Palestinian Territories – AFP The United Nations has warned that Israel’s war on Gaza is pushing the people of the enclave towards famine. The entire population of Gaza faces “an imminent risk of famine”, according to a UN-backed global hunger monitoring system on Thursday, with more than half a million people facing &#...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Israel’s refusal to agree to a cease-fire has Canada and its allies “increasingly concerned” that Tel Aviv is damaging chances for long-term peace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. In the long run, it may even erode support for Israel, Trudeau said in a year-end interview with the Canadian Broadcasting [&...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government has offered financial grants to families who agree to return to their homes near the Gaza Strip. According to the Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the Israeli Defense Ministry is promoting a decision to encourage Israeli families living in settlements between 4 to 7 kilometers from Gaza with a finan...
ANKARA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said only four hospitals are operating in northern Gaza, providing very limited care. WHO and UN mission to north Gaza found that Al-Ahli Arab Hospital is a “shell” of its former self due to lack of fuel, staff and supplies, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has announced that two more officers and one soldier were killed and 8 others seriously injured during attacks against Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since October 7 to 469. A military statement said that First Lt. Yaakov Elyan, 20, First Lt. […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Hamas has demanded the release of three top Palestinian leaders in any prisoner swap deal, according to the Israeli media. Hamas insists Marwan Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat and Abdullah Barghouti be on the list of prisoners to be released in any new deal, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper reported. Barghouti, 64, a member of Fatah’s [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of US House Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden this week, urging him to use the US’ leverage to shift Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “military strategy and tactics in Gaza.” “We urge you to continue to use all our leverage to achieve an immediate and significant shift of [&hell...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza media office on Thursday said the Israeli army destroyed its building in Gaza City. “We strongly condemn the shelling and destroying of the headquarters,” it said in a statement, adding that Israel has killed at least 97 Palestinian journalists since the start of its attacks on the Gaza [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A majority of Americans now oppose sending Israel additional military aid, results of a new poll show amid rising number of Palestinian deaths. Just 45% of Americans support sending Israel more arms while 46% oppose it, according to the survey from Quinnipac University. That is a significant decline from the last time [...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavorv said on Thursday that Western countries, specifically the US, are trying to “drown” the topic of an independent Palestinian state in “dubious initiatives.” “We have the impression that our Western colleagues are not ready to try hard in the interests of cr...
