ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians who have died in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 29,092, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said that 69,028 others were also injured in the ongoing onslaught. It added that in the past 24 hours, Israeli […]
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki told the UN’s top court Monday his people were suffering “colonialism and apartheid” under the Israelis, urging judges to order an immediate and unconditional end to the occupation. “The Palestinians have endured colonialism and apartheid...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened Sunday to invade Rafah city during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if “hostages” held by Hamas were not released. “I say this very clearly: Hamas has a choice. They can surrender, release the hostages, and this way, the citizens of Gaza can celebrate the [&he...
Munich, Germany – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the situation in the Israel-occupied West Bank posed a major obstacle to finding a long-term solution for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. “The West Bank is the real obstacle for the two-state solution,” Borrell said at the Munich Security Co...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Prospects for a cease-fire dimmed Sunday after the United States signalled it would veto the latest push for a UN Security Council resolution and mediator Qatar acknowledged that separate truce talks have hit an impasse. Efforts to pause the over four-month-old war languish as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 83 Palestinians were killed and 125 others injured in the last 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, raising the death toll since Oct. 7 to 28,858, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. Israeli attacks have also injured 68,677, according to Palestinian health autho...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt is building a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive Palestinians displaced from the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, says a US media report. The Wall Street Journal article, citing Egyptian officials and security analysts, comes after a rights group reported Egypt was preparing “a high-security ga...
Washington, United States – AFP President Joe Biden said Friday that there needs to be a temporary truce in Gaza to get Israeli prisoners out of the Palestinian territory under a potential deal swapping them for prisoners held in Israel. “I feel very strongly about it — that there has to be a temporary cease-fire […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah and the Amal Movement said Friday that five of their members were killed in Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese official news agency NNA reported that three Amal members were killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on a house in the town of Al-Qantara in southern Lebanon. Meanwhile, [...
Palestinian Territories – AFP There was growing concern Friday over a key Gaza hospital a day after a raid by the Israeli army, with the health ministry saying several patients had died there due to a lack of oxygen. The health ministry said the power was cut off and the generators stopped after the raid […]
