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 […]
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 […]
Israel steps up evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM(RAHNUMA): In Silwan in East Jerusalem, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Kayed Rajabi and his neighbors have been handed eviction orders in favor of an Israeli settler organization which has already taken over parts of the Palestinian district. Rajabi’s home is surrounded by buildings that have raised large Israeli flags — a sign they are […]
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 […]
