Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not enough to even start addressing the Palestinian territory’s massive needs. UN children’s agency UNICEF said the aid flow to the northern Gaza Strip — the largest s...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel’s prison authority said early Tuesday that 33 Palestinian prisoners had been released “during the night” under the terms of the deal with Hamas. The release brought the total number of detainees freed by Israel during the initial, four-day pause in the fighting to 150.
Palestinian Territories – AFP A truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will be extended by two days, the Palestinian group and mediator Qatar said Monday, opening the way for further releases of prisoners. With just hours to go before the so-called “humanitarian pause” was to end early Tuesday, Hamas said that an [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained 260 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank in the past four days of the pause in its war against those living in Gaza. The Palestinian Prisoners Society NGO said while the humanitarian pause agreement in Gaza includes the release of 150 Palestinians, the Israeli army had [&hel...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company was seized off Yemen on Sunday by armed individuals, US defence officials said, following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. American and coalition forces responded to the emergency and the crew of the M/V Central Park was safe, one of the offici...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The military wing of Hamas said Sunday that the commander of its northern brigade and four other senior leaders had been killed by Israel. In a statement, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said Ahmed al-Ghandour was a member of its military council, and named three of the others killed, among them Ayman [&hell...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday it was open to extending the pause in its war against Palestinians living in Gaza if Hamas continued to release captive Israelis. US President Joe Biden, top EU envoy Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have all joined a global chorus demanding that the break be [&hel...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians over a 24-hour period in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday. Five people were killed by Israeli army fire in Jenin, the ministry said, during an incursion by a large number of armoured vehicles into the city, which was recently...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Prison authorities in Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees, they said early Sunday, under an agreement between Israel and Hamas that earlier saw 13 Israeli detainees freed by the resistance group from the Gaza Strip. Television images showed prisoners being welcomed home in annexed east Jerusalem. The most ...
JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli authorities released 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of an exchange deal with Hamas on Friday. An Anadolu correspondent in the West Bank said the first batch of 39 Palestinian prisoners was released from the Israeli Ofer prison, west of Ramallah. Under the Israel-Hamas deal, the prisoners will be released in batches ov...
