Israel warns more to come as airstrikes kill over 400 in Gaza after two months of truce
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people on Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said, shattering nearly two months of relative calm since a ceasefire began, as Israel warned the onslaught was “just the beginning.” Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas accused each other of breaching the truce. It had broadly […]
US tells UN: We cannot pay forever for Syria camps with Islamic State-linked prisoners
United Nations Reuters US assistance for managing and securing camps in north-eastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners “cannot last forever,” the acting US Ambassador to the United Nations, Dorothy Shea, told the Security Council on Wednesday. Dorothy Camille Shea, Deputy US Representative to the United Nations gives an statement during a Security Council about the […]
UNRWA says Israel ban will be disastrous, US says exaggeration
United Nations Reuters Implementation of a ban on the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel – due to start on Thursday – will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being “irresponsible and dangerous.” The law, adopted in October, bans UNRWA’s operation on […]