RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army stormed the city of Hebron on Saturday, shutting down the Ibrahimi Mosque and preventing worshippers from entering, according to eyewitnesses and local authorities. Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces raided the Wadi al-Hariya neighborhood, searching several homes. The incursion also targ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark warning about the potential impact of a military operation in Gaza during the upcoming polio vaccination campaign. In a statement on X, UNRWA said: “We cannot vaccinate children who are fleeing for their lives,” and warned that “any military operations duri...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has blocked water trucks from reaching the Jenin Government Hospital, potentially disrupting kidney dialysis services for patients. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces stopped water tankers from the Jenin Civil Defense from reaching the hospital. Dargham Zakarneh, dire...
Israel has consented to limited humanitarian pauses in its war on Gaza to facilitate a crucial polio vaccination drive. The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced this campaign. It is set to start on Sunday and will immunize 640,000 children under the age of 10. The effort was necessitated by a confirmed polio case in […]
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would not alter the Biden administration’s policies on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and the war on Gaza. Harris’s comments come during an interview with CNN network — her first interview as this year’s Democratic presidential nominee. She, however, stresses the need to secure a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza has reported that during its 22-day military offensive in Khan Younis, the Israeli army destroyed water lines supplying areas in the city claimed by Tel Aviv to be “humanitarian zones.” “The Israeli army destroyed main water lines providing essential services t...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – At least three Palestinians were killed near Jenin, bringing the death toll from Israel’s recently launched operation in the occupied northern West Bank to 19. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the bodies were taken away by Israeli forces. Earlier, the Israeli army said its forces killed three Palestin...
ANKARA / GENEVA (AA) – Israeli foreign minister’s call to forcibly displace people from the West Bank is “completely unacceptable,” the EU foreign policy chief said on Thursday. Before attending the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Josep Borrell told reporters that UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordina...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad announced the death of its commander in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem Thursday. “Abu Shujaa, commander of the Tulkarem Brigade of the Al-Quds Brigades,” the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, which has a strong presence in the refugee camps ...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon for a year, calling for a “de-escalation” of a recent surge in violence between Israel and Hezbollah. A unanimously adopted resolution said the council “decides to extend the ...
