NEW DELHI: India backed full UN membership for Palestine while underlining that only a two-state solution could deliver lasting peace in the conflict-ridden region.India voted in favour of a draft UN General Assembly resolution last week that said Palestine is qualified and should be admitted as a full member ofContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: The Israeli army said on Monday that it was evacuating over 1,00,000 people from eastern Rafah indicating a ground attack in southern Gaza. It asked Palestinians in eastern Rafah to relocate to a nearby “humanitarian area”.“The estimate is around 100,000 people,” a military spokesperson said.The evacuation, spokesperson said,Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States has concluded that five Israeli military units committed serious human rights violations against Palestinians in the West Bank before the Hamas attack in October, the State Department said Monday.Four of these units have taken remedial measures, State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters, with consultationsContinue Reading
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/RAFAH: Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled. Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of theContinue Reading
ANKARA: Turkey’s Kizilay (Red Crescent) is sending its biggest aid shipment yet to Gaza via Egypt, with a ship carrying some 3,000 tons of food, medicine and equipment leaving for the Egyptian port of Al-Arish on Thursday.Turkey, which has harshly criticised Israel for its military offensive in Gaza and backedContinue Reading
RAFAH: In the narrow crevices between the tents that crowd nearly every inch of the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinians cling to life amid the grinding war with Israel. A barefoot boy wears a pot on his head and beams a smile. A child lugs a jerry can halfContinue Reading
In a significant diplomatic development, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally held discussions on Friday, marking their first direct communication in nearly a month. The White House revealed that the talks centered around Israel’s ongoing military actions in Gaza and potential pathways to establishing anContinue Reading
JENIN: Israeli forces killed six Palestinians, including two minors and at least one gunman, in the occupied West Bank late on Saturday and early Sunday, medics and local sources said. Five of the deaths occurred in the city of Jenin, which the Israeli military said it raided to detain aContinue Reading
GAZA/TEL AVIV: Israel’s government and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to a four-day pause in fighting to allow the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza in exchange for 150 Palestinians imprisoned in Israel, and the entry of humanitarian aid into the besieged enclave.Officials from Qatar, which has been mediating secretContinue Reading
RAMALLAH: At least four Palestinians were killed during Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, as violence there continued in tandem with the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Three people were killed during a raid in the northern city of Jenin, while another was shot deadContinue Reading