Netanyahu rejects 2nd phase of Gaza ceasefire
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WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden was “horrified” to learn that three Palestinian students were shot in Vermont over the weekend, the White House said Monday. Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmad “should be back in school with their classmates, not in a hospital room,” spokesperson Karine J...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained 260 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank in the past four days of the pause in its war against those living in Gaza. The Palestinian Prisoners Society NGO said while the humanitarian pause agreement in Gaza includes the release of 150 Palestinians, the Israeli army had [&hel...
Beijing, China — AFP China’s top diplomat Wang Yi will visit New York this week to hold a United Nations Security Council meeting on Israel’s war against Palestinians, Beijing’s foreign ministry has said. “As it holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council this month, China will hold a high...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company was seized off Yemen on Sunday by armed individuals, US defence officials said, following a series of incidents on the same shipping route. American and coalition forces responded to the emergency and the crew of the M/V Central Park was safe, one of the offici...
Palestinian Territories – AFP The military wing of Hamas said Sunday that the commander of its northern brigade and four other senior leaders had been killed by Israel. In a statement, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades said Ahmed al-Ghandour was a member of its military council, and named three of the others killed, among them Ayman [&hell...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday it was open to extending the pause in its war against Palestinians living in Gaza if Hamas continued to release captive Israelis. US President Joe Biden, top EU envoy Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have all joined a global chorus demanding that the break be [&hel...
Nablus, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops killed eight Palestinians over a 24-hour period in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said Sunday. Five people were killed by Israeli army fire in Jenin, the ministry said, during an incursion by a large number of armoured vehicles into the city, which was recently...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Prison authorities in Israel released 39 Palestinian detainees, they said early Sunday, under an agreement between Israel and Hamas that earlier saw 13 Israeli detainees freed by the resistance group from the Gaza Strip. Television images showed prisoners being welcomed home in annexed east Jerusalem. The most ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 66 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, says a journalists body. “The fatalities included six female journalists,” the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said in a statement. It said two journalists are still missing, while 31 were detained by I...
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – Fatima Amarneh, one of the prisoners released as part of the hostage swap between Hamas and Israel, has said that the sacred Al-Aqsa Mosque is the main pillar of the Palestinian cause and a source of honor for Muslims. “Israel imposed additional restrictions on female inmates after October 7,” Amarneh told [...
