ATHENS (AA) – UNICEF has warned against a military operation in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, where over 600,000 children and their families – around a million people – have been displaced under the pressure of over four months of Israeli war. “An escalation of the fighting in Rafah, which is already straining under […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The lives of thousands of people are at risk at a hospital in southern Gaza amid a tight Israeli siege around the facility, the Health Ministry has warned. The Israeli army has slapped a siege around the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis city since January 22 as part of […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Lebanon-based official of Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was “genocide”. Netanyahu’s “insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal of the aggression on Gaza is geno...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinians have very limited access to clean water amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said. “Water is life and Gaza is out of water,” UNRWA said in a statement on X. “There is very limited access to clean water and sanitation […]
GENEVA (AA) – The UK has given a lukewarm response to the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Palestine, arguing that the genocide case against Israel is “not helpful” in achieving a cease-fire. “We respect the role and independence of the ICJ. However we have stated that we have considerable concern...
LONDON (AA) – Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf has said that the decision of the ICJ “is clear” that the killing and destruction in Gaza “must stop.” Following the decision by ICJ to order Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, Yousaf said on X: “Urgent humanitarian assistance must be provided to prevent more […]...
LONDON (AA) – The UK is facing pressure to cease arms exports to Tel Aviv following the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) order to Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. The call comes in the wake of the top UN court’s judgment for provisional measures, highlighting a plausible risk of genocide in the […]
LONDON (AA) – Ireland’s foreign minister has welcomed a ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, and said that his country expects Tel Aviv to implement the order. “I strongly welcome the Court’s orders which are final and binding. These are measures that Ireland has been consistently callin...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki has welcomed provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. “We call on all states to ensure that all provisional measures ordered by the Court are implemented, including by Israel, the occupying power,” Al-Malik...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza, but fell short of ordering a cease-fire. South Africa brought a genocide case against Israel to the ICJ earlier this month and asked it to grant emergency measures [&hell...
