ANKARA (AA) – The EU Council on Friday called for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza. “We call for the establishment of a humanitarian corridor and a humanitarian pause,” EU Council President Charles Michel told reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Brussels. “We expressed a united, clear, and firm posit...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations said Friday it was concerned that war crimes were being committed on both sides in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The UN human rights office cited forcible transfer, collective punishment and the taking of hostages as the war continued into its 21st day. “We are concerned that [&...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli infantry backed by warplanes mounted an incursion deeper into Gaza, the army said Friday, as it readies for a ground offensive against Hamas for the deadliest attack in the country’s history. As the conflict raged into its 21st day, there was no letup in Israel’s relentless strikes on the Ga...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 rose to 7,326, the Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Friday. Ashraf al-Qedra, a ministry spokesman, said during a news conference: “The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached 7,326, includin...
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 12 Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on several homes in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip on Friday. In a statement, the Gaza-based Interior Ministry said that 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in a series of fresh Israeli airstrikes on residential homes […...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are showing signs of disease caused by overcrowding and poor sanitation amid Israeli airstrikes and blockade on the seaside enclave. “We sleep on the ground in hospitals. There is no aid or medicine,” Nadine Abdul Latif, 12, shared. “Patients are sleeping on the ground [&hell...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories — AFP Hundreds of Palestinian journalists have had to flee south from Gaza City and work in fear for their lives in appalling conditions as Israeli air raids pound the territory. Tents in a hospital courtyard have become their newsroom by day and dormitory at night. Some work for local media […]
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...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The Palestinian foreign minister has said that Israel’s offensive on Gaza was a “war of revenge”, as he flew to the Hague in order to appeal for a ceasefire. The visit of Riyad al-Maliki to the Hague came as Israel sent a column of tanks and infantry to launch an […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis, while denouncing attacks by Hamas on Israel, has condemned the “indiscriminate” attacks by Israel against Palestinians. Francis said Hamas’ attacks were “shocking” and “has no place in our world,” in opening remarks to the Assembly’s...
