VIRGINIA – AFP Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment they will need to build a temporary port on Gaza’s coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. The new facility — which will consist of an offshore platform for transshipment of aid from larger to smaller vessels and [&hell...
Muslim Network TV news: Members of the progressive squad of lawmakers have expressed discontent over President Joe Biden’s support for Israel during his State of the Union address. Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Cori Bush held signs urging Biden to halt sending bombs to Israel, as he promised increased humanitarian aid for Gaza. Some lawmakers, inc...
Hagerstown, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden warned Tuesday of a “very, very dangerous” situation if Israel and Hamas fail to reach a Gaza cease-fire by the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Biden added that it was up to Hamas whether to accept an offer for a six-week truce, while warning Israel there were […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that Israel must “finish the problem” in its war on Gaza. Asked by a Fox News presenter if he is in “Israel’s camp” and whether he is “on board” with the way the Israeli army was “taking the fight to Gaza,” Trump responded: “Yeah. You […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel and the main Palestinian aid agency traded accusations Monday of “terrorism” and torture, after the United States stepped up pressure for a cease-fire in Gaza. While mediators in Cairo persisted with efforts toward a Gaza truce, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) ca...
WASHINGTON (AA) – United States Vice President Kamala Harris called Sunday for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. During remarks in Alabama to mark the 59th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the day state law officers attacked Civil Rights demonstrators on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Harris said the threat posed by Hamas to Israel must ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine people were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian crowd collecting humanitarian aid from a truck in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, according to medical sources. Sunday’s attack was the second in the last five days on displaced Palestinians [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police closed the vicinity of the US embassy in Tel Aviv on Thursday after a “suspicious object” was found nearby. A police statement said the object was found attached to a car parked near the US embassy at Yarkon Street in Tel Aviv. Police launched an investigation to determine the nature […]
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank. “I submit the government’s resignation to Mr President (Mahmud Abbas),” Shtayyeh said, adding it comes in the wake of the “developm...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Sunday that it has ended its military operation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. A military statement claimed that Israeli forces seized unused sealed medicines carrying names of Israelis during the raid on the hospital. According to the statement, around 200 “terrorists”...
