Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP The Israeli army said Friday its troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating its nearly eight-month war on Gaza despite international objections over any offensive in the southern Gaza city. Israel first sent tanks and troops into Rafah from the city’s east in early May, ignoring concerns over ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden said Friday that Israel has presented Hamas with a three-phase deal that would end all attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip and release prisoners that continue to be held in the coastal enclave. The president asked Hamas to accept the deal, and urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) — Several municipalities in France turned off lights at their city hall buildings in order to honor civilians Israel killed in the Gaza Strip. Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan launched the campaign in response to recent Israeli attacks on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip. “The horror of the murderous strikes [&helli...
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has labeled Israel a “rogue state” following a brutal military strike in Rafah. On May 26, Israeli forces bombed tent camps in a humanitarian zone, burning alive at least 45 Palestinians and wounding hundreds more. The attack has drawn global condemnation, with harrowing images of the aftermath. US officials have...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire Thursday in Gaza’s far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic corridor on the Palestinian territory’s border with Egypt. The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite internatio...
Beijing, China – AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on Israel’s war on Gaza as he addressed Arab leaders and diplomats at a forum in Beijing. Addressing the delegations on Thursday morning, Xi said China supported a “broad-based” peace conference to resolve the conflict. “Th...
Beijing, China – AFP Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday urged the international community to ensure Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are not displaced from their war-ravaged territory. “I… call on the international community to immediately provide for long-term humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip and to e...
United Nations, United States – AFP The United States is wary of a new UN resolution on Israel’s war on Gaza, its deputy ambassador said Wednesday as a draft seeks an immediate cease-fire. Algeria called an urgent UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday after an Israeli strike killed 45 people at a tent camp in […]
Former US Ambassador Nikki Haley has created controversy by signing Israeli artillery shells with the message “Finish Them!” During her visit to Israel on Memorial Day, Haley’s gesture of support occurred amid Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 36,000 Palestinians. Accompanied by Israeli politician Danny Danon, Haley criticized the B...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations has denounced the recent joint Israel-US assault in Gaza’s “safe zone” Rafah, labeling it as genocidal brutality. At least 40 people were killed in an Israeli bombing of a tent housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday. America’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group criticized the B...
