WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden said Monday that he hopes a cease-fire will be reached in the Gaza Strip by March 4. “I hope by the end of the weekend…My national security advisor tells me that we’re close. We’re close. We’re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Monday denied reports that its Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi met with an Israeli official. The kingdom’s state news agency SPA quoted an unnamed Saudi official as saying that the Israeli minister introduced himself to Al-Qasabi while he was standing with his Nigerian counterpart at t...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces have continued striking targets across the Gaza Strip, with the health ministry saying early Monday that 92 people were killed overnight. Israel’s attacks have killed at least 29,692 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Be...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh on Monday announced the resignation of his government which rules parts of the occupied West Bank. “I submit the government’s resignation to Mr President (Mahmud Abbas),” Shtayyeh said, adding it comes in the wake of the “developm...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan on Sunday denied reports about a land bridge to transport goods to Israel amid a deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip. “Jordan will not remain silent to these fabrications,” Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh said in a speech during an event in Amman. He said attempts to tarnish Jordan’s position […]...
BERLIN (AA) – A film on Israeli settlers’ violence in the occupied Palestinian territories has won the best documentary award at the Berlin Film Festival. Basel Adra, the co-director of No Other Land, thanked the jury and the festival for the award and called on Germany to change its policy toward Israel and Gaza. “I’m [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – Two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip, the army said on Sunday. A military statement said the two soldiers, from the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, were killed in the southern Gaza Strip. It, however, did not provide details about the circumstances of their death...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The atmosphere of optimism regarding an agreement between Hamas and Israel does not reflect the reality, a source in the Palestinian group said Sunday. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said they dealt with the mediators positively to end “the suffering of the Palestinian people” and “stop the war of extermin...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Sunday that it has ended its military operation at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip. A military statement claimed that Israeli forces seized unused sealed medicines carrying names of Israelis during the raid on the hospital. According to the statement, around 200 “terrorists”...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A number of Palestinians were killed on Sunday as Israeli aircraft bombed homes in various areas of the Gaza Strip, local media reported. “Israeli warplanes bombed a residence belonging to the Kali family in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, resulting in the tragic killing of three Palestinians there,” the ...
