JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel confirmed on Friday that Hamas handed over 13 Israeli prisoner in Gaza to the Red Cross and were taken to the Egyptian side of the border. “The Israeli prisoner are in the hands of the Red Cross,” the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation said. The Israeli prisoner will be transferred by helicopters […]...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Calm returned to Lebanon’s southern border as a four-day pause in Israel’s war against Palestine began, according to state media, residents and an AFP journalist. Since the war began, the area has witnessed deadly exchanges of fire, primarily involving the Israeli army and Lebanon’s Hezbollah ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Thousands of people who had fled to areas near Gaza’s border with Egypt were preparing to return to their villages as the ceasefire took effect on Friday. However, Israeli warplanes dropped leaflets over the south of the Gaza Strip warning people not to head back to the north. “The war is […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP A four-day pause in Israel’s war against Palestine took effect at 7:00 am (0500 GMT) on Friday. The truce agreement, negotiated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, brought the first pause in a seven-week-old war during which Israel has killed more than 14,000 Palestinians in Gaza, most of them child...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian child died in the West Bank on Thursday, taking the death toll from Israeli army attacks in the occupied territory to 229 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry said. A ministry statement said a 12-year-old boy succumbed to injuries he sustained earlier from Israeli army fire in the town […]
VATICAN (AA) – A dispute has erupted over whether Pope Francis used the word “genocide” to describe the situation in Gaza during a meeting with Palestinians. Palestinian families whose relatives are being held in Israeli prisons met with the pontiff at his Vatican residence. “When we shared the stories of the families that have bee...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – The return of Israeli prisoners and the suspension of hostilities between Israel and Hamas are steps toward eventual peace, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. “This is an important bit of progress, but we have to redouble our efforts now to get toward a lasting peace,” Trudeau told reporters on […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Stuart Seldowitz, a former Obama administration adviser, who was captured on video making threats and Islamophobic comments against a Muslim food vendor in New York City, has been arrested and faces hate crimes charges, local media reported. Seldowitz, 64, faces charges including aggravated harassment and several counts o...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli hardline National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has threatened to resign from the government if fighting does not resume following the end of the four-day humanitarian pause announced after the hostage-exchange agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Hamas leadership. Ben-Gvir made the statement...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan spoke over the phone to discuss the new deal between Israel and Hamas for a four-day humanitarian pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip. “The two sides discussed ways to stop the dangerous military escalation in Gaza and its […]
