Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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ANKARA (AA) A former US secretary of state danced brazenly with soldiers of the Israeli army, a force which over the last four months has killed more than 28,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly children and women, local media reported. Mike Pompeo, who served for over two and a half years as secretary of […]
BERLIN (AA) – Israel’s “right to self-defense” does not include the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, Germany’s foreign minister said on the eve of a visit to Tel Aviv. “I would like to emphasize again that the right to self-defense applies, and that every country, like Israel, has the right to defend itself against terror...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli soldiers inscribed hate graffiti on destroyed buildings before their pullout from Gaza City, according to witnesses. “Soldiers painted hate speech such as ‘Gaza cemetery’ and ‘memory of destruction’ on walls of destroyed homes,” an eyewitness reported. Last week, Israeli army forces pulled out from several n...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian official has warned of humanitarian and health catastrophes in Rafah in case of an Israeli offensive on the city. The Israeli army plans to launch a ground offensive in Rafah, which is currently accommodating more than 1.4 million people seeking refuge from war. Israel has pounded the rest […]
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 […]...
