GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians taking refuge in Rafah refuse to leave the southern Gaza Strip city despite concerns of an impending Israeli ground invasion. More than a 100 people were killed and hundreds injured in attacks launched by the Israeli army on Rafah this week. Local sources report that Israeli warplanes carried out ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll in Israel’s war on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 28,473, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry made the statement as Israel’s deadly onslaught on Gaza entered its 130th day. It also said that 68,146 other people have been injured in the ongoing offensive. The […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a cease-fire with Hamas, as it prepared for an incursion into the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped. CIA Director William Burns met with Mossad chief David Barnea in Cairo Tuesday for a [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Al Jazeera correspondent Ismail Abu Omar was injured on Tuesday in an Israeli drone strike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, according to witnesses. “Abu Omar sustained serious injuries in his leg and was rushed to hospital for medical attention,” an eyewitness told Anadolu. The Israeli army has […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The US Senate on Tuesday approved a $95.34 billion assistance plan for Ukraine, Israel, and, Taiwan. The Senate passed the measure by a vote of 70-29, surpassing the required 60-vote threshold required in recent years for approval, but House of Representatives approval is far from certain. Twenty-two Republicans sided wit...
BEIRUT (AA) – Five more fighters from Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad were killed Tuesday from Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon, the groups confirmed. In a statement, Hezbollah mourned the loss of three of its fighters, saying they were killed “on the road to Jerusalem,” referring to the Palestinian struggle for freedom. With...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – AFP Freezing funds to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees risks “aiding” the deaths of civilians in Gaza, the head of Saudi Arabia’s humanitarian agency told AFP on Tuesday. Several countries — including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan — have suspended funding to the U...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The army’s freeing two Israelis from Rafah is not a victory to Tel Aviv, said a relative of one of the prisoners that the Israeli military claimed to have rescued on Monday. “The fact that we are happy today does not mean that we are victorious,” Eidan Piarno, the son-in-law of the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least seven people were killed and 14 others injured by Israeli sniper fire inside a hospital in Khan Younis city in southern Gaza, said the Health Ministry on Monday. “Israeli snipers are encircling the Nasser Medical Complex and shooting at any moving object inside,” ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra sai...
Washington, United States – AFP Jordan’s King Abdullah II appealed for a full cease-fire to end the war in Gaza after talks with Joe Biden, striking a discordant note with the US president who is seeking a shorter six-week pause to allow Israel time to defeat Hamas. Speaking at the White House with Abdullah by […]
