Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden on Wednesday demanded that new humanitarian aid be allowed to immediately reach Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “We’re going to immediately secure that aid and surge it… including food, medical supplies, clean water,” Biden said after signing a massive military ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinian resistance group Hamas released Wednesday a video of an Israeli-American man held hostage in Gaza who is seen alive and saying that the captives are living “in hell”. He identifies himself as Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, one of the hostages abducted from the Nova music festival in southe...
Israel’s war on Gaza has reached 200 days, leaving a dire human and economic toll. According to the latest figures from the Gaza Health Ministry, 34,183 Palestinians have been killed. Over 14,500 children and 9,500 women are among those killed. Gaza’s Government Media Office has confirmed that Israeli forces have committed a total of 3,025 [&...
In the last 24 hours, at least 32 Palestinians have been killed and 59 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza. Gaza’s Palestinian media office reported that Israeli forces carried out three massacres and trapped many people under rubble. Wafa news agency reported that Israeli ships and warplanes continued to bombard Gaza during the night, includ...
PEN America has called off its prestigious annual awards ceremony which was scheduled for next week. This came following a wave of withdrawals by candidates protesting the organization’s alleged silence on Israel’s war on Gaza. Over 30 writers backed out, accusing PEN of failing to condemn the war which has killed over 30,000 Pale...
United Nations, United States – AFP An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found “neutrality-related issues” but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for allegations that a significant number of its staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) rem...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces. In response, the Iraqi forces launched a major search operation in northern Nineveh province and found the vehicle used in the attack, they said in a statement. It […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza’s civil defence said Sunday health workers had uncovered at least 50 bodies of people killed and buried by Israeli forces at a hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. In a statement to AFP, the civil defence agency said the remains were discovered in the courtyard of Nasser Medical […]
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel. In a meeting with Iranian military commanders on Sunday, Khamenei praised the armed forces for their &#...
Hebron, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers in the occupied West Bank Sunday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The incident, after numerous deaths during an Israeli raid further north in the Palestinian territory, added to a two-year surge of violence in the West Bank that has accelerated...
