ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday that another six of its staff members have been killed in Gaza. “Another six UNRWA staff have been confirmed killed, bringing total to 35 staff killed since 7th October,” the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees said in a statement on [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said Tuesday that 5,791 people have been killed in the territory in Israeli attacks. The death toll includes 2,360 children. A total of 16,297 people have also been wounded since the conflict erupted on October 7.
GAZA, Palestine (AA): Sitting inside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, amid wails and mourning, Ahmed Abu Al-Saba, 35, is inscribing his name on his arm. “We write our names on our hands and the names of our children on their hands to enable our bodies to be identified if the (Israeli) occupation planes bomb us,” […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three Israeli ministers are considering resigning to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for the cross-border attack by Hamas into Israeli border towns, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported. The newspaper did not name the three ministers. “We can’t believe this situation. Netanyahu ...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas said Monday that it had freed two more women taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks. The Palestinian group’s military wing said the two elderly women, identified as Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, had been freed for “compelling humanitarian” reasons following mediation by ...
ISTANBUL (AA): Israel is using a “dehumanization” strategy to justify its attacks on civilian areas in Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, according to an Israeli professor of international law and human rights. Neve Gordon, a member of the Faculty of Law at Queen Mary University ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas said Monday it had targeted two Israeli military bases with drones. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said two drones were fired at Hatzerim and Tze’elim military bases in southern Israel. No information was provided about casualties. The Israeli army confirmed that it had intercepted two dron...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A third convoy of 20 aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, according to a Palestinian spokesman at the terminal. “Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid are being allowed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” Wael Abu Mohsen told Anadolu. Egypt’s state news [...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment has climbed to 4,651, including 1,873 children, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Sunday. In a statement, Ashraf Qudra, a ministry spokesman, said that 1,023 women were also among the people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7. [&hell...