Saudi, Arab and Muslim ministers voice deep concern over worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza
DUBAI(RAHNUMA): The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye, Qatar and Egypt expressed deep concern over the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip on Friday. A statement published by the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs on X cited severe weather conditions and restrictions on humanitarian access as […]
MSF calls Israeli ban a ‘grave blow’ to Gaza aid
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): International charity Doctors Without Borders Friday condemned a “grave blow to humanitarian aid” after Israel revoked the status it needs to operate in Gaza for refusing to share Palestinian staff lists. Israel on Thursday confirmed it had banned access to the Gaza Strip to 37 foreign humanitarian organizations for refusing to share lists of […]
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
VATICAN CITY(RAHNUMA): Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. Leo, the first US pope, said the story of Jesus being born in a […]
Gaza access: Foreign press group welcomes Israel court deadline
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): The Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem on Sunday welcomed the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to set Jan. 4 as the deadline for Israel to respond to its petition seeking media access to Gaza. Since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, sparked by the attack on Israel, Israeli authorities have prevented foreign […]
Over 1,000 patients have died awaiting evacuation from Gaza since July 2024: WHO
GENEVA(RAHNUMA): More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the UN agency and its partners had “evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions, […]
Hamas official says Miami talks must end Israel’s Gaza truce ‘violations’
GAZA CITY(RAHNUMA): A top Hamas official said that talks in Miami on Friday to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire must aim to end Israeli truce “violations” in the Palestinian territory. US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is to meet senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye in Florida on Friday, […]
Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch visits Gaza for Christmas
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): Jerusalem’s Latin Patriarch, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, arrived in Gaza Friday for Christmas Mass at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, which hosts the Palestinian territory’s only Roman Catholic church. The senior churchman “arrived in Gaza today for a pastoral visit to the Holy Family Parish, on the eve of the Christmas celebrations,” his […]
UN declares famine over in Gaza, says ‘situation remains critical’
ROME(RAHNUA): A famine declared in Gaza in August is now over thanks to improved access for humanitarian aid, the United Nations said on Friday, but warned the food situation in the Palestinian territory remained dire. More than 70 percent of the population is living in makeshift shelters, it said, with hunger exacerbated by winter floods […]
Trump says Gaza stabilization force is already running
WASHINGTON(RAHNUMA): US President Donald Trump on Monday said the International Stabilization Force for Gaza is already running and that more countries would be added. “I think that, in a form, it’s already running,” Trump said in the Oval Office. “More and more countries are coming into it. They’re already in but they’ll send any number […]
White House says Gaza entering ‘phase two’ of Trump peace plan after return of hostages
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) The White House said that Gaza is moving toward “phase two” of President Donald Trump’s peace plan, with officials engaged in “quiet planning” for the next stage of regional diplomacy following the return of all hostages except one. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, at her weekly news conference, called the […]
