Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s repeated use of heavy bombs in the densely-populated Gaza Strip indicates repeated violations of the laws of war, the UN has said, highlighting six attacks that killed at least 218 people. In a fresh report, immediately slammed by Israel as ‘deeply biased’, the United Nations’ ri...
ANKARA (AA) – The US-built floating humanitarian pier in Gaza has been reattached to the coast several days after it had been dismantled due to unfavorable weather conditions, CNN reported. It quoted two US officials who confirmed the pier was re-anchored to the Gaza coast. On Tuesday, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder said the pier would ...
A missile labeled “Made in India” was uncovered in the wreckage of a UN shelter in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp. The targeted shelter was housing numerous displaced families including vulnerable groups like women and children, causing chaos and devastation. Rescue efforts continued overnight, with casualties yet to be fully accou...
Palestinian journalist Mohammed Saber Arab, who is from Gaza, has detailed horrific experiences of torture, abuse, and rape endured by detainees at the Israeli Sde Teiman detention camp. Arab, a 42-year-old correspondent for Al Araby TV, shared his account with his lawyer during a recent visit. Arrested in March from Al-Shifa Hospital amid a l...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House rebuffed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, saying his “incorrect” claims that the US is withholding weapons deliveries are “vexing” the administration. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said the allegations by Netanyahu on Tuesday “were d...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US envoy to Tel Aviv has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the imminent arrival of American weapons and ammunition, Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday. “US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew told Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday that the ammunition and weapons that the PM referred to are in the proces...
Muslims across the United States marked Eid al-Adha on Sunday with community gatherings and prayers for Palestinians. One of the largest congregations was at the Diyanet Center of America in Maryland, where hundreds gathered for the Eid prayer. In New York, a similar scene unfolded around the Washington Square Fountain. Eid al-Adha, one of the...
The Israeli military killed 24 Palestinians and injured 71 others on the fourth day of Eid al-Adha in Gaza, according to the local health ministry. On the fourth day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Israeli airstrikes targeted the Al-Mawasi “safe zone” in southern Gaza, killing seven people sheltering in tents. Eyewitnesses reported children were a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US should be withholding military aid to Israel in its ongoing war on Gaza, Senator Bernie Sanders has said. “The United States should be withholding all offensive military aid to Israel and using our leverage to demand an end to this war, the unfettered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza, a […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday said she will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress on July 24, saying he has “created a humanitarian catastrophe.” Responding to reporters’ questions, Warren said, “He (Netanyahu) has also made clear that he does not support US...
