WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that Arab countries do not want to get into the “business of rebuilding Gaza” if the enclave is “leveled again” in a year. “Arab countries are saying this – they’re saying: look, we’re not going to get into the business – for example – [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Senate rejected a resolution late Tuesday which demanded that the State Department report on Israeli human rights violations in Gaza. The resolution, introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders, “directs the State Department to provide any credible information it may have on potential violations of internationally...
WASHINGTON (AA) – More than 100 protesters held a sit-in demonstration Tuesday inside the Cannon Rotunda on Capitol Hill calling for a cease-fire in Gaza. The demonstrators, affiliated with rights group Mennonite Action, engaged in singing hymns and chanting slogans such as “Ceasefire” and “Let Gaza live!” Later, ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The mayor of Sderot has called for wiping out neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip in case rockets are fired towards Israel. “If they launch rockets from a certain area, the entire neighborhood must be wiped out,” Alon Davidi told Israeli Army Radio. “The entire area must be exterminated, and we must work […]
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and two others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up near Mogadishu municipality headquarters on Tuesday, police said. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives vest in front of the al-Hindi restaurant a few steps away from the Mogadishu mayor’s office, killing three people,...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 24,285 Palestinians have been killed and 61,154 others injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said Tuesday. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 158 casualtie...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday detained 50 more Palestinians during incursions into several cities in the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. With the latest arrests by Israeli soldiers, the number of Palestinians detained by Israel in the West Bank since Oct. 7 has risen to 5,950, the Comm...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday that 26 soldiers had been injured in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours. Figures released by the army showed that 1,135 soldiers had been injured since Israel expanded its ground offensive in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 27. According to the figures, 524 soldiers have […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – No US personnel or facilities were targeted in missile attacks by Iran, according to the White House. “We have seen the reports, and we tracked the missiles, which impacted in northern Iraq and northern Syria. No US personnel or facilities were targeted,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson told Anado...
Baghdad, Iraq – AFP Iraq summoned Iran’s envoy in Baghdad and recalled its ambassador from Tehran on Tuesday in a sharp rebuke to its ally over deadly missile strikes on its autonomous Kurdish region. Iraq challenged Iran’s claim that the strikes targeted Israel’s intelligence services in response to recent Israeli assa...