ISTANBUL (AA) – New Zealand’s spy chief said Thursday he was “considering” a request to probe the country’s possible role in Israeli war on Gaza which has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since last October, public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported. The confirmation by Brendan Horsley, who is inspector-general of intelligence and secu...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US should stop funding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war in the Gaza Strip, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday. “This week: 19 people killed & scores injured in a strike in a ‘humanitarian zone’ in Gaza. An American shot in the head in the West Bank. Now, another school b...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia on Thursday stripped its military officers of distinguished service medals over war crimes in Afghanistan, local media reported. Announcing the decision in parliament, Defense Minister Richard Marles said he stripped a number of current and former defense officers of medals over alleged war crimes that happened un...
ISTANBUL (AA) – World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that 97 patients and critically wounded people from the Gaza Strip were evacuated for treatment to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “WHO, in collaboration with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and p...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) reaffirmed Wednesday that any agreement with Israel must include an end to aggression, a complete withdrawal from Gaza, lifting the blockade, reconstruction efforts and a serious prisoner exchange. The statement followed an important meeting in Gaza whe...
ANKARA (AA) – Six staffers of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) were among those killed in an Israeli attack on a UN-run school in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday. At least 18 people were killed in two airstrikes on al-Jaouni School in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Wednesday, according to local health […]
Israeli attack on a so-called “humanitarian zone” in al-Mawasi, southern Gaza on Tuesday killed at least 40 people and rendered safe zones in the region meaningless. Al Jazeera’s investigation of the attack suggests the use of U.S.-made MK 84 bombs. Officials in Gaza described them as so powerful that they “melted” the victims. They said [&hel...
In the last 24 hours, Israeli airstrikes have killed 72 Palestinians and injured hundreds more across Gaza, according to local health authorities. The deadliest strike occurred near Khan Younis, where 40 people were killed and 60 wounded after Israel hit a tented encampment designated as a “safe zone.” It was home to many displaced...
Seventy percent of the Palestinians killed by Israeli forces have been women and children, according to a report issued on September 5th by Gaza’s Media office A total of 3,556 massacres have occurred, with over 40,800 dead and 10,000 still missing. Israel’s war on Gaza has also killed nearly 1,000 medical and civil defense workers, […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Egypt has accused Israel of spreading “lies” to divert attention from its failure to secure a prisoner swap agreement with Palestinian resistance group Hamas. “Israel is spreading lies to distract attention from the failure to reach a prisoner exchange deal in Gaza and implement a cease-fire in the enclave,” Egyptian Foreign Mi...
