Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed 10 members of a Gaza family in Khan Yunis Tuesday. The attack left only one survivor — a three-month-old girl, a medic told AFP. “Ten members of the Abu Haya family were killed in an Israeli strike on Abassan in east Khan Yunis,” the medic from Nasser […]
The US is set to release $3.5 billion to Israel for the purchase of American weapons. The funds are from a $14.1 billion supplemental bill passed in April. The State Department notified Congress of the decision on Aug. 8. The funding comes as Israel faces potential backlash from Iran and Hezbollah following its recent military […]
Beersheba, Israel — AFP At 19, Israeli man Yoni has to put aside his plans to join the military and instead enter rehab for drug abuse that has worsened since the events of October 7 and the launch of Israel’s war on Gaza. Health professionals said Yoni’s case is not an exception in wartime Israel, […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Hamas demanded Sunday that Gaza cease-fire mediators present a plan to implement a proposal supported by US President Joe Biden that it had agreed upon on July 2. The group released a statement requesting that the mediators “present a plan to implement what they offered to the movement and which […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Civil Defense Agency said. The fatalities were reported in Israeli attacks targeting two homes in Gaza City and the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the agency said. Several people were [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) — President Joe Biden said a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip would be “possible” before the end of his presidency. “Yes. It’s still possible,” Biden said in comments broadcast Sunday, when asked if he believed a cease-fire could be secured with five months of his term left. Biden sat on Wednesday...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas demanded on Sunday that the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hold an urgent meeting on Israel’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. It emphasized the need to “make effective decisions that lead to halting the aggression and ongoing genocide against our people in the Gaza [&he...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – Algeria said Saturday it had requested an urgent open UN Security Council session next Tuesday to discuss an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Algeria’s request, as a non-permanent member of the Security Council, for the emergency meeting comes “in response to the rec...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Sunday ordered Khan Younis residents to evacuate the Al Jalaa neighborhood which it had previously designated as a “safe humanitarian zone”. The al-Jalaa neighborhood will no longer be part of the “humanitarian zone,” an army statement said. It claimed that Hamas “operates” from the neighborhood and that...
BERLIN (AA) – Some 68% of Germans oppose military support for Israel, should the war spread to Lebanon or Iran, according to an opinion poll released by public broadcaster ARD. Compared to a survey from March, criticism of the military actions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Middle East is growing among the...
