BERLIN (AA) – The NATO has joined calls for a “humanitarian pause” in the Israeli war on Palestine to allow critical aid to get into Gaza. Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance’s secretary-general, told reporters on Thursday that they are supporting diplomatic efforts for a humanitarian cease-fire. “International law must be respected, civilians must...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russia has called the killings of journalists covering the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip “shocking,” and described the reaction by some international organizations as “particularly depressing.” “This is a mass death, this is not ‘killing,’ these are not ‘tragic cases,R...
Tashkent, Uzbekistan – AFP Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan hardened his tone against both Israel and the West at a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation on Thursday. The leaders of Iran, Turkey, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and other Central Asian states met in Uzbekistan for the ECO summit. While not on the official agenda, Isr...
ROME (AA) – Italian navy ship Vulcano, equipped with hospital instruments and operating rooms, has been deployed to the Middle East to receive and treat wounded people from Gaza, the defense minister has said. Guido Crosetto said the hospital ship will first head to Cyprus island and then as close as possible to the besieged […]
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have damaged two more mosques in Khan Yunis, bringing the total number of damaged mosques to 136 and completely destroyed mosques to 59, according to Gaza’s Interior Ministry. Ikrami al-Mudallal, spokesman for the Ministry of Endowments in the Gaza Strip, said: “The number of mosques completely demolis...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The UN has demanded respect for the Gaza Strip’s territorial integrity as Israel continues to carry out strikes against the Palestinian enclave. “The integrity of Gaza needs to be respected. It is clear right now that no place in Gaza is safe,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference on [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has said that the Rafah border crossing remains closed because of a “security circumstance.” “Our understanding is that given a security circumstance that brought the border closing, Rafah border crossing remains closed today,” State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters on Wednesday. “But this ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army says it has arrested 870 Hamas members in the West Bank since October 7. A military statement said 28 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank in the past hours, including 11 Hamas members. According to the statement, a total of 1,350 Palestinians had been detained in the […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Tourism in Israel fell by 76% annually in October because of the war on Palestine and the cancellation of the majority of flights to and from Tel Aviv, according to a report by the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics. The report noted that 89,700 tourists visited Israel in October, with the majority […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 900,000 Palestinians are still in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip, which consists of five governorates, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry has said. Interior Ministry spokesperson Iyad al-Buzm said during a news conference in Gaza that residents are still living in Gaza despite the Israeli mi...
