UNITED NATIONS (AA) – Palestine has urged the international community to provide protection in the wake of recent Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip that left 46 Palestinians dead. The Palestinian envoy to the UN told the UN Security Council that it was an ”unprovoked and unjustified” aggression. ”Its real reaso...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Fuel trucks entered Gaza as an Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants held Monday, raising hopes that the intense conflict that left dozens of Palestinians dead has ended. An AFP journalist at the goods crossing to southern Gaza saw trucks loaded with fuel enter the enclave, ending...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Shell-shocked Gazans sifted through the rubble of three days of deadly fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad fighters as a truce held and life slowly returned to normal. An Egypt-brokered ceasefire reached late Sunday ended the intense fighting that killed 46 people including 16 children and wounde...
Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded hundreds of civilians over the weekend, Palestinian officials said as Israel and the militant resistance group Islamic Jihad declared a truce late Sunday night. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Sunday that so far 44 people, including at least 15 childre...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian officials on Monday called for rebuilding Gaza and ending Israel’s 15-year-long blockade. The call came one day after an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire came into force to end three days of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza and retaliatory rocket fire. At least 45 Palestinians were killed and over 360 others injur...
ANKARA (AA) – The Turkish president on Monday hinted at a possible new cross-border operation to clear the PKK organization from its border with Syria. “We will continue our fight against terrorism. Our decision to establish a 30-kilometre-deep secure line along our southern border is permanent,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said dur...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – The Muslim world reacted sharply to the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday. Calling the incident, a “serious violation of international law,” Saudi Arabia urged the international community to put an end to the escalation and provide necessary prot...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has called on the European Union to cooperate with it on a roadmap for the gradual return of Syrian refugees to their country. “Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and social crisis in its modern history, under which 80% of the Lebanese are living under poverty line,” the Foreign […]
ANKARA (AA) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad. Guterres also commended Egypt for its efforts carried out in close coordination with the UN to help restore calm, his office said in a statement. He also extended his condolences over [...
An Egypt-brokered deal between Palestinian factions in Gaza and Israel has come into effect at 23:30 local time, ending three days of cross-border hostilities. The weekend-long Israeli bombardment killed at least 44 Palestinians, including 15 children. More than 360 were wounded, according to the Palestinian health ministry. In Israel, three p...
