ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that it will halt its operations within weeks if international funding remains suspended. “Our operations are likely to come to an end in the next few weeks if funding remains suspended,” UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma told Al-Jazeera television. Several countries have ...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
ANKARA (AA) – Norway has sent $26 million in aid to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), after some countries decided to stop their support in response to Israeli allegations against UNRWA workers of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attacks. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on X, “Today, Norway tran...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip has jumped to 27,840 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement said that 67,317 other people have also been injured in the ongoing onslaught. “Israeli attacks left 130 people dead and 170 […]...
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) – Palestinian resistance group Hamas has proposed a 3-stage plan for a Gaza cease-fire that includes a 135-day pause in fighting in return for prisoner releases, according to a Palestinian source. Qatar, Egypt and the US had confirmed earlier on Tuesday that they had received Hamas’ response to a framework agreement for a [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that at least 27,708 Palestinians have been killed and 67,174 others injured in Israeli attacks in the seaside enclave since Oct. 7. A ministry statement said Israeli attacks left 123 people dead and 169 others injured in the last 24 hours. “Many people are still trapped under […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has launched an investigation into the killing of 12 Israelis in Gaza by an IDF tank fire near the border with the Gaza Strip. At least 12 detainees held by Hamas fighters were killed when an Israeli tank fired two shells at a house at Be’eri settlement on October […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday destroyed two buildings of Al-Aqsa University, the oldest institution of higher learning in the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. “Israeli army forces moved into the west of Gaza City and shelled and destroyed two buildings on the university campus,” an eyewitness told Anadolu. Accordin...
Palestinian Territories – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Egypt on Tuesday as part of his latest Middle East crisis tour, seeking a new cease-fire and “an enduring end” to Israel’s war on Gaza. Heavy strikes and fighting in Gaza killed at least 99 people overnight, mostly women and children, said the he...
