As more than a billion Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha, Gaza is mired in a severe humanitarian crisis. Nearly 2 million Palestinians face starvation, with rampant malnutrition casting a grim shadow over the Islamic holiday’s festive spirit. The Israeli blockade, restricting essential supplies for more than eight months, has made it impossible fo...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Department of State has imposed sanctions on a radical Israeli group for disrupting humanitarian aid to the civilians in the Gaza Strip. “The Department of State is today designating Tzav 9, a violent extremist Israeli group that has been blocking, harassing, and damaging convoys carrying lifesaving humanit...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A civilian was killed and at least seven others injured in an Israeli nighttime strike on southern Lebanon, the country’s national news agency reported on Friday. “Enemy warplanes launched a raid targeting a house” in the town of Janata, killing one civilian and injuring seven other civilians, the ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The language and narrative used in the Western media’s coverage of Palestine over the years has been an effort to legitimize Israel’s crimes, says Ali Abunimah, a renowned Palestinian-American journalist. The founder of the Electronic Intifada website, Abunimah said that the mainstream media’s use of passive language conceals I...
In a contentious move, the House of Representatives has voted to halt American funding for the reconstruction of Gaza. The amendment to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act, introduced by Republican representatives, passed without a recorded vote. Pro-Israel Rep. Brian Mast criticized the idea of rebuilding a region devastated by US-ba...
ANKARA (AA) – Indonesia on Thursday announced that it will evacuate 1,000 victims of Israel’s war on Gaza for medical treatment. The announcement was made by Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto at a news conference at the State Palace in Jakarta, local English daily Jakarta Post reported. “We are taking steps to channel as...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities Thursday began freezing work permits for around 80,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank, an Israeli media outlet reported. “The Israeli Civil Administration, which is a unit in the Ministry of Defense, has begun freezing nearly 80,000 work permits for Palestinian workers from the West Bank,” the Isr...
Madrid, Spain – AFP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday hailed Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez for his stance on the Gaza war which has seen the Spanish leader emerging as an outspoken critic of Israel. “Mr Sanchez has pursued a principled and consistent policy from day one (of the war) and has a special […]
Bari, Italy – AFP G7 leaders on Thursday called on Hamas to accept a roadmap towards a cease-fire in Gaza announced by US President Joe Biden in May. The UN Security Council had supported the plan and “now it is important that everyone implements it,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said at the Group of Seven […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP More than 8,000 children aged under five have been treated in the Gaza Strip for acute malnutrition since Israel launched its war on the region, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 28 of those children had died and a significant proportion of Gaza’s po...
