WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden’s remarks in which he claimed he had seen “confirmed pictures of terrorists beheading children” were based on media reports and on claims from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s spokesperson, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The newspaper cited a White House spokesperson who clarif...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said electricity, water and fuel will not be provided to Gaza until the Israelis held prisoner in the Gaza Strip return to their homes. “Humanitarian aid to Gaza? No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 1,300 Israelis have been killed since a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas early Saturday that involved dozens of fighters, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said early Thursday. More than 3,300 Israelis have been injured in the unprecedented assault, with over 350 seriously injured. ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas said Wednesday that the military operation it launched against Israel is a “supremely defensive operation.” “The military operation (launched Saturday) targeted Israeli military locations and bases,” Husam Badran, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, told Anadolu. Badran describe...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinian paramedics in the Gaza Strip were killed on Wednesday, at least three of them by a direct Israeli airstrikes on their ambulance, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. The aid group said in a statement that Israeli forces “directly targeted an ambulance belonging to it in the Abraj al-Nada ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army on Wednesday said it struck the Islamic University of Gaza, claiming it is an “important Hamas operational, political and military center.” “Hamas transformed a university into a training camp for weapons development and military intelligence,” it said. The Islamic University of Gaza wa...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Many children are being exposed to violence during the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict which is having a “huge impact” on their mental health and psychological well-being, according to the UN. “It has an impact on the mental health of the children. It has also an impact on their physical well-being. We have received [&h...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – At least eight journalists have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, the Palestinian enclave’s press office said on Wednesday. Two others have gone missing. The office in a statement said the slain journalists were Said al-Tavil, Muhammed Subh, Hisham en-Nawacihe, Ibrahim Lafi, Muhammed Cergun, Muhammed...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The only power plant in the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli bombardment and siege, shut down Wednesday after it ran out of fuel, said the Palestinian enclave’s electricity authority. “The only power plant in the Gaza Strip stopped functioning at 2:00 pm (1100 GMT),” the author...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 1,200 Israelis have been killed since a surprise attack by the Palestinian group Hamas early Saturday that involved dozens of fighters who infiltrated Israeli towns, the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) said early Wednesday. Meanwhile, citing Israel’s Health Ministry, the Times of Israel reported that ...
