RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli army forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said Mohammad al-Jundi, 38, was killed at the Nafaq military checkpoint, west of Bethlehem city. No details were provided about the circumstances of his death. Tensions have [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army needs to be ready to launch an attack against Hezbollah, Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi said Wednesday. Halevi, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin, conducted a situation assessment, according to a statement from the army. Saying the army’s primary mission...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said. Fighter jets struck a house inhabited by displaced people in Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Younis city, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in a st...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army gathered dozens of Palestinian civilians in a playground in northern Gaza City after forcing them to take off their clothes. In a video shared on social media late Monday, Palestinian civilians, including children and the elderly, are seen being held by the Israeli army in a playground after being […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has said two more of its soldiers have been killed in the Gaza Strip. Israeli public broadcaster KAN identified the slain soldiers as Staff Sgt. Elisha Yehonatan Lober, 24, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Joseph Yosef Gitarts, 25, of the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade. The death toll […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestine on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to encourage Palestinians to voluntarily leave Gaza, calling for an international stand against it. “Netanyahu’s confessions regarding the displacement of our people is a new blow to the countries supporting him in the ge...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Recent revelations by a French lawmaker and the South African government, as well as media reports of a Spanish mercenary in the Israeli army, have sparked a debate about the Israeli army’s employing mercenaries for attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7. Israel has a history of using mercenaries from various […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israel in attacks on the Gaza Strip has surged to 20,674, the Health Ministry in the territory said Monday. Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra also said that 54,536 people have been injured in the months-long offensive. Israel continues to bombard the Gaza Strip from the [&hellip...
ANKARA (AA) – A UN agency has urged Israel to launch an investigation into incidents in which its army killed at least 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family members in Gaza City. “The Israeli authorities must immediately institute an independent, thorough and effective investigation into these allegations, and if found to b...
GENEVA (AA) – At least 66% of employment in the Gaza Strip has been wiped out by Israel’s military attacks since October 7, the UN labor agency has said. This is equivalent to a loss of 192,000 jobs, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said, citing a joint bulletin published with the Palestinian Central Bureau of […]
