ISTANBUL (AA) – An Israeli captive has said army attacks in Gaza endanger the lives of captives, calling for protests in Israel to press for a prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. A video of Alexander Turbanov, 28, was released by Palestinian resistance group Islamic Jihad on its Telegram channel. “For over a year, I have […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army is building infrastructure, expanding roads and establishing large facilities in Gaza, in a move that shows it is planning to remain in the enclave until at least the end of 2025, an Israeli newspaper has reported. “The work is progressing at full speed. What was a dirt embankment with […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US will continue to press Israel to get humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, the Pentagon has said. “We’re not going to take our foot off the gas pedal here when it comes to working with the Israelis to increase the amount of aid flowing into Gaza,” spokesman Pat Ryder told […]
Israel has killed as many as 25 Palestinians since dawn Tuesday in an airstrike targeting a crowded area in the city of Deir el-Balah. The situation in Beit Hanoon remains dire as the area has been under siege for more than 40 days. Families displaced by Israel’s ongoing violence have sought refuge in schools and […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas claimed Tuesday to have killed and injured 10 Israeli soldiers in an ambush in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said its fighters detonated a house in Al-Qasaseeb area as Israeli soldiers moved into the building. It confirmed [&hel...
Israeli airstrikes on Monday killed dozens across Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria in a series of deadly attacks. In northern Gaza’s Jabalia, 36 people were killed in one assault, and another 23 were killed in a strike on Almat village, near the Lebanese capital Beirut. Overnight, Israeli forces also bombed Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has criticized Israel for not allowing sufficient humanitarian aid into Gaza. “Never in the last 12 months has so little aid come to the Gaza Strip as now. A large proportion of the more than 2 million people suffer from acute malnutrition and live in unimaginable conditions,” [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned the recent Israeli airstrike on Jabalia, northern Gaza, which resulted in scores of casualties, as calls for international intervention to halt Israel’s genocidal attack on Palestinians intensify. On Sunday, Israeli airstrikes on Jabalia, Gaza’s largest refugee camp, kil...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Turkish president has criticized the lack of response from Muslim countries in addressing the ongoing genocide in Gaza, while accusing Western nations of providing full support to Israel. “A handful of Western countries have provided all kinds of support to Israel, while the failure of Muslim countries to respond adequately...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump three times in the past few days to “further enhance” the alliance between the two countries. “In recent days, I have spoken three times with US President-elect Donald Trump. These were very good and impo...
