KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan on Saturday “strongly” condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which left at least 10 Palestinians dead. “Martyrdom of 10 Palestinians including a five-year old girl in Gaza is latest act of Israeli terrorism. If impunity and barbarism had a face, it would have been that of Isr...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the highest seat of learning in the Sunni Muslim world, has condemned Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. At least 11 Palestinians were killed and 80 others injured when the Israeli army launched airstrikes on the seaside territory on Friday. “Al-Azhar denounces this unreasonable and unacceptable globa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – United Nations Special Envoy Tor Wennesland has warned against the “devastating consequences” of the ongoing Israeli offensive on the Palestinians in Gaza. “I am deeply concerned by the ongoing escalation between Palestinian militants and Israel,” Wennesland said in a statement. The UN envoy described th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in relentless Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Friday. The death toll includes six children and two women, while 203 people have been injured in the Israeli attacks. An explosion in the Jabalia refugee camp north of Gaza City killed four of six children […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel said Saturday its military offensive in the Gaza Strip may extend over a week. Army spokesman Ran Kochav said the military is preparing for week-long operations in the Palestinian territory. More than 11 Palestinians have been killed and 80 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza since Friday. Kochav claimed th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces detained 19 members of Islamic Jihad in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. A military statement said the arrests were part of operation “Breaking Dawn” against the Palestinian group in Gaza. The army said the detainees were taken into custody for interrogation. Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the Gaza ...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt said it is making contacts to restore calm to the Gaza Strip amid Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory. A statement by the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said Cairo was “conducting intensive communications” to “contain the situation in Gaza” and “preserve lives and property.” The statement did not provide any furthe...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Israel and Morocco have agreed to enhance bilateral security cooperation. Israeli Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai met Morocco’s Director General of National Security and Territorial Surveillance Abdellatif El Hammouchi in the capital Rabat on Friday, and agreed to promote security cooperation to serve mutual intere...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP): Tens of thousands attended prayers on Friday in Baghdad’s Green Zone in a show of power by Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries agreed to back his call for early elections conditionally. Sadr, a longtime political and religious force in Iraq, has for months been in a political standoff with [&helli...
RAMALLAH (AA) – The Israeli army has arrested 23 Palestinians during a raid on a number of West Bank governorates. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said: “The detainees are from the governorates of Hebron, Bethlehem (south), Tulkarm, and Jenin (north).” The club also added that among the detainees, eight were from the Al-Aj...
