Category: 1. Palestine

A diplomatic delegation from the European Union, Arab and Asian nations has come under Israeli fire while visiting the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and numerous countries confirm.

The diplomats were undertaking an official mission on Wednesday to assess the humanitarian situation in Jenin as a wide-scale Israeli military assault there, which has caused deaths and displacement, enters its fourth month.

The Israeli army said its soldiers fired…

Palestinians in Gaza are on the verge of starvation and are desperate for aid.

But, despite Israel officially relenting and publicly stating that it will now allow trucks to enter Gaza after a more-than-two-month blockade, only five aid trucks have actually entered the territory as of Tuesday night.

And, even with those trucks inside Gaza, humanitarian workers have been prevented from distributing the aid inside them, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

Home Minister Amit Shah says Nambala Keshav Rao, alias Basavaraju, is among 27 rebels killed in an operation in Chhattisgarh state.

Indian forces have killed the Maoist rebel chief and dozens of other fighters, the country’s home minister says, calling it a decisive blow in a decades-long conflict.

India has been waging an all-out offensive against the last remaining groups of the Naxalite rebellion, a far-left Maoist-inspired fighting movement that began in 1967.

Home Affairs Minister Amit…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Israel has bombed three electric generators at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, in addition to fuel storage tanks, the Health Ministry said.

Gaza’s Health Ministry has said that Israel’s “deliberate targeting of electric generators is worsening the catastrophic situation in hospitals.”

“By destroying…

The footage is blurry. The framing is unsteady. And at one moment, another cellphone pokes into view to capture the scene.

But the video has nevertheless gone viral in Peru for one big reason: It captures a goofy, off-the-cuff moment with the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV.

On Sunday, the newly elected pope formally began his leadership of the church with an inaugural mass at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

His papacy has made history. Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the…

A new report reveals a deepening psychological and operational crisis within the Israeli army, marked by soaring PTSD, suicides, and collapsing reserve enlistment amid the ongoing war on Gaza.

A report addressed to senior Israeli military officials has revealed a crisis affecting soldiers, both physically and psychologically, amid the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, Al-Jazeera reported on Wednesday, citing Israeli…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Dozens of diplomats from Europe, Asia, and the Americas were fired upon while assessing the impact of Israel’s West Bank military campaign.

Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a diplomatic delegation on Wednesday at the entrance of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. 

The diplomats had arrived to assess the humanitarian situation in the camp,…