Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN human rights chief on Thursday decried allegations of serious rights violations in Gaza and suggested an international investigation was needed. Volker Turk said “extremely serious allegations of multiple and profound breaches of international humanitarian law, whoever commits them, demand rigorous ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel renewed its raids into Gaza’s largest hospital on Thursday, trying to find what it said was a Hamas command centre hidden beneath thousands of patients, medics and displaced people. “Tonight we conducted a targeted operation into Shifa hospital,” said Major General Yaron Finkelman, t...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army said on Thursday its troops had taken “operational control” of Gaza City’s port. “In the past few days, in a joint operation, soldiers… took operational control of the Gaza harbour, which was controlled by the Hamas terrorist organisation,” the Israeli army s...
London, United Kingdom – AFP Labour leader Keir Starmer was hit by a string of resignations from his frontbench in the House of Commons on Wednesday night, after facing a rebellion from his MPs over his refusal to back a ceasefire in Gaza. The vote calling for the ceasefire was defeated by 293 votes to […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UNICEF head has called the situation in the Gaza Strip “devastating” amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss [&...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The United Nations and the Red Cross have voiced alarm after Israeli forces raided Gaza’s largest hospital, demanding that patients and civilians be protected. Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa hospital early Wednesday, targeting what they alleged was a “Hamas command centre” in tunnels b...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye will take steps to ensure that political and military leaders who massacred people in Gaza face trial in the international courts, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Calling Israel a “terrorist state,” the Turkish leader accused Tel Aviv of implementing a strategy of destroying all of Gaza along with its residents...
NEW DELHI (AA) – India has acknowledged that Israel’s war against Palestine poses a geopolitical challenge to the India-Middle East-Europe Connectivity Corridor (IMEC) that had been unveiled in September. Addressing “Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue” in the capital New Delhi, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said: “It (corr...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up another 78 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a local nongovernmental organization said. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said 17 female university students from Hebron city were among the detainees. Tensions have been running high across th...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The UN humanitarian chief said Wednesday he and Iran’s top diplomat had discussed fears of what an expansion of Israel’s war against Palestine might entail, and had agreed it “would not be good”. At a Geneva press briefing, United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths voiced deep co...
