RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The United Nations’ Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territories, Lynn Hastings, has called for an immediate halt of violence in the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. In a statement, Hastings said Gaza’s humanitarian situation “is already dire and c...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said Sunday the military operation in the Gaza Strip will continue “as long as necessary.” At least 31 Palestinians have been killed, including six children and four women, and over 250 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since Friday, according to the Health Ministry. The Israeli [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – Israel’s domestic intelligence service Shin Bet on Sunday recommended ending the military offensive in the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media. Israeli warplanes on Sunday continued airstrikes in the blockaded Palestinian territory for the third day, as death toll from the attacks soared to 31. More than 250 others were injure...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip rose to 31, according to the Health Ministry on Sunday. A ministry statement said six children and four women were among the victims. The ministry said 275 people have been injured in the Israeli attacks. Israeli warplanes continued airstrikes [&he...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA) said Sunday that the Israeli military escalation has “crossed all red lines.” “The Israeli aggression…crosses all red lines and represents an Israeli attempt to push the situation into more escalation and tension,” PA spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement cited by the state n...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned of a “heavy price” for ongoing Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami made the warning in a meeting with Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhalah in Tehran on Saturday. Nakhalah, who arrived in Tehran on Wednesday, held [...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa strongly condemned on Saturday the Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip, which continued for a second day, killing 24, including a five years old. The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) said it is concerned that Israeli military statements indicate that the operation would “take a ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has brazenly threatened to target leaders of Islamic Jihad living in Iran, Lebanon and Syria. Israeli warplanes started airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday, citing “imminent threat of attack” by Islamic Jihad – a claim that the Palestinian resistance group has unequivocally denied....
ISTANBUL (AA) – A total of 62,145 briquette houses have been built in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, the Turkish interior minister said on Saturday. “62,145 briquette houses have been completed in Idlib for the honorable, voluntary, safe return of our Syrian brothers,” Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter. Upon the instructions of Turk...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The European Union has called for restraint “from all sides” to prevent more casualties in the Israel-occupied Gaza Strip. “The EU calls for maximum restraint on all sides in order to avoid a further escalation and further casualties,” in and around Gaza, the lead spokesperson of the bloc’s d...
