JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli military confirmed on Wednesday the death of a person held by Hamas during a rescue attempt in the Gaza Strip. Sahar Baruch was killed during an operation by special forces to rescue him in the Gaza Strip on Dec. 8, the Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported. “Representatives of the Israeli […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – An imam was shot early Wednesday morning outside a mosque in Newark, New Jersey, authorities confirmed to Anadolu. The shooting took place at 6:16 a.m. (1116 GMT) outside the Masjid Muhammed-Newark. The victim, whom police did not identify, was transported to the nearby state-owned University Hospital and was in critica...
Lisbon, Portugal – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Wednesday said the international community had to “impose” a solution to the conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. “What we have learned over the last 30 years, and what we are learning now with the tragedy experienced in Gaza, is that the sol...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel kept bombing Gaza on Wednesday after the army said it is ready for “any scenario” following a drone strike in Lebanon which killed the deputy leader of Hamas, stoking fears of a regional escalation. Although Israel did not claim the Beirut assassination on Tuesday evening, it was widely as...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – At least 53 people were killed on Wednesday when multiple explosions ripped through an area where a ceremony was being held to commemorate a top Iranian general who was assassinated four years ago by the US, according to state media. Dozens of others were reportedly injured in the explosions that took […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – A post-war scenario contrived by Israel in Gaza has come to light, according to which the territory would be ruled by tribes or clans rather than a single political entity. According to public broadcaster KAN, the plan has been devised by the Israeli army. It stipulates that the Gaza Strip be divided […]
Istanbul, Turkiye – AFP Turkiye has detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, Turkish media reported, without specifying the nationalities of those detained. The suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces around Istanbul, private and state-run news agencies reported, adding that ...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel’s “arrogance” allowed for the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. “I am certain that Israel had all the intelligence it needed to know what was happening. There were even concrete warnings from friendly intelligence services,” Olmert told Spanish daily El Pais. “This was a psychologic...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday he is open to a single Palestinian administration to govern Gaza and the West Bank. “We have received numerous initiatives concerning the internal (Palestinian) situation and we are open to the idea of a national government for the West Bank and Gaza,” Hani...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israel’s war against Palestinians reached into the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, where an Israeli strike killed Hamas’s deputy leader, the group and security officials in Lebanon said. A high-level security official told AFP that Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by ...
