Palestine

The Palestinian Authority will "reconsider" bilateral relations with the United States after Washington vetoed the Palestinian application to join the United Nations, President Mahmud Abbas said

A UN resolution granting the observer state of Palestine full membership in the international body would be an "important pillar in achieving peace in the region," according to UN Special Representative for the Observer State of Palestine

Palestinians are returning to devastated homes in Khan Younis, finding rubble and dead bodies after the Israeli army withdrew its forces; living conditions in the Gaza Strip are bordering on famine after 6 months of war

UN Special Rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territory Francesca Albanese presented a report with a body of evidence "suggesting that Israel has committed at least three of the proscribed acts in the Convention" of genocide toward the people of Gaza

The Spanish ship of the humanitarian organization Open Arms, carrying 200 tons of humanitarian aid, arrived in the waters of the Gaza Strip; departing from Cyprus, it was carrying equipment and mostly food from World Central Kitchen

New voices of protest, calling for an immediate ceasefire, are rising around the world after what has been dubbed the 'Flour Massacre', in which Israel killed at least 112 and injured hundreds of Palestinians in line for food aid

Calligrapher and photojournalist Bilal Khaled left a 'message to the world' through a large mural he painted on a building in Rafah, entitled 'Buried Dreams'; since 7 October, over 12.400 Palestinian children are estimated to have been killed in strikes

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and has been implementing an apartheid policy against the Palestinians for years, Palestinian Foreign Minister Maliki said at the opening of 6 days of hearings on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories

At least 135 crimes, assaults and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against journalism in Palestine were recorded in January, including the killing of 14 of them, according to the report of the Palestinian Journalists' Union Freedom Committee

On average, two mothers have lost their lives every hour since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza, UN Women said

In agreement to send medicines to hostages kidnapped in Israel and civilian population of the Gaza Strip, medicines arrived from Qatar; 60 tonnes of products will be distributed at the rate of 1000 medicines to civilians for every one given to hostages

Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, stated that nearly 59.000 Palestinians have been injured in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, reporting a very high number of amputees, especially among children

Former Palestinian MP, 60, a long-standing women's rights activist and leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, was taken from her home in Ramallah, West Bank, by the Israeli army