ANKARA (AA) – UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese has strongly criticized an Israeli draft bill aimed at recruiting volunteers as prison guards, warning that it could lead to increased abuses against Palestinian detainees. In a post on X, Albanese called the proposal “so sickening,” saying “Israel MUST BE STOPPED: starti...
ANKARA (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) director-general has called on Israel to stop attacks on hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X that “Hospitals in #Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat.” He stressed that the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza w...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia strongly condemned an Israeli raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army raided the hospital in Beit Lahia town, burning large sections and forcing patients and displaced civilians to flee. The Jordanian Foreign Ministry called...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas has denied Israeli claims about the presence of its fighters inside a hospital that was raided by Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army raided Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia on Friday, burning large sections and forcing patients and displaced civilians to […]
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that an Israeli raid on the Kamal Adwan Hospital put “the last major health facility” in the northern Gaza Strip out of service, calling for an end to “this horror.” Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burned and destroyed d...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni Houthi group has announced the arrest of several spies in Yemen who were allegedly working for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “Security agencies have, in recent days, arrested an (unspecified) number of spies recruited by the wanted (man) Hamid Hussein F...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir once again forced his way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem. Ben-Gvir entered the site under heavy police protection and toured the mosque’s courtyard, said an official with the Jordan-run Islamic Endowments Department in Jerusalem. This was his fifth...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 38 more Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, pushing up the death toll since October last year to 45,399, the Health Ministry in the enclave said. A ministry statement added that some 107,940 others have been injured. “Israeli forces killed 38 people and injured 137 others in […]
Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, observed a subdued and somber Christmas as Israel’s Gaza war cast a long shadow over its traditional celebrations. Manger Square, usually the epicenter of festive cheer with its glowing lights, towering Christmas tree, and spirited performances of scout marching bands, stands starkly quiet. The air of...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian teen was killed by the Israeli army fire during a raid in the occupied West Bank, local media reported. Witnesses said an Israeli force along with bulldozers raided the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank, triggering clashes with displaced Palestinians. The official news agency Wafa sa...
