ISTANBUL (AA) – The West’s support for and alliance with Israel has undergone a visible shift in recent weeks, with leaders pushing more for a cease-fire, addressing the humanitarian crisis and raising concerns over a potential ground assault in Rafah. The change in position comes as civilian casualties continue to mount in Gaza, where Israel’...
ANKARA (AA) – Although the US has traditionally been Israel’s largest arms supplier, Germany and the UK have also been providing significant support to Israel for many years. According to the latest data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the US supplied 70.2% of Israel’s conventional arms proc...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A Dutch non-governmental group has filed a complaint with prosecutors against dual nationals who allegedly committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip after joining the Israeli army. The March 30 Movement, represented by attorney Haroon Raza, formally lodged a complaint against Leah Rachmani, who posted on social media during her Is...
MUNICH, Germany (AA) – Bangladesh’s prime minister has said that what is happening in Gaza now is genocide, stressing that the Palestinian people have the right to live and have their own state. In an interview with Anadolu, Sheikh Hasina stressed that Bangladesh has always stood against genocide, adding that as for what is happening […...
ANKARA (AA) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has reiterated his call on Israel not to launch a military attack on Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. “The EU asks Israel not to take military action in Rafah that would worsen an already catastrophic humanitarian situation,” he wrote on X, sharing [&he...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 83 Palestinians were killed and 125 others injured in the last 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, raising the death toll since Oct. 7 to 28,858, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Saturday. Israeli attacks have also injured 68,677, according to Palestinian health autho...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has lost 158 employees in Gaza due to Israeli airstrikes. “As of 15 February, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since the beginning of hostilities is now 158, an increase of two since UNRWA last update,” the agency said in a report on Friday. […]
Paris, France – AFP President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that recognising a Palestinian state was “not a taboo for France” in his first such comments since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. “The recognition of a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France,” he said at a joint press conference in Paris [...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Egypt is building a walled camp in the Sinai Peninsula to receive Palestinians displaced from the besieged and bombarded Gaza Strip, says a US media report. The Wall Street Journal article, citing Egyptian officials and security analysts, comes after a rights group reported Egypt was preparing “a high-security ga...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed Friday that Israel will pay “with blood” for civilians killed this week in Lebanon, warning his group has missiles that can reach Israel’s far south. “The enemy will pay with blood” for every woman and child killed in Lebanon by cross-border fire, ...
