ISTANBUL (AA) – The United Arab Emirates has said it is working to provide SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband at its field hospital in the Rafah city in northern Gaza Strip. Abu Dhabi is working “in partnership with various international and regional organizations and hospitals to introduce SpaceX’s Starlink satellite broadband ...
ANKARA (AA) – The number of Palestinian deaths in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 28,663, the Health Ministry in the war-battered enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that 68,395 other people have also been injured in the ongoing onslaught. “At least 87 people were killed and 104 others injured in Israeli [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Two Israeli ministers on Thursday voiced opposition to a reported US peace plan for the creation of a Palestinian state. According to the Washington Post newspaper, the US and a number of Arab countries are finalizing a long-term plan for peace between Israel and Palestinians. The plan includes ”a firm timeline for [&hel...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces stormed the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday. A military statement said special forces are operating inside the medical facility. “This operation is based on intelligence information indicating the presence of Hamas activities inside the hos...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A Hezbollah commander, two other fighters and seven civilians were killed in an Israeli strike in south Lebanon’s Nabatiyeh, a security source said Thursday, raising the toll from a raid a day earlier. The deaths brought to 10 the total number of civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Wednesday, the highest [&...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 10 people were killed, including four children, in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to the official news agency Wafa. The attack came amid a deadly Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, which has killed at least 28,663 people and […]
Sydney, Australia – AFP The leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand on Thursday warned Israel against a potentially “catastrophic” ground offensive in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, amplifying a growing chorus of international concern. Urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “not to go down this path”, th...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday rebuked Israel for demolishing the home of a Palestinian activist in east Jerusalem, saying its ally was damaging its own standing. The unusually forceful US condemnation of Israeli actions came hours after Fakhri Abu Diab, a campaigner against demolitions, said that dozens o...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Three civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the south Lebanon city of Nabatiyeh on Wednesday evening, a security source said. “Three civilians dead in the Israeli strike, including two women,” a security source told AFP, requesting anonymity as they were not authorised t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – A new Israeli opinion poll has shown a further decline in public confidence that Tel Aviv will win the war in the Gaza Strip. The survey, conducted by the Jewish People Policy Institute, found that confidence that Israel will win the war in the Palestinian enclave has fallen by 20% since October. […]
