ISTANBUL (AA) – Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 109 Palestinians in Gaza Strip since the humanitarian pause ended on Friday morning. Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip, said the death toll has risen to 109, and hundreds have been injured since Friday morning when Israel resumed intensif...
MADRID (AA) – In Spain, Israel’s attacks on Gaza stirred up more interest in Islam and the conflict in the Middle East, according to a local Muslim leader. Umar del Pozo, head of the Association of Islamic Community in Spain and of the Granada Mosque Foundation, shared that the Palestinian issue raised questions in people’s [&helli...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has published a map of so-called “evacuation zones” in the Gaza Strip as the war on the enclave resumed following a temporary humanitarian pause. The map divides the besieged enclave into “blocks” in preparation for a new phase of the war. The map would determine the army’s targets to […]
CAIRO (AA) – Qatar has said that negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides for the resumption of the humanitarian pause in Gaza are still ongoing. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that Qatar “expresses its deep regret at the resumption of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip following the end of the […]...
GENEVA (AA) — The resumption of hostilities in Gaza is “catastrophic,” the UN human rights chief has said, urging all parties to ensure an immediate cease-fire. “I urge all parties and States with influence over them to redouble efforts, immediately, to ensure a ceasefire — on humanitarian and human rights grounds,” Vol...
– JERUSALEM (AA) – Following the resumption of attacks on the Gaza Strip after the end of the humanitarian pause on Friday morning, rightwing extremist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir called for “crushing Gaza with all force.” The leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party said on X: “For the sake of the […]...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories – AFP In the rubble of a house destroyed by bombs in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, a man screamed: “Where are my children?” Similar scenes played out across the devastated Gaza Strip on Friday, as residents fled their homes and rushed their dead and wounded to hospitals after Israel [&h...
BRUSSELS (AA) – Israeli Ambassador to Belgium Idit Rosenzweig-Abu sparked a new crisis when she made reference to a Belgian serial killer in her criticism of the newspaper’s publication of images showing Israeli and Palestinian prisoners side by side after their releases. Her comments drew reactions from Belgian politicians. In an ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his government will continue to expand the distribution of weapons to Israeli citizens. Netanyahu’s remarks came after a shooting attack that left three dead in Jerusalem. The Israeli prime minister saluted those who killed the two assailants. “The quick reaction of...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that it is in Europe’s interests to recognize the State of Palestine. First of all, he said, the recognition would boost Europe’s moral standing. “What we are witnessing in Gaza is unacceptable. And what is going to happen in Gaza after the spiral of […]