GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shelled Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis city on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. “The attack has caused damage to the building and forced the only remaining ambulance out of service,” the aid organization added in a statement. There was no information yet available about casualties. ...
ATHENS (AA) – Germany has said that an Israeli attack on Rafah in Gaza would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. “The plight in Rafah is already incredible. 1.3 million people are seeking protection from the fighting in a very small area. An offensive by the Israeli army on Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe in […]
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia warned on Saturday of the repercussions of a possible Israeli incursion into the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians, according to Saudi Press Agency. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has warned of the extremely dangerous repercussions of storming and targeting the c...
GAZA CITY (AA) – The government media office in Gaza has warned of a “global massacre” if Israel invades Rafah Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, the last refuge for displaced people in the enclave. In a statement, the office said: “We warn of a global catastrophe and massacre that may leave tens of thousands […]
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Hamas official survived Saturday an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon, a Palestinian security source told AFP, with rescuers reporting two civilians killed in the strike south of Beirut. Israeli forces and Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since Israel launched th...
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – The US Senate voted late Friday to push a $95.3 billion funding package for Ukraine and Israel closer to passage. Senators voted 64 – 19 in a bipartisan effort to move forward with the bill, which would provide $60 billion in defense aid for Ukraine in the war against Russia, […]
Jerusalem, Undefined — AFP Israeli history teacher Meir Baruchin has paid a high price for denouncing the war in Gaza: he was sacked from his job and even locked up as a “high-risk detainee”. The school teacher triggered a firestorm after October 7, by posting a photo of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army. He […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has documented 721 attacks by Israel on healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territories since October 7. To a question at a UN press conference, Tarik Jasarevic, a WHO spokesman, said some 357 of the attacks were carried out in the Gaza Strip in which 645 people were […]
ATHENS (AA) – UNICEF has warned against a military operation in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, where over 600,000 children and their families – around a million people – have been displaced under the pressure of over four months of Israeli war. “An escalation of the fighting in Rafah, which is already straining under […]
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor says that she has been receiving threatening messages since her country filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Speaking to reporters in Cape Town, Pandor said she had spoken to Police Minister Bheki Cele about the matter. “I spoke to Mi...
