RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has urged Netherlands to recognize the Palestinian state and commended its efforts at the international level against Israeli settler violence, according to a statement by his office. Shtayyeh made the remarks at a meeting with Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins in Ramallah on ...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US and the UK have imposed sanctions on four military officials from Yemen’s Houthi group for attacks on Israel-bound vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in retaliation to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza. “The Houthis’ ‘terrorist’ attacks on merchant vessels and their civilian c...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar said Thursday that ending the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip should be a priority to prevent its expansion into a regional conflict. “Priority must be given to ending the war in Gaza and prevent its expansion, which contributes to enhancing security and stability at the regional and international levels,” […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 20 Palestinians were killed and 150 others injured in Israeli shelling targeting hungry people waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday, the Health Ministry said. The death toll is likely to rise as many injured people are in critical condition, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said in [&hell...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army is investigating reports that last week’s mortar shells by Lebanese group Hezbollah possibly contained white phosphorus. Two mortar shells hit the Metulla area from southern Lebanon last week, causing a big fire and engulfing part of the road they hit. “It appears that the two mortar shells contained phosphoru...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatar told Israel that Palestinian group Hamas has suspended talks for a prisoner swap deal, according to Israeli media on Thursday. “Hamas told Qatari mediators that it demands a full Israeli troop withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and an end to the war on the first stage of any prisoner swap deal,” […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Palestinian group Hamas on Thursday hailed Egypt’s position against Israeli threats over the Philadelphi Corridor on the border with the Gaza Strip. The Philadelphia Corridor is a narrow strip within the territory of the Gaza Strip, extending 14 km (8.7 miles) along the border between the enclave and Egypt. Under the 1979 [&hel...
LONDON (AA) – The British foreign secretary stressed the need Thursday for increasing the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip which faces an “unimaginable” scale of suffering. David Cameron announced that the UK and Qatar are working to get more aid into the besieged enclave, with the first joint consignment containi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has said that Tel Aviv will continue its war on the Gaza Strip until the release of captives held by Hamas. Speaking ahead of a meeting with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, Katz termed the Gaza offensive as a “war of necessity” against Hamas and the Iranian […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has jumped to 25,700, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave said on Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said 63,740 others have also been injured. Israeli forces committed 24 massacres across the Gaza Strip in the past […]
