ANKARA (AA) – The situation in Gaza, where Israel continues its military offensive since last October, has become “incommensurable,” the EU foreign policy chief has said. Josep Borrell, at the doorstep of the EU’s foreign affairs council meeting in Brussels, deplored the death of over 100 Palestinians in latest Israeli attack...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that “intense” fighting in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is nearly over, more than eight months into the devastating war on the occupied Gaza Strip. “The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end,” Netanyahu...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday a row with the United States over weapons delays relating to the war on Gaza would be resolved soon, amid simmering tensions between the allies. “About four months ago, there was a dramatic drop in the supply of armaments arriving from the US to [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Yemen’s Houthis announced late Saturday that their forces, in coordination with an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, targeted five ships in the northern Israeli port of Haifa and the Mediterranean Sea. In a statement, the Houthis said: “The Yemeni armed forces carried out two joint mili...
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...
