Rome, December 26 (RHC)-- Demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian cause are continuing across the world as Gaza remains under heavy Israeli military strikes.... More


Buenos Aires, December 26 (RHC)-- The Workers' General Central (CGT), the Central of Workers of Argentina (CTA) and other social organizations called for a march on Dec, 27 in front of the courts of Buenos Aires to demand the annulment of the urgency decree signed by the President Javier Milei.... More


Gaza City, December 26 (RHC)-- Gaza Municipality has announced the complete collapse of all its services after seventy-eight days of the Israeli regime's relentless air and ground bombardment of the besieged territory.   The municipality office wrote on X on Saturday that “after 78 days of working under fire and due to the continued aggression and complete fuel outage, we regretfully announce the collapse of the municipal services system.”... More


Tel Aviv, December 25 (RHC)-- Leaked documents revealed that the Israeli military has officially banned media from reporting on eight subjects in Israel, including captives held in Gaza, amid the war on the besieged territory.   According to a report, the document, titled “Operation ‘Swords of Iron’ Israeli Chief Censor Directive to the Media,” was provided by an unnamed source to The Intercept.... More


Tel Aviv, December 25 (RHC)-- Israel will not renew the visa of a United Nations staff member in the country and will also deny the visa request of another UN employee as the country yet again expresses its displeasure of the global body, which has criticised Israel’s targeting of civilians and hospitals during the Gaza war. An overwhelming majority of the more than 20,000 Palestinians killed are civilians.... More


United Nations, December 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children's Agency has warned that acute food insecurity puts children in the Gaza Strip at high risk of starvation amid the Israeli regime's months-long attacks on the besieged Palestinian land.... More


Rafah, December 25 (RHC)-- At least 100 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, according to new figures released by the government media office in Gaza.   Palestinian journalist Muhammed Abu Hweidy was the latest to be killed in an Israeli air raid on his home in the east of Gaza City on Saturday, the media office said.... More


Ramallah, December 25 (RHC)-- Christmas Day in the occupied West Bank began with an attack on the Jenin refugee camp and several arrests.   The raid on Monday morning followed several others across the territory, which saw dozens of arrests and the shooting in the neck of a 17-year-old boy. Among towns hit was Bethlehem.... More


The Vatican, December 25 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a lament – that Jesus’s message of peace is being drowned out by the “futile logic of war” in the very land he was born.   Israel’s deadliest-ever war on Gaza cast a shadow as the pontiff presided over the evening Mass on Sunday, attended by 6,500 people at St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.... More


Gaza City, December 25 (RHC)-- An Israeli attack on the headquarters of the Palestinian television channel Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza City resulted in the killing of 13 members of its media personnel and the total destruction of the building and equipment of the channel.... More


Khan Younis, December 24 (RHC)-- At least 201 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 370 wounded by Israeli forces in the past 24 hours in Gaza as the assault on the besieged enclave nears its 12th week.  Bombing in central Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp killed at least eight Palestinians, including children, on Saturday while another attack on Jabalia camp is believed to have killed dozens more.   Thousands more bodies are believed to be trapped under the rubble across the strip.... More


Washington, December 24 (RHC)-- U.S. President Joe Biden says he did not ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in a telephone call between the two leaders.... More


Austin, December 24 (RHC)-- Of all the doctors and medical personnel killed in Gaza this year, Dr Osaid Alser estimates he knew half personally.... More


New York, December 24 (RHC)-- A Human Rights Watch investigation has found Meta’s content moderation policies are increasingly silencing voices in support of Palestine on its Facebook and Instagram social media platforms. ... More


New York, December 24 (RHC)-- In New York City, thousands of protesters led by union organizers marched through the streets of Manhattan this past week to demand a ceasefire and an end to the influence of the powerful lobby group AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. ... More


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