Medical stocks ‘critically low’ in Gaza, WHO says
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): The World Health Organization said on Friday that medical supplies in Gaza were running critically low despite Israel’s reopening of a key crossing this week. Supplies of some items such as gauze and needles have already run out, said WHO’s regional director Hanan Balkhy, citing information from the Health Ministry in Gaza, devastated by […]
Key Gaza crossing will be reopened, says World Food Programme
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): A key aid crossing that had been momentarily closed into Gaza will reopen imminently, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Tuesday. Humanitarian supplies will be able to enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing into the enclave between Tuesday and Wednesday, the WFP said. “That is timely for us, and we need to […]
Ishmael and David: The Dual Heritage of Bani Hashem
(RAHNUMA) Bani Hashem, the clan of the Prophet Muhammad, hold a unique place in sacred history because their lineage brings together two great lineages. On the paternal side, Bani Hashem are Ismailite, descending from Prophet Ibrahim through Ismail and the line of Adnan to Hashem ibn Abd Manaf. On the maternal side, Bani Hashem are […]
Red Cross transfers 8 Palestinians from Israeli detention to Gaza
LONDON(RAHNUMA): The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred eight Palestinians from Israeli detention to the Gaza Strip on Monday. The organization took them across the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah and helped reunite them with their families. The Red Cross has been unable to visit Palestinian detainees […]
Gaza’s Nasser Hospital condemns move by MSF to suspend most services
CAIRO(RAHNUMA): One of Gaza’s last functioning large hospitals condemned the move by an international organization to pull out of operations over concerns about armed men, claiming on Sunday that the hospital had installed civil police for security. The move comes as at least 10 Palestinians were killed in clashes with the Israeli military in Gaza. […]
German parliament speaker visits Gaza
BERLIN(RAHNUMA): The speaker of Germany’s lower house of parliament briefly visited the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the body told AFP. Julia Kloeckner spent “about an hour in the part of Gaza controlled by Israeli army forces,” parliament said, becoming the first German official to visit the territory since Hamas’s attack on […]
Pro-Palestinian flotilla announces new mission to Gaza
TUNIS(RAHNUMA): A flotilla of pro-Palestinian activists who attempted to reach Gaza last year will set sail for the besieged territory again next month, one member told AFP on Friday. The Global Sumud Flotilla said the new mission set for March 29 would be “the largest coordinated humanitarian intervention for Palestine in history” and will mobilise […]
Palestinians wait at border between Gaza and Egypt as uncertainty clouds reopening of Rafah crossing
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip(RAHNUMA): Palestinians gathered on both sides of Gaza’s border with Egypt on Tuesday hoping to pass through the Rafah crossing, after its reopening the previous day was marred by delays, interrogations and uncertainty over who would be allowed to cross. On the Egyptian side were Palestinians who fled Gaza earlier in the […]
Gaza health officials say strikes kill 23 after Israel says shots wounded officer
GAZA CITY(RAHNUMA): Gazan health officials said Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed 23 people, with Israel’s military saying it struck after one of its officers was wounded by enemy gunfire. Despite a US-brokered truce entering its second phase last month, violence has continued in the Gaza Strip, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of […]
Israel reopens Gaza’s Rafah border crossing to Egypt, with tight limits
GAZA/CAIRO(RAHNUMA): Israel reopened the border between Gaza and Egypt on Monday for a limited number of people on foot, allowing a small number of Palestinians to leave the enclave and some of those who escaped the war to return for the first time. The crossing, in Israeli-held territory in what was once a city of […]
