"As Christians around the world prepare to commemorate the final suffering in the earthly life of Jesus Christ during Holy Week, we stand in solidarity with all in the Holy Land who suffer," began the letter.
“The Israeli enemy directly targeted an ambulance centre belonging to the Lebanese Ambulance Association – the Islamic Emergency and Relief Corps in the village of Hebbariyeh, in the Arqoub area of Hasbaya district,” the group said in a statement yesterday.
Local sources reported that six civilians waiting for humanitarian aid were killed after being targeted by Israeli` bullets and artillery shells in the Gaza Industrial Zone, east of Gaza City.
“In issuing this Easter proclamation, we fully recognize the intense suffering that surrounds us here in the Holy Land, as well as in many other parts of the world. Speaking more directly to our own circumstances, we repeat our denunciation of all violent actions in the present devastating war, especially those directed against innocent civilians,...
Israel is still just facing pressure from the international community, not isolation, says Zeidon Alkinani, non-resident fellow at Arab Center Washington DC
A number of citizens were killed, and others were injured, in an Israeli bombing of a gathering of citizens near Al-Mintar commercial crossing (Karni) east of Gaza City.
Russia and China vetoed a US-sponsored resolution on Gaza because it contained "only a general imperative" to stop the fighting under the strict condition of the release of hostages, the ministry said in a statement.