Author: Anadolu Agency
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) warned on Sunday that humanitarian supplies in Gaza are rapidly depleting, with the situation worsening by the day. The UNRWA, in a statement on X, emphasized the urgent need to end the Israeli blockade and allow the delivery of aid. “It’s been over a month since the State of Israel banned the entry of aid and commercial supplies into Gaza. “UNRWA continues to provide assistance with whatever supplies remain. Stocks are getting low, and the situation is becoming desperate,” it added. The agency called for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade and…
The Israeli army has destroyed 90% of residential neighborhoods in the southern Gaza city of Rafah since October 2023, local authorities said on Sunday. Gaza’s government media office said that the Israeli army had razed a 12,000-square-meter area in Rafah, turning the city into what it called “one of the most horrific examples of genocide and ethnic cleansing in modern times.” The office said 85% of the city’s sewage network has been destroyed, creating conditions ripe for disease outbreaks. All 12 medical centers in Rafah are now out of service, including Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital, which Israeli forces detonated using…
An Israeli drone struck a car and bulldozer in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in the latest violation of a ceasefire agreement, Lebanese media said. The state news agency NNA said that injuries were reported in the attack that hit near the town of Zibqin in Tyre. The Israeli army confirmed the attack, claiming that the strike targeted two Hezbollah operatives in the area. A fragile ceasefire had been in place in Lebanon since November, ending months of cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, which escalated into a full-scale conflict last September. Lebanese authorities reported more than 1,384…
At least 36 more Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes on Sunday across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, medics said. Ten people were killed, including eight children, and several people were injured when Israeli artillery shelled the Al-Nakheel Street east of Gaza City, a medical source said. An Israeli airstrike also killed five people in the central city of Deir al-Balah, he added. Another medical source said that three people lost their lives in an airstrike that targeted the Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City. Two more people were killed and several others injured…
Israeli forces have killed 490 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip over the past 20 days, according to a statement released Sunday by the Gaza media office, which denounced the deaths as part of an ongoing genocide against civilians in the enclave. In a statement, the office described the actions as “one of the most horrific crimes against humanity in modern times,” accusing Israel of continuing to carry out brutal massacres against defenseless civilians in Gaza, with children being a primary target of airstrikes. “Over the past twenty days, Israel has committed a shocking act of genocide against childhood, with…
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, condemning Russia’s recent missile strikes and warning of consequences if Moscow continues to stall peace efforts. “These Russian strikes must stop. A ceasefire must be reached as soon as possible. And strong action must follow if Russia continues to stall and reject peace,” Macron wrote on X. He pointed specifically to Friday’s deadly missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, describing it as part of a pattern of “deadly” Russian aggression. Ukrainian officials reported that at least 19 civilians were killed and 75 others…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he had instructed his defense and foreign ministers to intensify contacts with international partners, particularly the US, to secure additional air defense systems, including Patriot batteries, ahead of the upcoming Ramstein-format meeting. In a statement on Telegram, Zelensky said two priorities were being coordinated: “Air defense, specifically Patriots, and deployment coordination — pushing for the closest possible decisions and working through all details.” He added that he had also directed efforts to work bilaterally, especially with the United States, “which has the capacity to help stop any terror.” “The right decisions are needed…
Gaza’s Health Ministry warned Sunday of a “health disaster” over Israel’s ban on the entry of polio vaccines into the Palestinian enclave. “The Israeli ban on the entry of polio vaccines into Gaza is a ‘time bomb’ that threatens to spread the epidemic,” the ministry said in a statement. “(This policy) is an insistence on indirectly targeting children in the Gaza Strip,” it added. The ministry warned that refusal to allow polio vaccines into Gaza risks undermining efforts over the past months to combat the disease in the territory. “Over 602,000 children in Gaza are at risk of permanent paralysis…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Sunday condemned the deadly Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, describing the attack as an “unimaginable horror” that killed civilians, including children, in a residential area. Ukrainian authorities said at least 19 people were killed and 75 others injured when a Russian missile hit a neighborhood in Kryvyi Rih, located in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on Friday evening. “It’s an unimaginable horror — nine children killed, most while playing in a park, as a military weapon exploded into shrapnel above them,” Turk said in a statement issued by…
US President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Americans to withstand temporary economic hardships caused by his tariff policies, promising “historic” prosperity in return. “THIS IS AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTION, AND WE WILL WIN. HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be historic,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. US stocks ended the week significantly lower as Trump’s trade war has intensified with the announcement of worldwide reciprocal tariffs. The president claimed his policies are already generating massive economic activity. “We are bringing back jobs and businesses like never before,” he said. Trump claimed that China is suffering more…