JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Wednesday that 15 more soldiers had been injured in clashes in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. Figures released by the army showed that 1,352 soldiers had been wounded since Israel expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 27. According to military figures, […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Five more fighters from Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad were killed Tuesday from Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon, the groups confirmed. In a statement, Hezbollah mourned the loss of three of its fighters, saying they were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” referring to the Palestinian struggle for freedom. With...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least seven people were killed and 14 others injured by Israeli sniper fire inside a hospital in Khan Younis city in southern Gaza, said the Health Ministry on Monday. “Israeli snipers are encircling the Nasser Medical Complex and shooting at any moving object inside,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra sai...
Washington, United States – AFP Jordan’s King Abdullah II appealed for a full cease-fire to end the war in Gaza after talks with Joe Biden, striking a discordant note with the US president who is seeking a shorter six-week pause to allow Israel time to defeat Hamas. Speaking at the White House with Abdullah by […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Two Israelis held in Gaza were killed and eight others seriously injured in Israeli airstrikes in the last three days in the Gaza Strip, Hamas confirmed on Sunday. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, held Israel fully responsible for the safety of Israelis in its captivity. “The lives of […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shelled Al-Amal hospital in Khan Younis city on Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. “The attack has caused damage to the building and forced the only remaining ambulance out of service,” the aid organization added in a statement. There was no information yet available about casualties. ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Candidates, mostly linked to jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, won the most seats as Pakistan’s election commission announced on Sunday final results of the Feb. 8 general elections. The independents got 101 seats, followed by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim Lea...
NEW DELHI (AA) – The death toll in the violence over the demolition drive of “illegal structures” in a town of northern Indian state of Uttarakhand rose to five despite strict restrictions on a third consecutive day, officials said on Saturday. Authorities had imposed a curfew and shut down the internet in the Banbhoolpura area […...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Hamas official survived Saturday an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon, a Palestinian security source told AFP, with rescuers reporting two civilians killed in the strike south of Beirut. Israeli forces and Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since Israel launched th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Friday that it killed seven Israeli soldiers in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. “Our fighters managed to detonate an anti-personnel mine among a group of occupation soldiers, killing 7 soldiers at point-blank range in Abasan Al-Kabira area in eastern Khan Younis,”...
