United Nations, United States – AFP The UN World Food Programme has suspended the delivery of aid to Gaza via a temporary US military pier in order to assess the security situation, a spokesperson said Monday. Stephane Dujarric linked the move to an Israeli prisoner rescue operation over the weekend that freed four people, but […]
United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a US-drafted resolution supporting a cease-fire plan in Gaza, as Washington leads an intense diplomatic campaign to push Hamas to accept the proposal. The text — passed with 14 votes in favor and Russia abstaining — “welcomes”...
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP Yemen’s Huthi group said Sunday it targeted ships off the country’s coast with missiles and drones after maritime security firms said two vessels had caught fire after being hit by projectiles. The strikes are the latest in a flurry of attacks by the group which has been targeting ships in the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Emergency teams in Gaza retrieved on Monday bodies of Palestinians following a five-day incursion by the Israeli army into the eastern regions of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, sources and witnesses said. The military withdrew from the city, but Palestinians attempting to return to their homes were targete...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a cease-fire plan, but Israeli politics and silence from Hamas raised further questions on whether he can succeed. The top US diplomat, paying his eighth visit to the region since October last year, was […]
London, United Kingdom – AFP Thousands of people marched through central London to parliament on Saturday calling for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza. Protesters waved Palestinian flags and chanted: “End the genocide” and “Free, free Palestine”. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – With hundreds of patients awaiting help, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is struggling to provide medical attention to the victims of a deadly Israeli attack in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. At least 274 people were killed and nearly 700 others injured in Israeli bombardment of the […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel has killed at least 37,084 Palestinians during more than eight months of its war on Gaza, local health ministry said Sunday. It said the toll includes at least 274 deaths in Saturday’s Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp in which Israel claimed it freed four of its citizens held […]
Palestinian Territories – JUNE 8, 2024 19:25:19 GMT – AFP Israeli attacks on Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday killed 210 Palestinians and left hundreds wounded as its forces claimed to have freed four Israelis kept by Hamas since October 7 last year. Gaza media office said “the number of victims from the Israeli occupation&#...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 1.5 million displaced individuals in the Gaza Strip have contracted infectious diseases due to absence of waste and sewage disposal facilities because of the Israeli war on the besieged enclave. In a statement, the media office reported: “1,477,748 Palestinian displaced individuals have contracted inf...
