ISTANBUL (AA) – Mothers in Gaza are struggling to survive amid relentless Israeli attacks. As many as 10,000 women have been killed in the Gaza Strip where Israel has indiscriminately dropped bombs since Oct. 7, 2023. Israeli forces have targeted civilian areas, including schools, hospitals, mosques, and churches, where civilians seek re...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP A full-scale Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah “cannot take place”, the UN human rights chief insisted Sunday, saying it could not be reconciled with international law. “I can see no way that the latest evacuation orders, much less a full assault, in an area with an extremely [...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel on Saturday hit parts of Gaza including Rafah where it expanded an evacuation order and the UN warned of an “epic” disaster if an outright invasion of the crowded city goes ahead. AFP journalists, medics and witnesses reported strikes across the coastal territory, where the UN says ...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations has said, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion. Israel’s military earlier called for displaced peoples in Gaza to leave eastern Rafah, which triggered widespread international alarm. The ...
Nairobi, Kenya — AFP An Israeli ground attack in Gaza’s Rafah would lead to an “epic humanitarian disaster”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned after negotiators left truce talks in Cairo without a deal. “A massive ground attack in Rafah would lead to (an) epic humanitarian disaster and pull the plug on ...
Several Palestinian civilians were killed and injured in Israeli airstrikes in the early hours of Friday, as Israel’s war on Gaza marked its 217th day. Israeli fighter jets struck throughout central and northern Gaza, hitting a total of 40 targets. Khan Younis is one of the areas that Palestinians fleeing Rafah have been heading to. […]...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army said four soldiers were killed on Friday when an “explosive device” went off near a school in Gaza City. “The four soldiers were killed in the same incident, from an explosive device near a school in the area of Zeitoun”, a southern neighbourhood of Gaza City, the milita...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AA) – African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat has condemned Israel’s incursion into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, saying it has resulted in continuous loss of life and widespread devastation for civilians. Mahamat said in a statement that the African Union “firmly condemns the extension of this ...
Doha, Qatar – AFP A Hamas official on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah to block talks seeking a truce. Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early Tuesday a ...
Rep. Rashida Tlaib said Tuesday the Israeli government’s decision to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah was directly connected to American lawmakers’ recent approval of billions of dollars in additional military aid. Tlaib was among 37 House Democrats who voted against the foreign aid package that included military assistance f...
