Category: Refugees/Immigration

On Thursday, the Israeli army announced that it has enhanced what it called “the alertness and readiness” of its forces deployed across the occupied West Bank, specifically in the areas…

On Thursday, Day 237 of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the Israeli army intensified the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of…

Palestinians in Rafah and across Gaza grapple with ongoing Israeli violence, starvation; UN experts call for embargo, sanctions; another expert identifies genocide at Israel’s hands – while a nurse in…

A number of Palestinian civilians, including two paramedics, were killed Wednesday evening, and other civilians were injured, in a bombing carried out by the Israeli occupation aircraft on the cities…

Elina Valtonen, the Foreign Minister of Finland, has urged Israel to uphold the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and abide by international humanitarian law. Speaking on “X”…

Munir Anastas, the Ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO, strongly denounced Israel’s ongoing actions of stealing valuable artifacts and demolishing cultural heritage sites during its violent conflict in the Gaza Strip.…

New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (WAFA) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today condemned the Israeli deadly airstrikes on the tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip…

On Monday, Day 234 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, throughout the day until late night hours, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across…

On Monday, Day 234 of the ongoing genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

BRUSSELS, Monday, May 27, 2027 (WAFA) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the decisions of the International Criminal Court must be respected and left to operate…

Amnesty International: May 27, 2024 – Israel/OPT: Israeli air strikes that killed 44 civilians further evidence of war crimes – new investigation – By Amnesty International  Three strikes on al-Maghazi…

The Israeli bombardment and artillery shelling of all parts of Gaza continued unabated throughout the day and night on Sunday, despite an International Court of Justice ruling on Friday ordering…

Israeli forces continued to pound Palestinian civilians in southern, central and northern Gaza with aerial bombardment, drone strikes and artillery shelling throughout the day and evening on Saturday. Medical sources…

On Friday, Day 231 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in various parts of the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more,…

Int’l Court of Justice orders Israel to STOP; Israeli settlers attack aid trucks again; Pope calls Gaza every night; Al Awda Hospital hangs by a thread; demand for ICC to…

On Thursday, Day 230 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells struck many homes, buildings, and schools, killing and wounding dozens…

On Wednesday, Day 229 of the genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, across the…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling across the destroyed, besieged, and devastated coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children. The army…

On Tuesday, Day 228 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various…

On Sunday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, including entire residential blocs, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. The Israeli army…

On Saturday, Day 225 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated, destroyed, and besieged Gaza Strip, killing and wounding…

On Saturday, Day 225 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed many Palestinians and injured many more, in several parts…

On Friday afternoon and evening, Israeli forces continued their assault on northern and southern Gaza. A full count of the number killed on Friday has not been made, as the…

Israel prepares a large-scale attack on Rafah, after massive destruction in the north and massive loss of life; aid orgs running out of medical supplies, food; West Bank also under…

On Wednesday afternoon and at night, on Day 223 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded scores more, including…

Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor: Palestinian Territory – As part of its genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has intentionally destroyed schools and medical facilities during its…

On Thursday, Day 223 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, and injured many more, including women and children, in several parts of the Gaza…

EuroMed Human Rights Monitor: Gaza: Israel commits another massacre against civilians trying to access communications and Internet services Palestinian Territory – The Israeli army has committed another horrific massacre against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City who…

The Israeli assault on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza continued Wednesday night. Reporter Motasem Dalloul reported: Israel occupation forces are currently inside the refugee camp and there is…

On Wednesday, paramilitary Israeli colonizers attacked a humanitarian aid truck, heading to the Gaza Strip, and seriously injured the driver at the entrance of Al-Biereh city, in the occupied West…

On Wednesday, the Israeli occupation authorities demolished the Al-Arakib Bedouin village, in the Negev, for the 225 time since it was first demolished on July 27, 2010. Media sources said…

On Wednesday, Day 222 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the Gaza-European Hospital in Khan Younis,…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians everywhere in the world today mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, when nearly 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically…

Throughout the day on Tuesday, Israeli troops continued their bombardment of Rafah, the city sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians – after dropping leaflets telling the already displaced Palestinians…

On Day 220, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various areas in the destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, an international UN worker, a Palestinian UN…

On Monday, Day 220 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many…

The Israeli bombing of Rafah continued throughout the day and evening on Sunday, day 219 of the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip – bringing the official death toll to…

On Saturday, the Israeli army continued the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, and wounding…

As US blocks heavy weapons, Israel expands its attack of Rafah. Biden administration reports that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza “likely violated international humanitarian law”. Food catastrophe looms…

Two civilians were killed in the evening in a missile bombardment carried out by the Israeli occupation warplanes on the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. A correspondent with the…

GENEVA, (WAFA) – United Nations experts today condemned US and Israeli threats against the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a press release, the UN experts “expressed utter dismay over statements made…

RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…

JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…

Biden administration pauses shipment of deadliest bombs to Israel; new mass grave holds at least 49 Palestinian bodies; Rafah’s largest hospital shuts down as a result of Israeli invasion, as…

On Thursday Day 216 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, largely women and children, and wounded many more, in…

On Wednesday, Day 215 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many children and…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in the Southport area of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens…

On Monday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in Rafah, in addition to Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and several…

The evacuation of Rafah, in preparation for invasion (long forecast to be a bloodbath, and denounced by the US) – is underway; UNRWA chief Lazzarini’s accusations against Israel; US may…

On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…

On Sunday, Day 212 of the ongoing Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including…

On Thursday, Day 109 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including women and…

On Wednesday, Day 208 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens, and injured hundreds, in various parts of the destroyed…

On Day 205 on the ongoing Israeli bombing and genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

Throughout the morning, afternoon and evening on Saturday, day 203 of Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, Israeli bombardment in north, central and southern Gaza continued. On Saturday afternoon, the Israeli army…

Gruesome discoveries on Gaza hospital grounds; Israeli airstrike kills Belgian aid worker and son, 7; premature baby girl Sabreen has died; another US State Dept employee resigns over Gaza policy;…

On Thursday, day 202 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians many more, in various parts of…

On Thursday, Day 202 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian civilians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many…

On Day 201 of the ongoing genocide in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing dozens and…

On Wednesday, Day 201 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more, in…

On Tuesday, day 200 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds in several…

Another shameless moment for Blinken, even as he reveals a long list of Israeli human rights abuses; over 300 Gazan bodies discovered in mass graves; Israel prepping for invasion of…

On Monday, Day 199, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the besieged and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, and wounding many more,…

On Monday, Day 199 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza…

On Sunday, Day 198 of Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

Outlier US says No to Palestinian statehood; Biden mulls massive arms sale to Israel; Dems vote to advance $26 billion for Israel to House floor; Israeli “limited” strike in Iran…

GENEVA, Friday, April 19, 2024 (WAFA) – UN independent human rights experts have raised alarm over the “systematic destruction” of the Palestinian education system in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s…

On Thursday, Day 195 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing of various parts of the coastal enclave,…

RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 18, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Presidency has strongly condemned the United States’ use of its veto power in the UN Security Council, effectively preventing Palestine from…

Earlier Thursday, the Israeli army intensified the bombing of various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, especially in Gaza City and central Gaza Strip.…

On Wednesday, day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and famished Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including women…

On Wednesday, Day 194 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in various parts of the destroyed, devastated, and isolated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and…

By Sami Abu Salem, GAZA, Tuesday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – As news spread of some displaced individuals successfully crossing the Israeli army barrier on the coastal Al-Rashid Road in…

On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the starved and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children. Medical…

GENEVA, Thursday, April 16, 2024 (WAFA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced about 1.7 million Palestinians were forcibly displaced inside the Gaza Strip due to the…

If Americans Knew – IsraelPalestineNews: Mass graves containing Palestinian bodies found in multiple Gaza locations; released Gazan prisoners report abuse by Israeli forces; humanitarians face “hostile” environment, Israel breaking promise to…

In the course of just one month of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed sixty Palestinians, mostly children and women, from…

Day 190 Update: According to the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, Israeli troops committed 4 massacres against families in Gaza, killing 43 Palestinian civilians, and injuring 62 others in the…

US official finally uses the f-word (famine); Iran retaliation for provocative Israeli attack possibly this weekend; Washington Post lists Gaza aid items Israel has rejected; Israel assassinates head of police…

On Friday, Day 188 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the destroyed and…

On Thursday, Day 187 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and…

On Wednesday, Day 187 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including three sons and two grandchildren…

On Tuesday, Day 186 of the Israeli genocide and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed hundreds of Palestinians, including women…

On Monday, medical sources said the army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians in a series of bombings and air strikes targeting various parts of the devastated and starved Gaza…

Human rights officials have never seen anything like Gaza; Israel’s AI killer, “Lavender”; Israeli army withdraws from part of Khan Younis; WCK founder says Israel is in a “war against…

On Monday dawn, Day 185 of the ongoing genocide in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many children and women, and wounded many…

Update: A number of Palestinian civilians were killed and many more were injured, on Sunday evening, when the Israeli occupation forces targeted various areas in Nuseirat camp and in Rafah…

On Saturday evening, Israeli missiles and shells continued to target various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially Khan Younis and Gaza City, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. The Israeli…

UN leaders reflect on 6 months of slaughter; US on high alert for possible attack by Iran; Israel admits to “grave mistake” in targeting of World Central Kitchen vehicles; Israel…

The Israeli army continued Friday, the bombing and shelling of various parts of the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, in addition to…

United Nations: Speakers in Security Council Condemn Deadly Israeli Airstrikes on Aid Workers in Gaza, Urge Immediate Action to End Violations of International Humanitarian Law 596TH MEETING (AM) – SC/15653,…

On Friday, Day 182 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including many women…

On Thursday, Day 181 of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including many women and children, across…

Palestinian Territory – A new Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor report titled “Killing starving Palestinians and targeting aid trucks: A deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip” reveals…

On Thursday, Day 181 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed and devastated Gaza Strip, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of…

On Wednesday, Day 180 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israel’s missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, including many…

On Wednesday, Day 180, six months of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including women and children.…

Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor:  The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the…

On Tuesday, Day 179 of the genocidal Israeli offensive on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured hundreds, in various parts…

On Land Day, Palestinians control less of their land than ever; 400 Palestinians reportedly dead in hospital siege; US-Israel intel sharing may be contributing to civilian deaths in Gaza; Israel…