JERUSALEM (AA) — Israel announced Sunday evening the killing of a brigade commander in the northern Gaza Strip, the first confirmed death of an officer at the rank of colonel in its war on the Palestinians. “The commander of the IDF (Israeli army) 401st Armored Brigade, Col. Ehsan Daqsa, was killed during fighting in the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Nearly 32,000 people took to the streets of Brussels Sunday to call for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon, according to the police. The demonstrators also called on the Belgian government to push for a complete international military embargo against Israel. The event was organized by a coalition of civil society...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US is investigating the leak of classified intelligence documents detailing Tel Aviv’s preparations for an attack on Iran in response to its ballistic missile strikes against Israel on Oct. 1. The documents, dated Oct. 15 and 16, were shared on Telegram by Middle East Spectator. The leaks reportedly came from ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spent part of his Sunday afternoon behind the counter at a McDonald’s restaurant in Pennsylvania, donning an apron to work the fry machine and serve customers at the drive-thru. The former president used the visit to the McDonald’s franchise in the Philadelphia area to highli...
ANKARA (AA) – The Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia came under direct attack by Israeli forces on Sunday, as heavy bombardment continued across northern Gaza, an official said. Hossam Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director, confirmed in a statement that Israeli strikes have damaged the hospital’s water tanks and electricity grid, sev...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia is carrying out a review of all the 66 military export permits for Israel that were approved before the invasion of Gaza last year, the Guardian reported, citing Defense Ministry sources. The licenses are being weighed up by the Department of Defense on a case-by-case basis. “As circumstances in the Middle [...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US doctor who returned from humanitarian missions in the Gaza Strip has urged the Biden administration to put an end to Israel’s war on the besieged Palestinian enclave. Zaher Sahloul, president of NGO MedGlobal and a critical care associate professor at the University of Illinois, Chicago, was one of the health […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahia has reached 87, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. A ministry statement added that more than 40 other people were also injured, some in critical condition. Israeli warplanes carried out deadly airstrikes on the city late Saturday, […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Ala’ Yousef Hasan, the director of “From Ground Zero”, is optimistic about Palestine’s future. “We still have hope that we will have the chance to have our freedom,” he said. At the 6th International Friendship Short Film Festival, Hasan discussed his short film project “From Ground Zero,” which aims to ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AA) – Graffiti artists are raising awareness in Senegal about the Israeli attacks in Palestine and Lebanon by painting messages of support on the walls of Dakar. The Pan-African Graffiti Artists Collective (RBS) and the Anti-Apartheid African Artists group collaborated to create graffiti on the busiest street in the Ouaka...
