JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israelis were injured in rockets launched from the Gaza Strip that hit the southern city of Ashkelon, emergency medical teams said Tuesday. Paramedics are providing “medical treatment and transferring, from Ashkelon to Barzilai Hospital, two men in their thirties in mild condition, with injuries to the head,...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Gaza’s main hospital has been forced to bury scores of dead patients in a mass grave, its director said Tuesday. At least 179 people, including babies and patients who died in the intensive care unit, were buried in the “mass grave” at Gaza’s biggest hospital, said director Mohammad Abu ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has rejected growing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and reaffirmed its support for Israel’s strikes which have claimed more than 11,100 lives, many of them children. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock expressed doubts about a cease-fire, arguing that it was not clear how this could be negotiated, how it could [&hel...
NEW DELHI (AA) – A senior leader of India’s main opposition Congress party has hit out at the international community, calling the death toll of 11,000 from Israeli strikes on Gaza “a deplorable and disgraceful milestone.” “…over 11,000 people killed in Gaza of which almost half are children. One child is being killed every ten […...
Brussels, Belgium – – AFP The EU’s humanitarian aid chief has called for “meaningful” pauses in Israel’s war on Gaza and urgent deliveries of fuel to keep hospitals working in the territory. “It is urgent to define and respect humanitarian pauses,” Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on Monday, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing on hospitals, schools, UN shelters and other facilities. The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 am loc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian detainee has died at the Megiddo prison in northern Israel, the Israeli prison authorities have declared. In a statement, the Israeli Prison Service said the 33-year-old detainee, from the West Bank died after “feeling unwell.” The statement, however, did not provide any further details There are more...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 66-year-old man was killed by a bullet in the head. Palestinians shared a video on social media platforms of a taxi driver covered in […]
Israel’s war on Gaza: Day 39 highlights Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Intensified Attacks: Israeli airstrikes have increased across Gaza, causing extensive damage to healthcare facilities. The main cardiac ward at Gaza’s largest hospital has been destroyed. Refugee Camps and Towns Under Siege: Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Younis face relentless...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Thousands of people remained trapped in Gaza’s largest hospital Monday, where evacuations have been hampered by Israeli attacks. Conditions are worsening for hundreds of patients and thousands of others sheltering around Al-Shifa hospital — which has become the focus in the five-week-old war. The...
