GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Displaced Palestinians have said they faced humiliation from Israeli forces as they fled south amid its war against Palestine. Thousands of Gazans moved south along Salahuddin Road out of Gaza City, the only passage for civilians escaping a massive Israeli bombardment on the Palestinian territory. Most fled on...
London, United Kingdom – AFP UK trade union members on Friday blockaded a British military equipment maker in southeastern England, calling for a halt to Israel’s attacks in Gaza. Demonstrators brandished banners and placards reading “no business as usual” and “taxpayers have blood on their hands” outside th...
ANKARA (AA/AFP) – The Israeli army on Friday struck Gaza’s main hospital Al-Shifa, leaving numerous casualties among the displaced Palestinians taking shelter at the hospital. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli warplanes struck the outpatient building within the Al-Shifa Hospital complex. It added that ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said it could not confirm Israel’s claims that Hamas is using Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza for military purposes. “The Israeli military claims that Hamas has its headquarters underneath al-Shifa hospital, and that Hamas military officials are inside the hospital. HRW cannot corroborate this...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN humanitarian office said on Friday that they cannot deliver aid trucks to the north of Gaza. “If there is a hell on earth, it is the north of Gaza,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told the weekly press briefing in Geneva. Laerke […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops and Hamas fighters were locked in heavy, close quarters fighting in Gaza City on Thursday, including a 10-hour battle that Israel said toppled one of the Palestinians’ “strongholds”. Hamas fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and assault rifles were clashing...
Jenin, Palestinian Territories – AFP Eight Palestinians were killed Thursday in an Israeli raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. A statement from the Palestinian health ministry said the current death toll in Jenin stood at eight, with 14 others wounded. The Israeli army said its forces were opera...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Qatar is mediating negotiations between Israel and Hamas for the potential release of a number of people held in Gaza by Hamas in exchange for a humanitarian pause, a source briefed on the talks told AFP. “Negotiations mediated by the Qataris in coordination with the US are ongoing to secure the […...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in the West Bank since October 7. A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members. According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Israel is killing about 160 children every day on average in Gaza. “An average of about 160 children are killed every day based on the figures of the (Palestinian) Ministry of Health,” WHO official Christian Lindmeier told a UN briefing in Geneva. Lindmeier rei...
