Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday said the United States is the only country capable of stopping an Israeli invasion of Rafah, saying it would be “the biggest disaster in the history of the Palestinian people”. “We appeal to the United States of America to ask Israel to stop the [&h...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend the Riyadh talks which are aimed at halting Israel’s war on Gaza. Countries hoping to broker a cease-fire are among those attending a summit in Riyadh, where the kingdom’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said the international community has ...
In the past 24 hours, Gaza has witnessed another surge in casualties, with Israel killing 51 Palestinians and injuring 75 as it continued its war on the region. Despite international warnings, Israel is advancing its planned ground invasion of Rafah, while relentlessly shelling its eastern part. Meanwhile, the discovery of three mass graves c...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine children among 16 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli bombing targeting several homes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. “At least 16 Palestinian citizens, including nine children, were killed at dawn today (Sunday) in a series of Israeli aerial and artillery strikes targeting se...
President Joe Biden is facing mounting pressure to devise a definitive strategy to thwart Israel’s threatened invasion of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. Critical care physician Dr. Nahreen Ahmed of Philadelphia emphasized the need for a solid plan during a closed-door meeting at the White House. Ahmed is medical director of the Illinois-b...
Palestinians are describing a temporary pier being constructed by the U.S. on the shores of Gaza City as an “occupation port.” On March 7, President Joe Biden announced that he had ordered the U.S. military to build a temporary pier off Gaza for the delivery of much-needed humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, Israel continues to let only [...
Israeli strikes killed 107 Palestinians and left 176 wounded in 24 hours. Palestinian medics say Israeli forces targeted Rafah in southern Gaza, killing 30 civilians. Despite warnings from international leaders, Israel continues bombing Rafah. It is planning a ground invasion of southern Gaza, which currently houses about 1.4 million displac...
Arab foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cairo seeking to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. Attendees included officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, and the Palestine Authority. Blinken’s discussions with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emphasized cease-fire negotiations. Blinken ...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday he was deeply concerned by Israeli plans for a ground operation in Gaza’s Rafah, the White House said. Biden added that an offensive would be a “mistake”. Netanyahu had also agreed to Biden’s request to send a dele...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to send ground forces into Gaza’s southern Rafah city despite international fears for the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The right-wing premier stressed that “no amount of international pressure will stop us from realising al...
