WASHINGTON (AA) – Saudi Arabia is interested in normalizing ties with Israel after the war in the Gaza Strip, but any deal must lead to the creation of a Palestinian state, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the UK said Tuesday. A normalization deal was “close,” but Saudi Arabia paused US-brokered talks after Oct. 7, Prince K...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – The leaders of Jordan, Egypt, and Palestine will hold summit talks in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Wednesday to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip. A statement by Jordan’s Royal Court said King Abdullah II will meet with Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “to discuss [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A seasoned lawyer renowned for his success in genocide cases at the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) sees a high possibility of South Africa winning its case against Israel, an outcome he believes will entail serious consequences. The ICJ, the UN’s top court also known as the World Court, will start […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese group Hezbollah said Tuesday that three of its members had been killed in clashes with Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. The group, however, did not provide any details about the circumstances leading to their death, saying only they were killed on the road to Jerusalem, a phrase used by the movement […]
ANKARA (AA) – Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of Britain’s main opposition Labour Party, said Monday that the government should support the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel. In his speech in parliament, Corbyn drew attention to the suffering of Palestinians, who have been subjected to Israeli attacks since Oct. 7 last ...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The UN has voiced alarm at the killing of journalists in Gaza, a day after two Al Jazeera reporters died in an alleged Israeli strike. Al Jazeera reported that two of its Palestinian journalists were killed in the southern city of Rafah, in what it claimed was an Israeli “targeted […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday said four more soldiers were killed in fighting with Palestinian groups in southern and central Gaza Strip. Six others were seriously wounded in the battles, the military said in a statement cited by the Times of Israel news website. As many as 180 Israeli soldiers […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 57 bodies and 65 injured were brought to Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Tuesday. The ministry, however, did not provide further details on the victims. Israel has killed more than 23,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza [&h...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt is refusing to cooperate with Israel regarding greater surveillance of the Philadelphia Corridor, a narrow buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza, an Egyptian news outlet has reported. Al-Qahera News quoted an Egyptian official who said such reports were “completely false.” Last week, Israeli reports claimed that Israel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Some 13,000 Israelis have been injured, including 2,500 soldiers, during Israel’s deadly war on Gaza that began October 7, Health Minister Uriel Busso has said. Speaking during a session of the Knesset’s Health Committee, Busso said two billion shekels ($538 million) have been allocated for the mental health and re...
