international humanitarian law

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…

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 (YPA) - After four failed attempts, the UN Security Council is seeking for the fifth time to reach a resolution on the Israeli aggression on Gaza, but it remains to be seen whether it can overcome the serious divisions…

GENEVA, Nov. 02 (YPA) -The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that it recorded 218 attacks on health facilities in the Gaza Strip. WHO's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at a press conference in Geneva: “So far,…