GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas announced late Friday that it had taken a “positive step” by expressing its intention to release Israeli soldier Edan Alexander, who also holds American citizenship. In a statement, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem told Anadolu: “We have taken a positive step by announcing our intention to release Israeli...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (MNTV) – The trial of Milorad Djokovic, accused of committing war crimes against civilians during the Kosovo war, has resumed in Pristina, Kosovo, with witnesses recounting harrowing experiences of mass arrests, torture, and killings allegedly carried out by Serbian forces in 1998-1999. Djokovic, a former Serbian military offi...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has said that Israeli threats to resume the war on Gaza “will not work.” “We affirm our full commitment to the cease-fire agreement, and to implementing what was agreed upon,” Hamas said in a statement. “We are ready to immediately begin negotiations for the second phase,” it added. “T...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, was subjected to torture and brutal abuse in Israeli prisons, a Palestinian lawyer has revealed. In late December, Israeli forces arrested Abu Safiya at gunpoint after raiding the hospital amid destruction that left the facility inoperable. Images of ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has urged Israel to resume supplying the Gaza Strip with electricity and humanitarian aid. In contravention of the cease-fire deal, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen had ordered all of Gaza’s electricity supply to be cut off. The announcement came a week after Israel cut off all aid supplies to the battered en...
Eid Gift campaign seeks to bring joy to war-ridden children and make them hopeful amid difficult times DOHA, Qatar (MNTV) – A new initiative called the “Eid Gifts” campaign has been launched in Qatar to provide immediate aid to those in Palestine and Syria. The campaign, running from March 5 to March 20, focuses on […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The White House has expressed its opposition to a proposal at an Arab leaders’ summit for rebuilding Gaza, arguing that it does not address the current “reality” in the war-torn enclave. “The current proposal does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot humanely live...
Dozens of Palestinian supporters gathered outside Columbia University to protest former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s visit. Waving Palestinian flags and chanting slogans, they condemned Bennett’s policies and called for justice for Palestine. The protest coincided with Bennett’s speech inside the university. On Sunday, Israel block...
The bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks and buried in a mass grave have been recovered in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia. Civil defense officials said they had recovered the bodies of 30 Palestinians buried near Kamal Adwan Hospital. They expect to recover a total of 40 bodies once the […]
President Donald Trump has warned that schools and universities allowing what he called “illegal protests” will lose federal funding. In a Truth Social post, he vowed to revoke funding and take tough action against demonstrators. He said foreign “agitators” would be jailed or deported, while American students could face expulsion o...
