Saudi Arabia has welcomed an independent committee’s report on the performance of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Wednesday.The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Kingdom backed the report, which confirmed UNRWA’s main role in supporting the relief, humanitarian and developmental efforts of the Palestinian…
Israel’s military is poised to evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and assault Hamas hold-outs in the southern Gaza Strip city, a senior Israeli defense official said on Wednesday, despite international warnings of humanitarian catastrophe. A spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government said Israel was “moving ahead” with a ground operation, but gave no timeline….
Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities grew increasingly tense on both coasts Wednesday as hundreds encamped at Columbia University faced a deadline from the administration to clear out while dozens remained barricaded inside two buildings on a Northern California college campus.Both are part of intensifying demonstrations over Israel’s war with Hamas by university students…
Israeli military on Tuesday rejected allegations that its forces buried Palestinians in mass graves at a Gaza hospital, after the United Nations called for international investigation into the deaths during Israeli sieges, saying war crimes may have been committed. In a statement, the military said corpses already buried at Nasser hospital were examined as part…
JERUSALEM: A third meeting of Israel’s war cabinet set for Tuesday to decide on a response to Iran’s first-ever direct attack was put off until Wednesday, as Western allies eyed swift new sanctions against Tehran to help dissuade Israel from a major escalation.Military chief of staff Herzi Halevi had promised that Saturday night’s launch of…
With bated breath, the world awaits Iran’s promised retaliation for last week’s suspected Israeli airstrike on its embassy annex in the Syrian capital Damascus. Whatever form Teheran’s revenge takes, there is mounting public fear it could trigger an all-out war. At least 16 people were reportedly killed in the April 1 attack, including two senior…
Turkiye will impose restrictions on the export of products from 54 different categories to Israel until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza, the Turkish Trade Ministry said on Tuesday, adding the measures would take effect immediately.In a statement following Ankara’s announcement that it would be taking measures after Israel rejected its request to take part…
Talks in Cairo this week are reportedly aiming to reach a humanitarian truce by Eid Al-Fitr, high-level Egyptian sources told the pan-Arab Al Araby Al Jadeed newspaper, noting that discussions were getting closer to a deal. “With the presence of the delegation from [Hamas] and the head of the CIA, William Burns, in Cairo, the agreement is…
Iraq, Jordan, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates condemned the attack. Qatar condemned the attack on Iran’s consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday, describing it as “a flagrant violation of international law.” “It also considers the attack a flagrant violation of international agreements and conventions and diplomatic norms that criminalise attacks…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Tuesday that its armed forces “unintentionally” killed seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza.“Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip,” he said as he left hospital in Jerusalem after a hernia operation.“It happens…
