ANKARA (AA) – The French foreign minister expressed wish on Tuesday for “another immediate lasting truce” in Gaza. Catherine Colonna, in a joint news conference with her British counterpart David Cameron in Paris, said: “I believe our efforts converge to … wish for another immediate lasting truce.” “For our ...
GENEVA (AA) – A hospital in the southern Gaza Strip was targeted twice by Israeli forces in the last 48 hours, UNICEF announced on Tuesday. “Over the past 48 hours, the largest remaining fully functional hospital in Gaza has been shelled twice. That hospital is Al Nasser,” spokesman James Elder said in a UN press […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 25 Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza Strip, as the Israel’ war on the besieged Palestinian enclave entered its 74th day. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday that a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted three adjacent homes, lea...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel’s war on Gaza has been deadly for journalists – the deadliest ever conflict for media workers, specifically because of the high number of fatalities in such a short period of time, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). CPJ data as of December 17 shows at least 64 media workers killed […]
LONDON (AA) – Renowned Emmy-winning actor Tobias Menzies has joined the chorus of voices speaking out on the “very troubling” situation in the Gaza Strip, devastated by weeks of Israeli attacks, as well as the “heartbreaking” scenes of civilian suffering. Menzies, best known for his performance in hit shows The Cr...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories — AFP In what was once the courtyard of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya, Palestinians wade through the rubble, searching for corpses. The sound of one of them sobbing breaks out while he wraps a body to prepare for burial. Mahmud Assaf, 50, came […]
NICE, France (AA) – Left-wing lawmakers in Paris have blasted Tel Aviv over the killing of a French Foreign Ministry staffer in Gaza during an airstrike and demanded sanctions against Israel. Prominent members of the French parliament accused France of failing to take necessary measures to protect its staffer and his family. “This ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israelis held by Palestinians are not Tel Aviv’s “top priority” and they cannot be saved without a deal, says an Israeli media report. According to the investigation conducted by the Tel Aviv-based “+972 online magazine” in cooperation with Local Call news website, the Israeli leadership has R...
LONDON (AA) – The British prime minister, who has been one of the staunchest supporters of Israel’s assault on Gaza and whose country abstained from voting in favour of a cease-fire resolution, has finally said “too many civilian lives have been lost” in Gaza. “It’s clear that too many civilian lives have be...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Several Palestinians held by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have died inside a detention center in southern Israel, according to the Israeli media. The Haaretz newspaper said hundreds of Palestinian detainees were held inside a detention center in Beersheba for several weeks. “Many of them died inside the center,” the daily ...
