Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across the globe on Monday, as staff observed a minute’s silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza by Israel’s indiscriminate bombing on hospitals, schools, UN shelters and other facilities. The blue and white UN flag was lowered at 9:30 am loc...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A Palestinian detainee has died at the Megiddo prison in northern Israel, the Israeli prison authorities have declared. In a statement, the Israeli Prison Service said the 33-year-old detainee, from the West Bank died after “feeling unwell.” The statement, however, did not provide any further details There are more...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli army in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 66-year-old man was killed by a bullet in the head. Palestinians shared a video on social media platforms of a taxi driver covered in […]
Israel’s war on Gaza: Day 39 highlights Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Intensified Attacks: Israeli airstrikes have increased across Gaza, causing extensive damage to healthcare facilities. The main cardiac ward at Gaza’s largest hospital has been destroyed. Refugee Camps and Towns Under Siege: Jabalia refugee camp and Khan Younis face relentless...
LONDON (AA/AFP) – Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been sacked in a cabinet reshuffle, according to media reports on Monday. It came after a row over her controversial remarks on pro-Palestinian protests and her article in The Times newspaper that met with massive criticism. Braverman sparked widespread outrage after calling...
ANKARA (AA) – Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), a humanitarian healthcare organization, has said that the majority of the young Palestinians it received at Jenin Hospital in the West Bank had life-threatening bullet wounds in their abdomens and lower thighs. “Most of the patients we receive have been shot in the abdomen and legs,” Dr...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli attacks raged around Gaza’s biggest hospital Sunday where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions. Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital is caught in Israel’s ground offensive aimed at “destroying Hamas”, and the compound has been repeatedly hit by...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has admitted that it targeted the Buraq School in the blockaded Gaza Strip where dozens of civilians were killed. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement that the military killed Hamas members who “held about a thousand residents of the Gaza Strip hostage in the Rantisi hospital [&hellip...
London, United Kingdom – – AFP Huge crowds marched through the British capital on Saturday, calling for a halt to Israel’s attacks in Palestine. The “National March for Palestine”, organised by the Stop the War Coalition, set off after a two-minutes’ silence to remember Britain’s war dead on Armistice ...
GENEVA (AA) – European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic has demanded that hospitals in Gaza be protected, calling for an immediate de-escalation of hostilities. “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is beyond words,” Lenarcic said on social media platform X, adding, “I urge the warring parties to de-escalate ...
