WELLINGTON, New Zealand (MNTV) – New Zealand expressed deep concern Tuesday over the deteriorating situation in the occupied West Bank, warning that escalating Israeli actions are jeopardizing prospects for lasting peace. “There has been a marked escalation in Israel’s actions, jeopardizing the prospect of a durable peace,” Foreign Minis...
GENEVA (MNTV) — A United Nations special rapporteur has warned that Israel’s large-scale removal, crushing and relocation of rubble in Gaza could destroy evidence of alleged atrocity crimes and prevent the recovery of thousands of human remains. Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian t...
THE HAGUE (MNTV) — Nicaragua has urged the International Court of Justice to reject Germany’s attempt to halt a case accusing Berlin of facilitating genocide in Gaza through its political, financial and military support for Israel. Presenting arguments Tuesday at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Nicaragua said the case concerns Germany’s own obl...
TEL AVIV (MNTV) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was reportedly warned by the United Arab Emirates that Hamas was preparing a major attack shortly before Oct. 7, 2023, but did not relay the warning to senior Israeli security officials. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Tuesday that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) – Israel killed two Palestinians, including an elderly man, and injured two others in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, marking another violation of an ongoing ceasefire agreement, medical sources said. A medical source said a 69-year-old man died of injuries he sustained from Israeli gunfire targeting tents of displaced p...
AMMAN, Jordan (MNTV) — Israeli strikes in Gaza and Lebanon have injured at least four journalists in recent weeks, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, underscoring the failure of fragile ceasefires to provide even basic protection for media workers reporting from areas under attack. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) sai...
GENEVA (MNTV) – A UN expert has warned that large-scale rubble clearance in Israeli-controlled areas of Gaza could destroy evidence of alleged war crimes and other international crimes, while making it harder to recover and identify thousands of Palestinians believed buried beneath destroyed buildings. Francesca Albanese, the UN special ...
ABU DHABI (MNTV) – Israel must carry out its commitments under the US-backed Gaza roadmap before the peace process can move forward, a senior official overseeing the initiative said Monday. Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace’s high representative for Gaza, said that while some progress had been made over the past year, Palestinians in...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (MNTV) – Israeli authorities have ordered the demolition of five Palestinian homes north of occupied Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Governorate said Sunday. One of the homes is located near the Jaba military checkpoint, while four others are in the Coptic neighborhood of Al-Ram, according to the governorate. The owner of th...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (MNTV) – Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed five Palestinians, including two children, in the past 24 hours, medical sources told Anadolu on Sunday. In the latest attack, Israeli artillery struck a classroom sheltering displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing a 7-year-old child. Earl...