Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel bombarded the southern Gaza Strip overnight, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to travel to Egypt on Thursday for more talks aimed at containing Israel’s war on Gaza. Hamas’s press office said early Thursday that 62 people had been killed in strikes overnight, including arou...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP Israel faces accusations at the UN’s top court on Thursday that it has committed “genocidal” acts in Gaza, charges the country’s president dismissed as “atrocious” and “preposterous”. South Africa has lodged an urgent appeal to the International Court of Justice...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on an ambulance in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. Four Red Crescent members were among the victims in the attack that targeted an ambulance in Deir al-Balah city, the humanitarian organization said in […]...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – An Arab summit in Jordan’s port city of Aqaba on Wednesday warned against Israel’s reoccupation of parts of the Gaza Strip. The summit brought together Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The three leaders called “for pushing to halt the Israeli aggress...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The Moroccan government said Wednesday that it is ready to deliberate a petition calling for halting normalization with Israel. The government “is ready to deliberate the petition,” government spokesman Mustafa Baytas said following a cabinet meeting. Human rights activists announced plans to submit a petition demanding t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has surged to 23,357, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement said that 59,410 other people have also been injured in the onslaught. “At least 147 people were killed and 243 others injured […]
LONDON (AA) – The US and British navies shot down drones and missiles fired to repel the “largest attack” from Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea, the British Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. “Overnight, HMS DIAMOND, along with US warships, successfully repelled the largest attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to da...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday as US top diplomat Antony Blinken met the head of the Palestinian Authority, which Washington hopes could govern the coastal territory after the war ends. As the US secretary of state’s motorcade arrived under tight security in Ramallah in the occupied We...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Saudi Arabia is interested in normalizing ties with Israel after the war in the Gaza Strip, but any deal must lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK said Tuesday. A normalization deal was “close,” but Saudi Arabia paused US-brokered talks after Oct. 7, Prince K...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Tuesday that three of its members had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The group, however, did not provide any details about the circumstances leading to their death, saying only they were killed on the road to Jerusalem, a phrase used by the movement […]
