LONDON (AA) – The EU has given €60 million (some $62 million) assistance package for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) through the European Peace Facility (EPF). “This assistance measure will contribute to strengthening the capacities of the LAF to enable them – in line with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 – to redepl...
ANKARA (AA) – Egypt has called on the European Union to provide humanitarian relief assistance and launch early recovery projects in Gaza after a cease-fire agreement that suspended Israel’s genocidal war on the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Sunday evening in Brussels with President of the European Council A...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has said that the main priorities in Gaza is “stabilizing the ceasefire” and stepping up much-needed humanitarian aid in the war-ravaged enclave. “Our entire commitment is now aimed at helping to stabilize this ceasefire – we can help ensure that more humanitarian aid comes into Gaza and that we can help […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt has proposed a cessation of fighting in Gaza for 45 to 60 days and opening the Rafah border crossing, Israeli media reported. The proposal also includes a gradual release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and an increase in the number of aid trucks into Gaza to some [&hellip...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas says that the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face the risk of death from hunger because of Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. “Over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza face the risk of death from hunger and thirst due to the Israeli occupation’s denial of aid delivery and […]
ANKARA (AA) – Israel has blocked all attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the northern Gaza Strip, says the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). In a statement, UNRWA said it attempted 91 times to deliver life-saving humanitarian aid to Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and Beit Sahour in northern Gaza from October 6 to November 25. […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reiterated the gravity of the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying sufficient aid has never been available throughout the 13 months of the Israel’s offensive. “People are hungry. We are surrounded every day by people who beg for pieces of bread, who need a...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will continue to press Israel to get humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, the Pentagon has said. “We’re not going to take our foot off the gas pedal here when it comes to working with the Israelis to increase the amount of aid flowing into Gaza,” spokesman Pat Ryder told […]
An Arab-Islamic summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has urged the U.N. Security Council to implement a binding resolution for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and urgent humanitarian aid. The summit, attended by the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemned Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza and Lebanon. The final statement pr...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized Israel for not allowing sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza. “Never in the last 12 months has so little aid come to the Gaza Strip as now. A large proportion of the more than 2 million people suffer from acute malnutrition and live in unimaginable conditions,” [&hel...
