Gazini Ganados, the Filipino-Palestinian beauty queen, who represented the Philippines at the 2019 Miss Universe pageant, recently shared with fans clips from a video call with her father who is currently in Gaza. "My Papa showing me what 7 pm looks like in Gaza... Look at him smiling at the view...
The UN Security Council was due to hold an emergency meeting Tuesday amid a flurry of urgent diplomacy aimed at stemming hostilities between Israel and armed Palestinian groups that have left over 200 dead. Explosions light-up the night sky above buildings in Gaza City as Israeli forces shell the...
The protection of health workers and infrastructure is "imperative in all circumstances" the World Health Organization chief said Monday, condemning the escalating violence between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza. In his first comments about the conflict that has killed more than 200 people in the...
Israeli jets kept up a barrage of airstrikes against the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Monday evening, as a week of violence that has killed more than 200 people shows no signs of relenting. Rockets are launched towards Israel from the southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, 2021. SAID KHATIB / AFP Air...
US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that he backs having a ceasefire in the bloody exchanges between Israelis and Palestinians, but he stopped short of openly demanding a truce. US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on May...
GAZA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- The ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have left dozens of people dead and more than 1,000 others injured, leaving the government-run hospitals in the Palestinian enclave overburdened due to the sudden rise of patients. Palestinian children, who were wounded in...
Al Jazeera said Saturday it would not be silenced, after an Israeli air strike on Gaza demolished the building housing the Qatar-based broadcaster as well as US news agency The Associated Press. Al-Jazeera journalists stand next to the rubble of Jala Tower, which was housing international press...
Tens of thousands of protesters marched in support of Palestinians on Saturday in major European cities including London, Berlin, Madrid and Paris, as the worst violence in years raged between Israel and militants in Gaza. Protesters set a fire during a demonstration in solidarity with the...
Philippine labor authorities in Israel are eyeing the evacuation of some 300 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the southern part of the country, which is being bombarded with Palestinian rockets. Labor Attaché in Israel Rudy Gabasan (Screengrab from Zoom meeting) "If it escalates into a war,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- The US State Department on Thursday urged citizens to "reconsider travel to Israel" due to the recent surge in violence between the Jewish state and Palestinians. The travel advisory level, which had been lowered in recent weeks due to improvement in the country's...
In the Tel Aviv suburb of Givatayim, shell-shocked residents were assessing the damage Wednesday after a rocket shattered their district's leafy calm for the first time in its history. Rockets are launched from Gaza city, controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement, in response to an Israeli air...
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel has a right to defend itself but after speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he hopes violent clashes with Palestinians will end quickly. US President Joe Biden (Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) "I had a...
