ANKARA (AA) – At least 37,551 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave has said. A ministry statement added that 85,911 other people have also been injured in the onslaught, most of them – like those killed – women and […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas rejected a claim Friday about the ratio of civilian deaths to its fighters in the Gaza Strip made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it a “lie and a contempt for global public opinion.” The Palestinian resistance group said Netanyahu seeks to “cover up the enormity of...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP A daily “pause” the Israeli military declared in Gaza to facilitate aid flows has had no impact on deliveries of badly needed supplies, says the UN health agency. More than eight months of attacks by Israel have led to dire humanitarian conditions in the Palestinian territory and repeated UN warnings...
ANKARA (AA) – Cuba on Friday decided to join South Africa’s case against Israel before the International Court of Justice. According to Radio Havana Cuba, under its obligations to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Cuba will exercise its right as a third state to present its interpretation of [&hell...
MOSCOW (AA) – Israel has pushed the settlement with Palestine far back by its actions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking at a news conference in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Lavrov said Moscow cannot accept the methods the Israeli troops are employing in their military assault in the Gaza Strip. “In reality, the dest...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has summoned the Armenian ambassador for a “harsh reprimand conversation” after the former Soviet republic said it recognized the state of Palestine. “Following Armenia’s recognition of a Palestinian state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Armenia to Israel for a h...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has announced the killing of two more occupation soldiers during battles in the central Gaza Strip. In a statement, the army identified the soldiers as Maj. Omer Smadga, 25, and Maj. Gen. Saadia Yaakov Dery, 27. The military said at least five soldiers were also injured, three of them […]
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s repeated use of heavy bombs in the densely-populated Gaza Strip indicates repeated violations of the laws of war, the UN has said, highlighting six attacks that killed at least 218 people. In a fresh report, immediately slammed by Israel as ‘deeply biased’, the United Nations’ ri...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US envoy to Tel Aviv has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the imminent arrival of American weapons and ammunition, Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday. “US Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew told Prime Minister Netanyahu yesterday that the ammunition and weapons that the PM referred to are in the proces...
The Israeli military killed 24 Palestinians and injured 71 others on the fourth day of Eid al-Adha in Gaza, according to the local health ministry. On the fourth day of the Eid al-Adha holiday, Israeli airstrikes targeted the Al-Mawasi “safe zone” in southern Gaza, killing seven people sheltering in tents. Eyewitnesses reported children were a...
