Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not enough to even start addressing the Palestinian territory’s massive needs. UN children’s agency UNICEF said the aid flow to the northern Gaza Strip — the largest s...
Dolow, Somalia – – AFP The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede — for now — but distraught families who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal diseases. Shukri Abdi Osman, a 34-year-old mother of three, is sheltering [...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel’s prison authority said early Tuesday that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released “during the night” under the terms of the deal with Hamas. The release brought the total number of detainees freed by Israel during the initial, four-day pause in the fighting to 150.
New York, United States – AFP US Attorney General Merrick Garland warned Monday of increasing threats from “domestic violent extremists” amid growing attacks against minority groups, as he vowed a full investigation into the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent. Police said a man had been arrested in connection with t...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed the news of an extension of the pause in Israeli war against Palestinians in Gaza for two more days. “I would say it’s a glimpse of hope and humanity in the middle of the darkness of war,” Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New [&helli...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinians face harsh conditions in Israeli prisons, from beatings to hunger, cold, fear and other abuse, according to Osama Naif Marmash, a child recently released under a prisoner swap deal between Tel Aviv and resistance groups in the Gaza Strip. “Every week, the Israeli army comes to beat us, taking away all [...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian family of six insists on staying in its home in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip despite it being reduced to rubble as a result of an Israeli airstrike. The family continues to live in difficult conditions after Israeli warplanes destroyed its two-story home last […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Coming down hard on Israel’s acts in Gaza, Lebanese Information Minister has said: “This is not a war … this is a genocide.” Replying to a question at the International Strategic Communication Summit (Stratcom Summit 2023) held in Istanbul, Ziad Makary said: “They are doing something worse than the...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be extended by two days, the Palestinian group and mediator Qatar said Monday, opening the way for further releases of prisoners. With just hours to go before the so-called “humanitarian pause” was to end early Tuesday, Hamas said that an [&...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden was “horrified” to learn that three Palestinian students were shot in Vermont over the weekend, the White House said Monday. Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmad “should be back in school with their classmates, not in a hospital room,” spokesperson Karine J...
