JERUSALEM (AA) – Families of Israeli captives in Gaza say they would stage mass rallies if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to reach a cease-fire and prisoner swap deal with Palestinians. In a statement on X, the Association of Families of Israeli Prisoners Detained in Gaza said millions of people will demonstrate if the Israeli ...
Israel’s Mossad has confirmed that Qatar and Egypt have relayed a positive response from Hamas regarding Israel’s proposal for a prisoner and cease-fire agreement in Gaza. Axios reports that senior Israeli officials view the updated response as constructive, paving the way for more extensive negotiations. The Biden administration, ...
Israeli forces continued airstrikes and artillery shelling across Gaza on Thursday, marking the 272nd day of the military offensive. In Khan Younis, an Israeli strike on a five-storey building near Nasser Hospital killed seven Palestinians. This follows Israel’s directive for approximately 250,000 people to evacuate the eastern parts of ...
Beirut, Lebanon — AFP Hezbollah launched more than 200 rockets at Israeli military positions on Thursday as Israel continued its attacks in Gaza. The Iran-backed resistance group said its latest attack, which followed the launch of over 100 small rockets the previous day, came in response to Israel’s killing of a senior Hezbollah c...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 58 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll to 38,011 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 87,445 other people have been injured in the onslaught. “Israeli forces […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The temporary pier built by the US military to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has not been re-anchored yet, the Pentagon has said. “The pier is still in (Israel’s Port of) Ashdod, (and) has not been re-anchored. We’re continuing to monitor weather conditions right now,” Press Secretary Maj. G...
United Nations, United States — AFP The UN humanitarian coordinator for Gaza has said that 1.9 million people are now displaced in the battered territory, adding she was “deeply concerned” by reports of new evacuation orders for Khan Yunis. The United Nations has estimated that up to 250,000 people are impacted by the Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered an investigation into the release of the director of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Netanyahu described the release of Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya as “a severe mistake and an ethical failure,” according to a statement by his office. He claimed that Abu Salmiya “belongs in prison,”...
Free Palestine supporters staged a protest demonstration on Monday outside the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated in a conversation on US foreign policy. Protesters carrying Palestinian flags and banners chanted as Blinken left. A female demonstrator, wearing a mask depicting Blinken a...
Footage obtained by Al-Jazeera shows Israeli occupation soldiers using Palestinian prisoners as human shields in Gaza, forcing them to wear military clothing. The footage depicts Israeli soldiers forcing Palestinian civilians who have been taken as prisoners to search for explosives and tunnels. It also shows cameras mounted on the bodies of p...
