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 ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States has criticized South Africa for bringing a genocide case against Israel before the UN’s top court, rejecting accusations against its ally over the war in Gaza. The International Court of Justice in The Hague will next week hold hearings on a filing by South Africa that alleges [&hel...
New York, United States – AFP An imam who was shot on Wednesday outside a mosque near New York has died, a US official told AFP. Police in the city of Newark, New Jersey, did not give a motive for the incident. “Hassan Sharif was a Transportation Security Officer at Newark Liberty International Airport since […]
BEIRUT – AFP Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned Israel against all-out conflict, after Israeli army chief Herzi Halevi, in a visit to the Lebanese border, said troops were “in very high readiness”. In a televised speech, Nasrallah said that “for now, we are fighting on the frontline following meticulous calcul...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli bombing killed dozens of people overnight in Gaza, the health ministry of the Palestinian territory said Thursday. The Gaza health ministry reported “dozens of martyrs and more than 100 wounded in the continued barbaric aerial and artillery bombardment of citizens’ homes in the Gaza Strip...
Tehran, Iran – AFP Iran has blamed Israel and the United States for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in the country’s south on Wednesday, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike. The two explosions — labelled a “terrorist...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The killing of Hamas leader Saleh Al Arouri will intensify the resistance of Palestinians, say people interviewed by AFP in Rafah. Mahdi Abou Muhamaad is a young resident of Rafah. He thinks the assassination will intensify the Hamas resistance “because al-Aruri is a man of stature. His assassination is not ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli ministers have rejected US criticism of their calls for expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said 70% of Israelis support a “humanitarian solution” for encouraging the emigration of Gazans. “Two million people [Palestinians in Gaza] wake up every mornin...
