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 […]
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Sunday, Israel’s COGAT says
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to reopen on Sunday, the Israeli government agency that coordinates civilian policy in Gaza, COGAT, said on Friday.
MSF says it will not share staff details demanded by Israel to access Gaza
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday it will not submit lists of staff demanded by Israel to maintain access to Gaza and the West Bank, saying it had not been able to obtain assurances over the safety of its teams. MSF, which supports and helps staff hospitals in Gaza, is one of […]
‘Unprecedented catastrophe’ unfolding in Gaza despite ceasefire, Palestinian UN envoy says
NEW YORK CITY(RAHNUMA): Palestine’s ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said on Wednesday that the core principles upon which the UN was founded are under grave threat in the occupied Palestinian territories. He said that although thousands of lives had been saved by the ceasefire agreement in October, at least 500 Palestinians have been killed […]
Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to open next week, Palestinian official says
DAVOS(RAHNUMA): Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday. Ali Shaath made the announcement by video link during an event in Davos hosted by President Donald Trump, who convened a group of […]
Trump, Erdogan discuss Syria and Gaza in call
WASHINGTON/ ANKARA(RAHNUMA): Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed developments in Syria and Gaza with US counterpart Donald Trump in a telephone call on Tuesday as Syria’s Turkiye-backed government announced a ceasefire with US-allied Kurdish forces after days of clashes. Turkiye separately weighed if Erdogan should join the US leader’s “Board of Peace” initiative. “President Erdogan stated […]
