Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel faced renewed calls from key ally the United States on Friday against launching a large-scale attack on Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are trapped. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted he would push ahead with a “powerful” opera...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces stormed the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday. A military statement said special forces are operating inside the medical facility. “This operation is based on intelligence information indicating the presence of Hamas activities inside the hos...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A Hezbollah commander, two other fighters and seven civilians were killed in an Israeli strike in south Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh, a security source said Thursday, raising the toll from a raid a day earlier. The deaths brought to 10 the total number of civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, the highest [&...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 10 people were killed, including four children, in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to the official news agency Wafa. The attack came amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed at least 28,663 people and […]
Sydney, Australia – AFP The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Thursday warned Israel against a potentially “catastrophic” ground offensive in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, amplifying a growing chorus of international concern. Urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “not to go down this path”, th...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday rebuked Israel for demolishing the home of a Palestinian activist in east Jerusalem, saying its ally was damaging its own standing. The unusually forceful US condemnation of Israeli actions came hours after Fakhri Abu Diab, a campaigner against demolitions, said that dozens o...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Three civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the south Lebanon city of Nabatiyeh on Wednesday evening, a security source said. “Three civilians dead in the Israeli strike, including two women,” a security source told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised t...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday forced thousands of Palestinians who were seeking refuge in the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip to leave. Eyewitnesses told an Anadolu reporter that the army ordered the displaced people to leave the hospital in one queue and head toward the eastern […...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 28,576, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry made the statement as the Israeli deadly onslaught against Gaza entered its 131st day. It also said 68,291 other people have also been injured in the war. The statement noted […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Wednesday it had carried out an “extensive” wave of airstrikes in Lebanon. It, however, did not provide any further details. The attacks came after a barrage of rockets from southern Lebanon on a military base in Safad in northern Israel killed one person and injured seven others. Tension […]
