By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja- The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has denounced the Israeli Knesset’s vote to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). NATIONAL ACCORD reports that UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in the Gaza Strip and...
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By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Gaza strip’s devastating situation has left its one million children in a dire state, according to Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, who described the area as “the real-world embodiment of hell on earth” for these young victims. This is contained in a statement issued...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – A devastating humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Gaza, with the death toll surpassing 42,227 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and 98,464 injured. The Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, in a statement onSunday, said the occupied West Bank has seen 11,300 detentions,...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestinian Authority has called on the United Nations to form an international investigation committee to investigate and hold accountable all those who committed genocide and war crimes before, on, and after October 7. This request comes after the recent escalation of violence in...
“No end to hell,” wrote Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, on X about the situation in northern Gaza. “At least 400,000 people are trapped in the area.” He said that many people were refusing to listen to evacuation orders “because they know...
The Israeli army said on Tuesday that it had killed at least 20 armed Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza. In the Jabalia region, where troops launched a new ground offensive on Sunday, weapons caches were also raided, with air support provided to ground forces, it said. The Israel Defense...
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday morning announced the killing of Suhail Hussein Husseini, Commander of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant organisation at its headquarters. According to a statement issued by the IDF, the Israeli Air Force conducted a “precise, intelligence-based strike in the area of Beirut’’ that killed...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has condemned the United States for supporting Israel’s genocide war against Palestine. This condemnation comes after Israel confirmed that it has secured an $8.7 billion aid package from the U.S. to support its ongoing military efforts. The Palestinian Ambassador...
The health and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are “inhumane,” the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said. According to UNRWA on social media platform X, sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane. “Mountains of garbage are piling up...
Pope Francis implored bishops not to cover up the sexual abuse of children, during an open-air mass on Sunday that capped a three-day visit to Belgium, which is still struggling with the legacy of past scandals. Gathered in bright morning sunshine, about 40,000 faithful, some waving Belgian and Vatican...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has said it is outraged by the sheer brutality and violation of human rights perpetrated by the Israeli military against Palestinians. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the latest figures indicate that the death toll has surpassed 41,272, with over 95,551...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Ambassador to Nigeria, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, has called for immediate action to address the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. Ambassador Shawesh in a statement on Saturday, strongly condemned the Israeli government’s actions, which he described as “mass murder, wound,...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has issued a statement condemning the ongoing US-Israeli massacres of Palestinians, describing it as a “wake-up call for all humanity” that not only targets the Palestinian people but also the current economic and political orders that have ruled the...
Israelis is demanding the release of 33 living hostages from Hamas during the Gaza talks in Doha in an initial phase, media reports on Thursday cited Israeli officials. Israeli representatives involved in the negotiations gave a list of names as a condition for an agreement, according to Israeli...
Israel’s continued occupation of Palestinian territory ‘unlawful’, says ICJ The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation. The Court was responding to...
The highest court of the United Nations will on Friday deliver their opinion on the legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. The opinion is not legally binding, but if the 15 highest UN judges in The Hague find that Israel is violating international law, it will...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The Palestine Embassy in Nigeria has condemned in strong terms the ongoing genocide in Gaza, which has resulted in the death of over 38,000 Palestinians. In a statement released yesterday, the embassy decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has left 87,903 injured...
About 50 Palestinian prisoners arrested during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine were released on Monday, including the director of Gaza’s largest hospital, Israeli sources confirmed. An Israeli security official stated that the prisoners were released from various Israeli facilities, including the military detention camp of Sde...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The State of Palestine has called on the international community and the United Nations to launch an impartial international investigation into the heinous crimes and grave violations committed against Palestinian detainees and prisoners in Israeli occupation prisons and detention camps. “The televised war...
An Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 13 people, Palestinian media in the territory reported on Tuesday. The Israeli army said two buildings in which militants were hiding had been hit on Monday night in the al-Shati and Daraj Tuffah refugee neighbourhoods. Among those...