JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called for a deal with Hamas to bring back Israeli captives from Gaza. “Strike a deal, end the war, fix the country,” Lapid, the leader of the Yesh Atid party, said in a brief post on X. Israel has killed nearly 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza since […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned Israel for “heinously” murdering Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest in the occupied West Bank. Speaking at an event in Istanbul, Erdogan said that now Israel aims to commit genocide in bo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 11 Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured as Israeli forces targeted whatever remains of homes and civilian areas in central and northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources at the Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza reported that five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a civilian gatherin...
LONDON (AA) – Thousands of people on Saturday held a march to the Israeli Embassy in London to call for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and a stop to arms supply to Israel. After gathering at Piccadilly Circus, central London, the crowd marched to the Israeli Embassy as part of the 19th national […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 18 Palestinians, including four children, have been killed in airstrikes by Israeli warplanes in Gaza. Israel targeted the central Gaza Strip with one of the strikes hitting tents set up for displaced persons in what was a so-called “humanitarian safe zone.” Medical sources at the Al-Ahli Baptis...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday urged both Israel and Hamas to finalize a Gaza truce, standing by US assessments that 90 percent of a deal was ready. Blinken said that the United States would be offering further ideas in coming days through mediators Egypt and Qatar in hopes […]
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The executive director of the rights group B’Tselem has condemned Israel’s actions over the past 11 months in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of pursuing a goal of “Jewish supremacy” since its founding. “To understand the Israeli government’s criminal conduct over the last 11 months, you have t...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Since the start of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7 last year, several countries have suspended or restricted arms exports to it. The UK became the latest to join this group after announcing the suspension of some arms exports on Monday. The international community’s response has varied, with some cou...
The US and Germany remain the final significant arms suppliers to Israel. This comes as international pressure mounts for a halt in military sales due to Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 40,000 Palestinians and led to accusations that it is committing genocide at the International Court of Justice. One study in the […]...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas on Thursday accused Benjamin Netanyahu of trying to “thwart” a Gaza truce deal, after the Israeli premier said the Palestinian group has “rejected everything” in negotiations. The blame trading comes as Netanyahu faces pressure to seal a deal that would free Israelis held captiv...
