[ad_1] The United States circulated a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for an “immediate ceasefire linked to the release of hostages” in Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. “Well, in fact, we actually have a resolution that we put forward right now that’s before the United Nations Security Council that does call…
[ad_1] As Ramazan commences, global leaders united in recognising the significance of the holy month and called for silencing guns in Gaza. US President Joe Biden pledged international efforts to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in his Ramazan message and committed to working tirelessly for an immediate six-week ceasefire. Simultaneously, UN Secretary-General António Guterres passionately…
[ad_1] Palestine’s Health Ministry in Gaza has stated that Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours have killed 67 Palestinians and injured 106 others in the besieged Palestinian enclave. Israel’s new wave of attacks brings the death toll to 31,112 Palestinians and 72,760 injured since the beginning of Israel’s military onslaught on Gaza on October…
[ad_1] Sweden has said it is resuming aid to the cash-strapped United Nations agency for Palestinians with an initial disbursement of $20m after receiving assurances of extra checks on its spending and personnel. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), the main humanitarian agency in Gaza, faced an…
[ad_1] Talks on a ceasefire and prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse on Wednesday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and the Israelis pushed ahead with plans to build 3,500 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. Negotiators from Hamas, Qatar and Egypt — but not Israel — are trying…
[ad_1] Efforts to deliver desperately needed food supplies to northern Gaza resumed Tuesday but were “largely unsuccessful,” said the World Food Program (WFP). A 14-truck food convoy, the first one by the agency since it paused deliveries to the north on Feb. 20, was turned back by Israeli forces after a three-hour wait at the…
[ad_1] Thousands of people on Saturday gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC to demand a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags chanted slogans against President Joe Biden while unfurling banners saying “Free Palestine”, “Stop The Invasion”, “Hands Of Rafah”, “Stop The Genocide”, “End All US Aid To Israel”, “Jews For…
[ad_1] Sweden’s opposition leaders, like many others around the world, have strongly condemned Israel’s attack on Palestinians waiting in line for food on Thursday, calling for independent investigators from the International Criminal Court to look into the deaths of over 100 people in Gaza awaiting aid. Morgan Johansson, leader of the opposition Swedish Social Democratic…
[ad_1] United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said the killing of over 100 people seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza was a situation that would require an effective independent investigation. Speaking in St Vincent and the Grenadines ahead of a regional summit, Guterres said he was “shocked” by the latest episode in the war with…
[ad_1] Representatives of Hamas and Fatah will meet in Moscow on February 29 to discuss the formation of a unified Palestinian government and the rebuilding of Israel’s besieged Gaza, the RIA state news agency has reported, citing the Palestinian ambassador to Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov also confirmed to RIA Novosti that such…
