GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, Gazan refugees have been grappling with the absence of basic needs essential for a life of dignity. An Anadolu team toured the areas that have become, despite their fragility, shelters for people displaced from northern Gaza to the central […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The death toll from a power outage at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has risen to 15, including six premature babies, the hospital director said Monday. “Six premature babies and nine injured people at the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) died today as a result of the power outage,” Mohamed Abu […]
ANKARA (AA) – French president Emmanuel Macron urged Israel on Friday to stop “killing babies and women” in Gaza. It is important for Israel’s security to “recognize that all lives matter,” Macron told the BBC at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris. He hoped that other leaders would join his demand for a...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur burst into tears as she donated a part of her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals prize money to Palestinians. Jabeur made a heartfelt speech to the crowd following her straight-set championship over Marketa Vondrousova at the season-ending finals, which marked her first win of the week. Wo...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Since October 7, at least 133 infants less than one year old have been killed in the Gaza Strip, which Israel has now been bombing for over 24 days. On October 26, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza released a 212-page report that lists the names, identification and ages of those killed […]
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF has raised alarm over the rising number of child deaths in the Gaza Strip since October 7. “Gaza has become a graveyard of children,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva. Elder reiterated UNICEF’s call for an immediate cease-fire a...
LONDON (AA) – The residents of Gaza need a cease-fire now to ensure their continued survival from a siege that has deprived them of the bare necessities of life, said the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees or UNRWA. Philippe Lazzarini, the agency’s commissioner-general, also condemned the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, which have [&he...
GAZA, Palestine (AA): Sitting inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid wails and mourning, Ahmed Abu Al-Saba, 35, is inscribing his name on his arm. “We write our names on our hands and the names of our children on their hands to enable our bodies to be identified if the (Israeli) occupation planes bomb us,” […]
ANKARA (AA) – Palestinian children and families in the Gaza Strip have practically run out of water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said late Monday. “They are now forced to use dirty water from wells, increasing risks of waterborne diseases,” UNICEF said in a statement. “We need an immediate humanitarian pause to ensure unhindered and [&hell...
GENEVA (AA) – Palestinian civilians have “no safe place left to go” as violence has intensified, the World Health Organization has said. “With ongoing airstrikes, civilians have no safe place left to go. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has informed WHO that it is impossible to evacuate vulnerable hospital patients fr...
