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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...
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 ...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AA) – Ethiopia on Saturday said that Al-Shabaab fighters who crossed its borders from neighboring Somalia were routed and 800 of them were killed. In a Twitter post on Friday night, Mustefe M. Omer, president of Ethiopia’s Somali Region state, said that with 800 killed and 100 captured, Al-Shabab’s “misadventure in...
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...
TEHRAN (AA) – Iran has condemned Friday’s bombing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, which left at least eight people dead and more than a dozen others injured. In a statement issued on early Saturday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani extended condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the attack and...
