Cairo, Egypt – AFP The World Health Organization on Monday warned there were only “24 hours of water, electricity and fuel left” in the Gaza Strip before “a real catastrophe” sets in. WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al-Mandhari said the bombarded, besieged territory must be allowed to rec...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – A government spokesperson in Gaza on Monday rebuffed Israeli army claims that 600,000 Palestinians have been displaced due to the ongoing war with Hamas, saying that just 70,000 people have been displaced from northern Gaza to the south. “The occupation (Israeli army) continues to spread lies and allegations ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Monday announced a plan to “evacuate 28 Israeli villages on the Lebanese border” following an exchange of fire with Hezbollah. The army stated in a press release obtained by Anadolu: “The National Emergency Management Authority, affiliated with the Ministry of Defense and the Israeli army,...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, as the war raged between Israel and Hamas. The Palestinian group launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed at...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Saturday claimed that it had killed a senior Hamas leader who it said led the surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. “Ali Qadi led the inhumane, barbaric October 7 massacre of civilians in Israel,” the Israeli army said in a statement. There was no comment from the […]
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP At least 13 Israeli and foreign prisoners held in the northern Gaza Strip have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the past 24 hours, Hamas’s armed wing said Friday. In a surprise assault early Saturday, Hamas fighters stormed Israeli communities near the Gaza border and fired barrages of ...
Amman, Jordan – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordan’s king Friday about how to address a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip as Israel readies a US-supported offensive following deadly attacks by Hamas. Blinken huddled with King Abdullah II as well as Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in Amman at t...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel has called for the immediate relocation of 1.1 million people in Gaza amid its massive bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’s attacks, with the United Nations warning of “devastating” consequences. The UN said the mass relocation of the entire population in northern Gaza t...
Damascus, Syria — AFP Israeli strikes have knocked Syria’s two main airports out of service, Syrian state media said, in the first such attack since a weekend Hamas assault on Israel triggered fierce fighting. Israeli strikes have repeatedly caused the grounding of flights at the airports in the capital Damascus and northern city A...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed on a visit to Israel Thursday that the United States will “always” back it but said the Palestinians also have “legitimate aspirations” not represented by Hamas. Palestinian fighters killed 1,300 people in Israel, and took about 150 hostages in ...
