By AFP The head of Hamas was due in Egypt on Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel said it was willing to agree to another pause in exchange for more hostages. International pressure is mounting for a new truce that could ramp up aid to the […]
By Winnie Watenya The African Union has been asked to call on all its member governments to immediately cut diplomatic ties with Israel in solidarity with the people of Palestine who are currently caught up in the war in Gaza and the West Bank. The call was made by Prof […]
By AFP Hundreds of patients were trapped and thousands of people sought shelter around Gaza’s largest hospital on Monday, as Israeli troops and Hamas fighters battled near the compound. The Al-Shifa facility in Gaza City has become a focal point in the territory’s bloodiest ever war, which erupted five weeks […]
By AFP Israel said Sunday it was pounding Gaza with “significant” strikes after cutting it in two, as America’s top diplomat pressed a Middle East tour focused on humanitarian aid for the Palestinians. Israeli forces “have encircled Gaza City… Now there exists a south Gaza and a north Gaza”, army […]
By AFP Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity. Brothers, stop! Stop!” Francis said after […]
