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JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said it “mistakenly” targeted two Palestinians who were riding a bicycle in the Gaza Strip. The army published a video which it initially said showed two “gunmen” targeted in a drone strike in Gaza City last week for allegedly carrying a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). The allegatio...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7 has soared to 31,272, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement added that 73,024 people have also been injured in the onslaught. “At least 88 people were killed and 135 others injured in […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A protest calling for a cease-fire in Gaza was held in front of the Israeli ambassador’s residence in Washington D. C. on Tuesday. Protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners reading “Free Palestine,” and “End All US Funding of Israeli Apartheid.” They also chanted slogans, including “Free PalestineR...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden announced an emergency $300 million military aid shipment for Ukraine on Tuesday, as Poland’s leaders visited the White House to warn of the growing threat from Russia. The White House sidestepped Republicans in Congress, who have for months blocked a much larger package for Ky...
VIRGINIA – AFP Four US Army vessels departed a base in Virginia carrying about 100 soldiers and equipment they will need to build a temporary port on Gaza’s coast for urgently needed aid deliveries. The new facility — which will consist of an offshore platform for transshipment of aid from larger to smaller vessels and [&hell...
LONDON (AA) – For the Muslim community in London, the holy month of Ramadan has started this year with a sense of trepidation. A spike in Islamophobia spurred by Israel’s war on Gaza and recent break-ins at mosques have heightened fears and sparked calls for increased security measures. Since mid-February, there have been a series […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned that Israel will lose support “unless it changes its course” in the besieged Palestinian enclave of Gaza. “October 7th was a ‘terrorist’ attack and the world was rightly very sympathetic to and in solidarity with Israel at that time,” Wong told the Australian F...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in the northern Gaza Strip were killed and dozens injured on Tuesday in Israeli gunfire. Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting to receive aid near Kuwait roundabout, Salameh Maarouf, head of the Gaza-based government media office, said in a stateme...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A Spanish charity ship taking food aid to Gaza left the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday in an attempt to open a maritime corridor to the besieged Palestinian territory. The vessel Open Arms set sail towing a barge loaded with 200 tonnes of relief goods and was expected to arrive […]
Baalbek, Lebanon – AFP Israeli air strikes near Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek killed one person on Monday, a security source said, in the second raid in the region since cross-border hostilities in October last year. Since October 8, the day Israel launched its ongoing war on Gaza, Hamas ally Hezbollah and Israel have exchanged...
