GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas announced late Friday that it had taken a “positive step” by expressing its intention to release Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who also holds American citizenship. In a statement, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Anadolu: “We have taken a positive step by announcing our intention to release Israeli...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that Israeli threats to resume the war on Gaza “will not work.” “We affirm our full commitment to the cease-fire agreement, and to implementing what was agreed upon,” Hamas said in a statement. “We are ready to immediately begin negotiations for the second phase,” it added. “T...
The bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks and buried in a mass grave have been recovered in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia. Civil defense officials said they had recovered the bodies of 30 Palestinians buried near Kamal Adwan Hospital. They expect to recover a total of 40 bodies once the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli army fire in the central Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of the cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement, a medical source said. Witnesses said Israeli forces stationed east of Deir al-Balah opened fire intentionally as an unarmed Palestinian resident was simply sta...
Alternative to Trump’s proposal focuses on Palestinian-led governance, security, and infrastructure development CAIRO, Egypt (MNTV) — Egypt has presented a sweeping $53 billion plan to reconstruct the Gaza Strip, positioning it as a Palestinian-led alternative to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal to relocate Gaza’s populati...
JERUSALEM (AA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. The Israeli government early Sunday halted the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, hours after the expiry of the first phase of the Jan 19 agreement. Speaking at a weekly cabinet [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – An Israeli held by the Al-Qassam Brigades urged his family and Israelis on Saturday to continue protesting until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to the second phase of a prisoner exchange deal to secure their release. The appeal was made in a video released by the military wing of Hamas […]
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel said Sunday that it agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover, following a proposal from US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that half of the Israelis in Gaza, dead and alive, will be released,...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the Philadelphi Corridor on the border between Gaza and Egypt will remain a “buffer zone.” “The Philadelphi Corridor will remain a buffer zone just like (Israel’s borders with) Lebanon and Syria,” Katz said in a statement carried by Israeli Channel 12. Israel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Five newborn babies froze to death in the Gaza Strip amid cold weather in the war-torn enclave, a Palestinian doctor said on Tuesday. “Nine infants were hospitalized in the past two weeks due to health complications caused by severe cold,” Saeed Salah, Director of the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital [&...
