Paris, December 19 (RHC)-- France’s top diplomat has called for an “immediate” ceasefire in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip as the country’s foreign ministry condemned the bombing of a residential building that killed one of its staff in the besieged Palestinian territory.... More
Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- As U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan arrived in Israel on an official visit, reports were flying of a growing rift between Washington and Tel Aviv over cemeteries in Gaza razed by Israeli occupation forces.... More
Ramallah, December 19 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have stepped up their destruction of businesses and properties, vandalism, and the installation of Israeli and Jewish symbols across Gaza’s neighborhoods in what analysts believe is a part of “psychological warfare.” ... More
New York, December 18 (RHC)-- An international NGO has accused Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war in Gaza. New York City-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement issued on Monday that Israel is deliberately depriving Palestinians of access to food, water and other basic necessities. The use of hunger against the civilian population is a war crime, the NGO stated, calling for world leaders to act.... More
Cairo, December 18 (RHC)-- Hong Kong-based shipping giant Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) says it has stopped delivering cargo to the Israeli regime, amid repeated warnings by the Yemeni army that it will prevent the passage of all ships bound to the occupied territories in the Red Sea in support of the Gaza Strip.... More
Caracas, December 18 (RHC)-- The president of teleSUR has rejected threats against the media giant coming from the head of the U.S. Southern Command (SouthCom). Patricia Villegas pointed out that this was the second time in just two months that U.S. Army Gen. Laura Richardson, attacked teleSUR.... More
Gaza City, December 18 (RHC)-- Two Christian women – an elderly mother and her daughter – were shot dead by an Israeli soldier on the grounds of a Catholic church in Gaza City, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has said.... More
Geneva, December 18 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has voiced grave concern over the condition of the al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, which has been devastated by Israeli bombardments. In a statement released on Sunday, the WHO described the emergency department of the hospital as a "bloodbath."... More
Santiago de Chile, December 18 (RHC)-- Chile has voted to reject a new conservative constitution, leaving the text drafted during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in force. With nearly all of the ballots tallied on Sunday night, more than 55 percent of Chileans voted against the text, compared with about 44 percent in favor.... More
Ramallah, December 18 (RHC)-- The Palestinian health minister has called for an international investigation into reports that Israeli forces have buried Palestinians alive in the courtyard of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. According to Palestinian media, Mai Alkaila made the comment in a Saturday press statement.... More
Doha, December 18 (RHC)-- The Al Jazeera Media Network says it will refer the killing of its cameraman Samer Abudaqa in Gaza to the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a statement on Saturday, the Qatar-based network said it has instructed its legal team to “urgently” refer the case of what it called “the assassination” of Al Jazeera Arabic cameraman Samer Abudaqa to the court in The Hague.... More
Tripoli, December 18 (RHC)-- At least 61 refugees and asylum seekers, including women and children, have drowned following a “tragic” shipwreck off Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. The organisation’s Libya office early on Sunday quoted survivors as saying the boat was carrying about 86 people.... More
The Hague, December 17 (RHC)-- A court in the Netherlands has rejected a case brought by a group of human rights organizations to block the delivery of parts for F-35 fighter jets used by Israel in the Gaza Strip, giving the Dutch government the green light to keep supplying the Israeli regime with the controversial military parts.... More
Washington, December 17 (RHC)-- A contractor for the United States’ government main aid agency and his family were killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza last month, his former colleagues have announced.... More
Beit Lahia, December 17 (RHC)-- Israeli bulldozers have demolished tents of displaced Palestinians outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, “burying people alive” inside them, according to a report.... More
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