Doha, Qatar – AFP A Hamas official on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out incursions in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah to block talks seeking a truce. Israel has defied international objections and sent tanks into Rafah, which is crowded with Palestinian civilians sheltering near the Egyptian border, seizing early Tuesday a ...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel on Wednesday claimed to have reopened of the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing with Gaza following a few days of its closure. The crossing, also known as Karm Abu Salem crossing, is located in the southern Gaza Strip, near Rafah, which is being attacked by the Israeli forces. According to the Israeli […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel killed at least 35 Palestinians and injured 129 others in airstrikes on Rafah in the past 24 hours, a medical source told Anadolu on Wednesday. The medical source also said the Palestinian victims were those who arrived at the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah city, adding that children and women […]
United Nations, United States – AFP UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday demanded that Israel re-open crossings into Gaza immediately to allow essential aid in, and urged it to “stop any escalation” after it sent tanks into Rafah. “Things are moving in the wrong direction. I am disturbed and distressed by th...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said that Israel’s interruption to the supply of aid at the Rafah crossing will affect humanitarian response across war-torn Gaza. The Israeli army said earlier on Tuesday that its forces have seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Eg...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday said that it had seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt. In a statement, the Israeli army said its 401st armored brigade took “operational control” of the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side. The spokesman of the Palestinian border crossi...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army issued on Monday morning urgent evacuation orders to Palestinian residents and displaced individuals in several areas of eastern Rafah, telling them to immediately relocate to the town of al-Mawasi. “The Israeli army is expanding the humanitarian zone in Al-Mawasi and urging Palestinians to temporar...
BANJUL, GAMBIA: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit called for “an immediate halt to the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip”. “The principled position of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation” is “to support the Palestinian people and their just cause”, said Hissein Brahim Taha, the Secre...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel shut the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid on Sunday following rocket fire from the besieged enclave. At least 10 Israelis were injured when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at a military site near the illegal settlement of Kerem Shalom, according to the Walla news […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts to reach a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas is still keen on reaching an agreement that ends the aggression, guarantees Israeli troop withdrawal, and achieves a serious prisoner exchange deal,” Hani...
