JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel claimed on Sunday that there was no change in diplomatic relations between Ankara and Tel Aviv despite the latest developments in Gaza. “Diplomatic relations with Türkiye remain unchanged despite the position taken by Ankara on the war in Gaza and the fact that the Turkish ambassador was recalled over the weekend,” [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani on Sunday said that international reactions to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza are “shameful.” “The international community’s reactions to the Israeli bombing of civilians in Gaza are not at the required level, and may sometimes be shameful,&#...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday demanded that the United States immediately stop Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip. Meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Abbas “demanded an immediate cessation of the devastating war...
ISTANBUL, Türkiye (AA) – Saudi Arabia on Sunday strongly condemned the statement by a minister in the Israeli occupation government about the option to “drop a nuclear bomb” on the besieged Gaza Strip. “The failure to immediately dismiss the minister from the government and merely suspending his membership reflects the ...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll from Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip has risen to 9,770, the Health Ministry in the blockaded enclave announced on Sunday. “The death toll as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 is 9,770, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women,” the ministry said […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The situation in the West Bank has become “alarming and urgent”, the United Nations has said, citing in particular an escalation of violence by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians. From October 7 to Thursday, 132 Palestinians, including 41 children, had been killed in the West Bank, the UN rights o...
GENEVA (AA) – The cost of meeting the needs of 2.7 million people in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank is estimated to be $1.2 billion, the UN humanitarian affairs office has said. Spokesperson Jens Laerke told a UN press briefing in Geneva that the agency will update its flash appeal accordingly on Monday, […]
HOUSTON, United States (AA) – US Muslim groups have expressed outrage over President Joe Biden’s dismissal of the Palestinian death toll in Israel’s relentless attacks on the Gaza Strip. “To hear the president, with all the proof that exists, deny solid numbers of the death toll is dehumanizing to us as Palestinian Americans,” said Ayah [&hell...
BERLIN (AA) – An Irish minister has called on Israel not to carry out military operations that risk the lives of civilians in the Gaza Strip. “While recognizing Israel’s right to self-defense, it has to be done proportionately, and in accordance with the international humanitarian law,” Minister of State Thomas Byrne said. He said recent [&hel...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The UN has voiced concern as Israel began sending back to Gaza thousands of Palestinian workers who had been stuck in Israel since the start of the attacks on Gaza. The workers may not have homes to return to and face grave dangers from ongoing military clashes in the territory, UN […]