GAZA: Even on Christmas day, the land where Jesus Christ was born remained in the crosshairs of the Israeli military, which continued its relentless bombing of Gaza, as well as launching raids in West Bank cities such as Bethlehem, on Sunday. The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Monday that war with Israel since […]
UNITED NATIONS: In a startling disclosure, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that 136 UN personnel had lost their lives in Gaza over the past 75 days, marking an unprecedented tragedy in UN history. Mr Guterres expressed deep concern over the appalling human suffering, physical destruction in Gaza, and urged Israel not to continue […]
• 13 of 15 members back resolution seeking immediate acceleration of aid supplies, US and Russia abstain • UN chief laments how Israeli bombing is hampering humanitarian relief efforts UNITED NATIONS: Following numerous delays and intense negotiations, the UN Security Council finally adopted a significantly diluted resolution on Friday, which calls for an immediate acceleration […]
Rescuers in remote villages of northwest China dug through the rubble of collapsed homes on Tuesday after China’s deadliest earthquake in years killed at least 118 people and injured hundreds more. Officials in impoverished Gansu province said the shallow tremor just before midnight had caused the deaths of at least 105 and injured almost 400 […]
• Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza was raided by IDF last week, wounded were relocated outside its premises • Footage shows tents, belongings razed; animals gnawing at limbs of those ‘buried alive’ • PA health minister calls for probe, Bilawal wants Tel Aviv held accountable for ‘war crimes’ GAZA: The Israeli military has bulldozed […]
GENEVA: The United Nation humanitarian office said on Wednesday that Gaza faced a public health disaster due to the collapse of its health system and the spread of disease amid an offensive by Israel that has hit hospitals and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, meanwhile, […]
• UN efforts in Gaza can no longer be called ‘humanitarian operation’, says aid chief • Khan Yunis decimated by Israeli strikes • Hamas declares famine in aid-starved north GAZA STRIP: Heavy urban combat raged in and around Gaza’s biggest cities on Thursday as Israeli forces unleashed an aerial and ground blitz, leaving 350 dead […]
GAZA: The streets of Khan Yunis were empty on Wednesday morning as residents tried to take shelter from shelling and artillery fire, said reporters, while the dead and wounded continued to pour into the city’s hospitals. Residents said Israeli bombing intensified overnight, killing and wounding civilians in the north and east of Khan Yunis. Palestinian […]
• Adviser Sullivan believes prisoners release a testament to effectiveness of direct presidential diplomacy • Senator Bernie Sanders says ‘blank cheque approach’ by US must end WASHINGTON: In a significant shift of tone, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan hinted on Sunday at the possibility of President Joe Biden attaching conditions to US aid to […]
• 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino among those released by Hamas on first day of truce • Israeli army withdraws from Al Shifa; WHO still worried for patients, health workers GAZA: After weeks of death and despair, there were celebrations in parts of Gaza as 39 Palestinians, who were freed from Israeli prisons […]