GENEVA (AA) – Ireland has said it is appalled by the “horrible” killing by Israel of more than 100 Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza. “Appalled by the horrible deaths of Palestinians queueing for aid in Gaza city,” Foreign Minister Michael Martin said on X. “International humanitarian law is ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 17 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by the Israeli army on three houses in central and northern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian official news agency, WAFA, said warplanes targeted two houses in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, which killed at least 15 Palestinians and left numerous injured. The [&hell...
Beijing, China – AFP China said on Friday it “strongly condemns” the killing of scores of Palestinians during an aid delivery in the northern Gaza Strip. “China is shocked by this incident and strongly condemns it,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. “We express our grief for the victims and our sym...
GENEVA (AA) – The European Commission on Friday announced that it will “proceed to paying” €50 million ($54.1 million) to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) next week. The second and third tranches of €16 million will be released later, a commission statement said. “Beyond its support to UNRWA, the Commissio...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Global condemnation flowed on Friday after Israeli forces in war-ravaged Gaza opened fire as Palestinian civilians scrambled for food aid during a chaotic incident which the territory’s health ministry said killed more than 100 people. The Israeli military said a “stampede” occurred when th...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said on Friday the wartime death toll had reached 30,228 after 193 new fatalities were recorded in the previous 24 hours. The ministry also said 920 injuries were tallied in the same period in the besieged territory, bringing the total wounded from Israel’s nearly five-month...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Thursday asked Israel to provide answers after more than a hundred displaced Palestinians scrambling for aid were killed in Gaza. “We are urgently seeking additional information on exactly what took place,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters as he offe...
TEL AVIV – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted he has been under “pressures to end the war” on Gaza. “Today I am pushed, together with my friends, to end the war before we achieve all its goals. These pressures are increasing,” he said in a statement on Thursday. He also warned the […...
Golan Heights, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the green hills of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near Lebanon, Arye and Ditza Alon are hiking through a tranquil nature reserve, wondering whether the wider region could become a war zone. While mediators hope for a truce soon in the ongoing war raging in Gaza to the […...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations’ highest court, the UN human rights chief has said. On January 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague said Israel must “prevent the commission of all acts within the ...
