WASHINGTON – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East yet again in the coming days to press a new proposal involving the release of Israelis held in Gaza in return for a pause in attacks by Israel, the State Department said. Blinken will visit Qatar and Egypt — the […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Deadly strikes were reported early Saturday in the overcrowded Gaza border town of Rafah — dubbed a “pressure cooker of despair” by the UN — as international mediators readied a new push to seal a tentative deal between Israel and Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US, Qatar and Egypt are carrying out “sensitive” diplomatic engagements to secure the release of the Israelis held in the Gaza Strip, the American envoy to the UN said Friday. “We’ve been working tirelessly with Qatar, Egypt and other regional partners on a strong, compelling proposal. “...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – Thousands of Yemenis held mass rallies across the Houthi-controlled region on Friday in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza, which has been subjected to Israeli military attacks since Oct. 7. People took to the streets of various cities and towns controlled by the Houthi group, with the main protest taking […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of people killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 27,131, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Friday. “The Israeli occupation committed 13 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 112 martyrs and 148 injured during the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement. “Many people [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Fighting in Gaza raged on Friday with scores reported killed overnight, after mediator Qatar said Hamas had given its “initial” support to a prisoner exchange deal that would pause its war with Israel. The health ministry in the territory said 112 people had been killed over the previous 24 hours...
GENEVA (AA) – More than 8,000 people in the Gaza Strip need medical evacuation and the vast majority of them have war-related injuries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “Medical referrals for critically injured and sick patients outside Gaza remain ad hoc and insufficient. An orderly, safe and sustained transfer ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of Palestinian American community members rejected an invite from US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sit down for an off-the-record conversation Thursday due to what they said is the Biden administration’s complicity in the “genocide” in Gaza. The majority of those who were invited to Thur...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is likely to shut down operations by the end of February amid a suspension of funding by Western countries, its chief warned Thursday. “As the war in Gaza is being pursued unabated, and at the time the International Court of Justice calls for more humanitarian assistance, […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in its war on Gaza has jumped to 27,019, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. The Gaza-based Health Ministry made the statement as the Israeli deadly onslaught against Gaza entered its 118th day. It also said 66,139 other people have been injured in […]
