WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is determined to broker an end to Israel’s ongoing war on the besieged Gaza Strip, where over 38,000 Palestinians have been killed. Addressing reporters at the end of NATO’s three-day leader-level summit, Biden said both Israel and Hamas have agreed to what he called...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel pounded parts of Gaza’s biggest city on Thursday, Hamas said, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation in Shujaiya. The upsurge in bombardment and displacement followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement in late June that “the war i...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The health ministry in Gaza said Thursday Israel had killed at least 38,345 Palestinians in the enclave since early October last year. The toll added 50 new deaths in 24 hours, a ministry statement said, adding that 88,295 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip.
ANKARA (AA) – New Zealand has announced further sanctions on Russia and Iran over the Ukraine war. Announcing the news, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand’s latest sanctions target Russians involved in the country’s military-industrial complex as well as actors providing military assistance to Russia. “These new sanct...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday his group would accept Palestinian ally Hamas’s decision on Gaza truce negotiations, repeating that his movement would stop cross-border attacks on Israel if a cease-fire were reached. Hezbollah has traded almost daily fire with Israeli forces in support of Hamas...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has decided to move ahead with the shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel, which was previously paused due to concerns of Israel’s ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and massive killings of civilians, a report said Wednesday. The bombs “are in the process of being shipped” after […]...
ANKARA (AA) – France is deeply concerned over the recent Israeli strikes on schools in Gaza, according to an official statement. The French Foreign Ministry recalled that the attack on Al-Awda school on Tuesday was the third one aiming at a school for displaced children since Saturday. A school affiliated with the UN agency for Palestini...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Disciplinary hearing has begun for 21 students at Melbourne University for participating in a Free Palestine sit-in protest. The hearings began on Wednesday, with dozens of people, including students and academics, gathering to show their support for the accused students. They had earlier received “general misconduc...
Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli army has dropped thousands of leaflets over Gaza City urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive that has rocked the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory. The leaflets, addressed to “everyone in Gaza City”, set out designated escape routes to the south and warned that t...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli forces killed 52 more Palestinians in attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll to 38,295 since Oct. 7 last year, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Wednesday. A ministry statement added that at least 88,241 other people have been injured in the onslaught. “Israeli forces killed 52 [&hell...