GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has called Israel’s proposal for a so-called “safe zone” in Al-Mawasi in the southern Gaza Strip a “recipe for disaster.” “Attempting to cram so many people into such a small area with such little infrastructure or services will significantly increase r...
JERUSALEM (AA) – For the sixth consecutive week, Israeli authorities imposed tight restrictions on Palestinians, banning them from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem for Friday prayers, leaving the mosque all but empty. An official with the Waqf Department in Jerusalem said that only around 4,000 Palestinians, most of them elde...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) has reported that over 800,000 Palestinians remain in the besieged Gaza City and northern areas despite Israel’s destructive ground operations. The PCBS said in a statement that this figure indicates that “two-thirds of the population of the northern governorates sti...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s proposed so-called “safe zone” is “neither safe nor feasible,” as civilians must be protected throughout Gaza wherever they are, the UN human rights chief has said. “The current Israeli proposal for a so called ‘safe-zone’ is untenable. The zone is neither safe nor fe...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Afghanistan has said that the current “duplicitous” position of the Western governments and international organizations on Israeli actions in Gaza will further cement the belief that “human rights is a war tactic utilized to further political ends.” “In contravention of all human norms, it has been over 40 days since (...
Kibbutz Beeri, Israel – – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for Gaza hostages to be immediately freed. He also asked Israel “not to be consumed by rage” in its so-called “battle with Hamas” in the Palestinian territory. “I ask for their immediate and unconditional release,” Bor...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UNICEF head has called the situation in the Gaza Strip “devastating” amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss [&...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The United Nations and the Red Cross have voiced alarm after Israeli forces raided Gaza’s largest hospital, demanding that patients and civilians be protected. Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa hospital early Wednesday, targeting what they alleged was a “Hamas command centre” in tunnels b...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Türkiye will take steps to ensure that political and military leaders who massacred people in Gaza face trial in the international courts, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said. Calling Israel a “terrorist state,” the Turkish leader accused Tel Aviv of implementing a strategy of destroying all of Gaza along with its residents...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up another 78 Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a local nongovernmental organization said. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said 17 female university students from Hebron city were among the detainees. Tensions have been running high across th...
