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 […]
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...
