Beijing, China – AFP China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Thursday called Israel’s war on Gaza a “disgrace for civilisation” and reiterated Beijing’s calls for an “immediate cease-fire”. “It is a tragedy for humankind and a disgrace for civilisation that today, in the 21st century, this huma...
Gaza City- Occupied Palestinian Territories- “Look how we live! There are no bathrooms, no water and no food. Trash is everywhere. We sleep near piles of garbage!” says a displaced Palestinian woman living in a destroyed UNRWA school that has been turned into a shelter in Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip. As famine […...
RAFAH, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (AFP)- Forced to flee her home by Israeli bombardment, Asmaa Ahmed gave birth in the middle of the night in a Gaza City school that had no electricity. “I was very, very afraid to lose the baby,” 31-year-old Ahmed tearfully recounted how her son Faraj came into the world four months ago […]
Washington, United States – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Tuesday on Hamas to accept an “immediate cease-fire” with Israel as its representatives met Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Cairo. “We have an opportunity for an immediate cease-fire that can bring hostages home, that can dramatically increase ...
Hagerstown, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of a “very, very dangerous” situation if Israel and Hamas fail to reach a Gaza cease-fire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Biden added that it was up to Hamas whether to accept an offer for a six-week truce, while warning Israel there were […]
Ankara, Turkey – AFP Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Israeli settlers were one of the main obstacles to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “One of the biggest obstacles to a solution are the actions of the usurpers, called settlers, who have invaded and stolen land that belonged to Palestinians,R...
Washington, United States – AFP American cargo planes airdropped more than 36,000 meals to Gaza Tuesday in a joint operation with Jordan, the US military said, as the international community scrambles to curb a growing humanitarian crisis there. Airdrops by the United States and other countries are aimed at supplementing what officials s...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel must “finish the problem” in its war on Gaza. Asked by a Fox News presenter if he is in “Israel’s camp” and whether he is “on board” with the way the Israeli army was “taking the fight to Gaza,” Trump responded: “Yeah. You […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army carried out several raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, arresting a number of Palestinians and demolishing a Palestinian home. Witnesses reported that the Israeli army raided the Kafr Dan town, near the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank. Raids were also reporte...
GAZA (AA) – Starving children in the besieged Gaza Strip are getting poisoned by fodder they have to eat due to food shortage caused by continuous Israeli bombing. Israel, which has been attacking Gaza from air, land and sea for about five months, does not allow water, food, medicine, fuel and electricity to be delivered […]
