of Australia for sharing posts about the situation in Gaza. “XD Law are proud to defend Mary Kostakidis from the charges brought against her by the Zionis...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The heads of churches in Jerusalem have expressed deep concern over Israel’s war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a cease-fire. In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a cease-fire and de-escalation, “the situation in ou...
