international humanitarian law

GAZA, Mar. 12 (YPA) – Hamas movement's spokesman Hazem Qassem confirmed that the people of the Gaza Strip are facing the looming threat of a real famine due to the ongoing Israeli blockade, which has prevented food supplies from entering…

GAZA, Feb. 02 (YPA) - Hamas movement called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) today, Saturday, to guarantee the rights of Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli occupation prisons, based on the Geneva Conventions and…

SANAA, Nov. 23 (YPA) - The Sanaa government's Ministry of Justice and Human Rights has welcomed arrest warrants from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of War Yoav Galant…

BEIRUT, Oct. 07 (YPA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, has announced that Lebanon is witnessing a "major displacement crisis" as a result of the escalation of Israeli air strikes in the country, adding…

LONDON, Aug. 17 (YPA) – The British diplomat, Mark Smith, announced his resignation from his position in the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office in protest against the Office’s complicity in the “war crimes” launched by “Israel”…

GAZA, Aug. 14 (YPA) - An investigation by the Zionist newspaper “Haaretz” revealed on Tuesday that the Zionist enemy army is using Palestinian civilians as human shields during its war in the Gaza Strip, with the knowledge of senior…

GENEVA, July 31 (YPA) - The Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, called on Wednesday to investigate and put an end to Israeli “violations” of human rights and…

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (YPA) - United Nations human rights experts called on Friday for an immediate halt to arms exports to the Israeli occupation, stressing that any transfer of weapons or ammunition for use in Gaza is a violation of…

WEST BANK, Feb. 07 (YPA) – Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation killed 340 doctors and health sector workers during the war on the Gaza Strip. This is according to what Alkaila stated during…

GAZA, Jan. 25 (YPA) - A UN official in the Gaza Strip expressed on Thursday his concern about the intensification of fighting near hospitals in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Palestine Today Agency quoted the United Nations…