LONDON (AA) – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo on Tuesday called for a cease-fire in Gaza and urged nations to seize the current moment to work towards a two-state solution. During his speech at the London School of Economics, De Croo recalled a recent visit to the region with his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US rejected on Tuesday Israel’s plans to establish a “buffer zone” within the Gaza Strip, saying such a proposal is at odds with the Biden administration’s stated policy. “We do not want to see the territory of Gaza reduced in any way. We won’t support that,” National Securi...
ANKARA (AA) — Yemen’s Houthis vowed on Tuesday to retaliate against several overnight strikes conducted by the US and UK against the group. In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said US and UK warplanes carried out 18 strikes late on Monday, 12 in the capital Sanaa, three in the western province of Hodeidah, […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army said Tuesday it completed a siege of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, hours after at least 24 soldiers were killed in the Palestinian enclave. “Over the past day, troops carried out an extensive operation during which they encircled Khan Younis and deepened the operation in the area,” […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken of an Israeli initiative to secure the release of those held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “There is an initiative of ours. I will not elaborate,” Netanyahu said during a meeting with relatives of Israelis held by Hamas. Hamas is believed to be holding […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Families of Israelis held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday to demand a deal to secure their release. “You won’t sit here while they are dying there!” reads a sign held by relatives as they stormed a meeting of the Knesset’s Finance [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Three more Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has announced. A military statement said the soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion were killed in combat while fighting in the southern Gaza Strip. Another soldier from the same battalion was seriously injured, the a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces on Monday attacked two universities and three schools sheltering 30,000 displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis city in the southern Gaza Strip, with airstrikes and artillery shelling, killing and injuring several people. The army targeted five shelters in Khan Younis that housed 30,000 displaced people...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces killed at least 190 people and injured 340 others in the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the territory said Monday. This pushed up the total Palestinian death toll from Israel’s deadly assault on the besieged enclave since Oct. 7 to 25,295. A ministry statement […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas published a 16-page report on Sunday highlighting the motives behind its Oct. 7 attack on Israel and its connection to the Palestinian cause while also countering Israeli allegations. The report, titled “Our Narrative…Operation Al-Aqsa Flood”, said Operation Al-Aqsa...
