Chania, Greece – AFP Washington’s top diplomat Antony Blinken said Saturday that he wants to make sure the conflict in the Middle East “doesn’t spread”, as he held meetings in Turkey and Greece. Blinken, on a new tour of the Middle East, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Crete on Saturday, a few hour...
LONDON (AA) – More than 90,000 people, which is about 4% of the population in Gaza, are dead, wounded or missing, says a human rights monitor. The Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor says Israel’s continuous air, land and sea attacks have destroyed about 70% of the Gaza Strip’s civilian infrastructure since October 7. In a [&helli...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged Palestinian territory has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war. Civilians in the Gaza Strip have borne the brunt of Israel’s attacks as the scale of the destruction has triggered mass displacement and a deepe...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The future of the Gaza Strip will be determined by the Palestinian people, not by Israel, said a senior Palestinian official on Saturday. “All scenarios proposed by the occupation politicians and leaders are doomed to fail,” said Hussein al-Sheikh, the secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Org...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Saturday that another soldier was killed in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the army death toll to 510 since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. In a brief statement, the army said: “In battles in northern Gaza, Major Roy Yushai Yosef Mardukhai, 31, from Tel Aviv, a commander […]
ANKARA (AA) – At least 122 Palestinians were killed in 24 hours as Israeli forces continued their attacks on Gaza, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. “The Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 122 casualties and 256 injuries during the past 24 hours,” the Health Ministry said in [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 162 Palestinians have been killed and 296 others injured in the last 24 hours as the Israeli forces continued their onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Friday. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel’s defence minister has publicly presented for the first time proposals for the post-war administration of Gaza, where officials said Friday unrelenting bombardment killed dozens over 24 hours. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant’s plan for the “day after”, shared with the media late Thu...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Three Israelis who had been considered missing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas are being held in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army announced Thursday. “Three citizens who were considered missing are now recognised as hostages and their families have been informed,” military spokesman Daniel Haga...
ANKARA (AA) – Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was assassinated in a strike by an Israeli warplane in Lebanon, Israeli media reported on Thursday. The Lebanese media earlier reported that Arouri was killed in an Israeli drone strike on a Hamas office in Beirut’s southern neighborhood Tuesday evening. Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, citing ...
