ANKARA (AA) – At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a five-storey residential building in the Beit Lahia Project area of northern Gaza on Sunday morning. Medical sources told Anadolu that several people were trapped under the rubble. Since Oct. 5, Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza, clai...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Sunday demanded the Group of 20 meeting recognize what he called Israel’s right to defend itself. In a statement on his X account, Saar also called for condemnation of Hamas and Hezbollah. Israel has killed nearly 43,800 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 103,600 […]...
LONDON (AA) – British MP Jeremy Corbyn was harassed by a group of pro-Israeli protesters outside the venue of an anti-racism conference. The incident took place when Corbyn, a prominent former Labour Party leader, was about to enter the building. Some members of the group approached him, shouting and accusing him of antisemitism ahead of...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has reiterated the gravity of the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying sufficient aid has never been available throughout the 13 months of the Israel’s offensive. “People are hungry. We are surrounded every day by people who beg for pieces of bread, who need a...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel is using arrests, passport confiscations and deportations as part of its policy against foreign activists in the occupied West Bank, Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Thursday. Citing official data, Haaretz said at least 16 foreign activists have been expelled from Israel since October 2023 after being detained in the W...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A CIA official working overseas has been charged with disclosing classified documents allegedly detailing Israel’s preparations for a retaliatory strike on Iran, according to a report on Wednesday. Citing court records and sources familiar with the case, The Washington Post reported that the official, Asif W. Rahman, wa...
WASHINGTON (AA) – About 90 Democrats called on US President Joe Biden to use his “lame-duck” period in the presidency to sanction two Israeli ministers, according to a letter made public on Thursday. In a letter sent on Oct. 29, 88 lawmakers called on Biden to sanction Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security M...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US congresswoman urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to resign for not changing the policy on arms supply to Israel. “Secretary Blinken exposed his lie by announcing that there will be no change to any policy, despite admitting that the Israeli government has still failed to comply with all of their [&hellip...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, met earlier this week with Iran’s envoy to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, to discuss potential ways to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, The New York Times reported Thursday. Iranian officials familiar with the meeting said [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US said Thursday it has not seen “any kind of specific forced displacement” in the Gaza Strip, contradicting reports by human rights groups that accuse Israel of forcibly displacing nearly 1.9 million Palestinians. “We have not seen any kind of specific forced displacement. But as you’ve hear...
