Numerous displaced families return to observe Ramadan amid signs of life returning to normal KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) – After nearly two years of conflict, displaced Sudanese families are returning to Omdurman, west of Khartoum, to celebrate Ramadan. The city, recently reclaimed from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is showing signs...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli army fire in the central Gaza Strip, in the latest violation of the cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement, a medical source said. Witnesses said Israeli forces stationed east of Deir al-Balah opened fire intentionally as an unarmed Palestinian resident was simply sta...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children have joined a distance learning program in the war-torn Gaza Strip since January, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reports. “Nearly 260,000 children have enrolled in UNRWA’s distance learning program since January,” the UN agency said in a statement. Gaza’s...
JERUSALEM (AA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected moving to the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement. The Israeli government early Sunday halted the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza, hours after the expiry of the first phase of the Jan 19 agreement. Speaking at a weekly cabinet [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Saturday he expedited the delivery of $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. “I have signed a declaration to use emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel,” Rubio said in a statement. “The dec...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – An Israeli held by the Al-Qassam Brigades urged his family and Israelis on Saturday to continue protesting until Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agrees to the second phase of a prisoner exchange deal to secure their release. The appeal was made in a video released by the military wing of Hamas […]
JERUSALEM/ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel said Sunday that it agreed to a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during Ramadan and Passover, following a proposal from US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that half of the Israelis in Gaza, dead and alive, will be released,...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has said that the Philadelphi Corridor on the border between Gaza and Egypt will remain a “buffer zone.” “The Philadelphi Corridor will remain a buffer zone just like (Israel’s borders with) Lebanon and Syria,” Katz said in a statement carried by Israeli Channel 12. Israel...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has slammed the AI-generated video shared by President Donald Trump. The 33-second video, posted on Truth Social, opens with images of a war-torn Gaza labeled “Gaza 2025,” before transforming into a glittering metropolis. It portrays an imagined futuristic Gaza filled with skyscraper...
Sen. Bernie Sanders has filed four resolutions to stop an $8.56 billion arms sale to Israel. He accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of waging an “all-out war” against Palestinians, using U.S. bombs to destroy nearly 70% of Gaza’s structures. Sanders said supplying more weapons would be “unconscionab...
