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Geneva, Switzerland – AFP More than 187,500 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israel’s massive air strikes on the territory, the United Nations said Tuesday. “Displacement has escalated dramatically across the Gaza Strip reaching more than 187,500 since Saturday,” with most taking shelter in UN...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Tuesday announced it gave green light to call up around 360,000 of the army’s reservists amid fighting with Palestinian groups in Gaza. According to the Ynet news website, the Israeli army dispatched air force jets to collect reservists from Europe to join the army. Meanwhile in another st...
LONDON (AA) – Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has reiterated his wish to relocate his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, saying it would be “a desirable step” now. “I have personally been a proponent of relocating the Czech Embassy to Jerusalem for a long time. I am convinced that this would be a desirable [&hell...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands marched in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Carrying Palestinian flags and wearing headbands engraved with the slogan “Labbaik ya Gaza,” (We are here, Gaza), marchers, including women and children, chan...
Tehran, Iran — AFP Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied any Iranian involvement in Hamas’s shock weekend attack on Israel despite its strong support for the Palestinian resistance group. “The supporters of the Zionist regime (Israel) and some people in the usurping regime have been spreading rumours o...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip, depriving civilians of goods essential for survival, is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said people’s dignity and lives had to be respected as he called for ...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The World Health Organization has called for a humanitarian corridor to be established into and out of the Gaza Strip, which has been placed under total siege by Israel. Israel has cut off the water supply, food, electricity and other essential supplies as it bombed targets in the crowded Palestinian [&h...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed three Hezbollah members Monday, the Iran-backed group said, as tensions surged after Palestinian fighters tried to infiltrate into Israel from Lebanon. The escalation on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon comes two days after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented multi-...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks have destroyed seven mosques in the Gaza Strip since Saturday. Israeli warplanes attacked the Al Abbas Mosque in central Gaza with many rockets. The attacks have now led to the destruction of seven mosques. Israel had previously hit the al-Susi, Al-Yarmouk, Al-Amin Muhammad, Ahmed Yassin, Al-Habib Mo...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced Tuesday that 123 soldiers have died since fighting broke out with Hamas over the weekend. The Times of Israel website reported that the Israeli army released the names of another 38 soldiers killed in the fighting over the past three days, bringing the overall toll to 123. Meanwhile, […]
