Tunis, Tunisia — AFP Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied in Tunisia on Wednesday outside the French embassy, condemning Western support for Israel for a deadly strike on a Gaza hospital. Some protesters were waving Palestinian flags while others demanded the ambassador be expelled, accusing France of being among the Western &...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – A number of councilors from the UK’s main opposition Labour Party have resigned in the past days in protest over party leader Keir Starmer’s support for what he called Israel’s “right” to cut power and water supplies to Palestinians living in Gaza. Some prominent leading members of the shadow cabine...
Israel airstrikes on Gaza: Day 12 The conflict in Gaza enters its 12th day, with ongoing Israeli airstrikes. The death toll has reached approximately 3,478, comprising many women, children, and elderly individuals. Over 12,000 people have been injured since the hostilities escalated on October 7. The Gaza health ministry reports significant ca...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Thousands rallied across the Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a Gaza hospital strike. Angry crowds gathered after calls from Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Palestinian factions for mass mobilisation. “Death to America, death to Israel,” hundreds...
PARIS (AFP): Israel is deliberately targeting civilians, said Hala Abou Hassira, representative of the Palestinian Authority in France on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference, she said: “It’s a systemic and systematic policy of Israel today in this aggression. Israel targets civilians wherever they are.” She said more tha...
BIRMINGHAM, England (AA) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has failed to endorse cross-party calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. Answering questions raised by opposition members of the parliament at the House of Commons on Wednesday, Sunak said Israel has a “right to defend itself, to protect its peopl...
AFP President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday Egypt did not close the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, which is the only one not under Israel’s control. In a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, he added, “the repeated bombings by Israel of the Palestinian side of the crossing have prevented operations.” Sisi al...
Amman, Jordan – AFP Around 5,000 Jordanians gathered outside the Israeli embassy in Amman Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital. Security forces blocked off roads leading to the embassy but the size of the demonstration looked set to swell amid a wave of anger […]
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories- AFP At least 3,478 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Hamas-controlled health ministry said Wednesday. More than 12,000 others have been wounded in Israel’s response to a brutal assault launched by Hamas militants on Israel on October 7.
Tel Aviv, Israel-AFP President Joe Biden on a visit to Israel Wednesday backed his ally’s stance blaming Palestinian fighters for a strike on a hospital that killed hundreds in war-torn Gaza and has inflamed anger across the Middle East. Arab countries blamed Israel, which has rained bombs on Gaza since the bloody October 7 attack [&hell...
