ISTANBUL (AA) – Five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were killed early Thursday when an Israeli airstrike struck their broadcasting van near al-Awda Hospital in Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, according to Palestinian officials and media reports. The journalists were covering events at the hospital when the vehicle, marked with ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli rights group says it petitioned the High Court to halt army attacks on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Physicians for Human Rights group said the petition seeks an immediate halt to Israeli army attacks on the hospital. It also calls for establishing […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli military detonated two explosive-laden robots near the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, causing loud explosions heard as far as Gaza City, witnesses told the media. Due to the intensity of Israeli fire in the area, details remain unavailable. The hospital’s director, Hussam Abu Safiya, ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed Monday that it assassinated Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and warned the leadership of Yemen’s Houthi group of similar action. Defense Minister Israel Katz’s comments, aired on Israel’s public broadcaster, followed a ballistic missile strike two days earlier by the Houthis which Israel’s air defense system...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip are leading to a rise in Islamophobia across Europe, according to a new report. The “European Islamophobia Report 2023,” which examined anti-Muslim sentiment in 28 European countries, revealed that Israel’s current attacks on Gaza have led to a notable increase in Islam...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli soldiers have revealed that the army killed Palestinian civilians who entered previously targeted buildings in the Gaza Strip, according to a media report. The Haaretz newspaper in Israel said the army “does not routinely update its list of targets in Gaza, nor does it indicate to forces on the ground which [&hel...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Hamas fighter reportedly killed two Israeli soldiers before blowing himself up near other troops in the northern Gaza Strip, according to a statement from the group’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades. The statement said that the fighter killed an Israeli army sniper and his aide at “point-blank range” in the Jab...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pushed back on statements from Israeli leaders that their occupation of the Gaza Strip will remain open-ended. Blinken said it is “in Israel’s interest to find a way to take an off-ramp in Gaza,” because Israel has achieved two of its stated goals in the besieged [&helli...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A former senior State Department official has accused the US of lacking a policy on Palestine, adding that its actions are largely based on Israeli preferences. Mike Casey, who resigned as deputy political counselor on Gaza in July, voiced criticisms in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. “We don’t have a policy [...
Israel has attacked the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, disabling its only intensive care unit (ICU), according to hospital Director Hussam Abu Safiya. The attack, which caused a fire, followed heavy bombardment of nearby homes. This ICU was the sole specialized care unit in northern Gaza, a region under daily attack since Israel’s Octo...
