OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that “the number of Palestinian deaths is unacceptable,” according to Spanish daily El Pais. In a meeting with Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, Sanchez urged Israel to distinguish between civilian and military targets. While acknowledgin...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hopes to lay the groundwork for a peace conference during his visits to Israel, Palestine and Egypt, local daily El Pais reported. On Thursday, the newly reelected leader of Spain will travel to Israel and Palestine to meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister [&hellip...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has said that a truce agreement with Israel is in sight, raising likelihood of dozens of people taken prisoners on October 7 being released. There was no immediate response from Israel on the status of negotiation efforts to secure the release. Some prisoners have been released by...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking for an “illusion” at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Hamas has said. “Netanyahu and his war cabinet are looking for a mirage that indicates their inability and hollow arrogance,” Abu Obaida, a spokesman for the Palestinian group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigad...
ANKARA (AA) – Israeli Health Minister Moshe Arbel told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Wednesday that he had ordered a halt to the treatment of Hamas members in public hospitals, local media reported. In a letter to Netanyahu, Arbel said that the issue of treating the Hamas militants in the public hospitals has caused “tremendous ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The prominent element in the Hamas movement’s military offensive against Israel that started on Saturday was the surprise that shook Tel Aviv. This prompted Israeli analysts to opine that what happened was more than just an “intelligence collapse.” Hamas executed its operation early Saturday, an officia...
ANKARA (AA) – Qatar has held Israel ‘entirely responsible’ for the ongoing military escalation between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel. In a statement, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said Israel is “solely responsible for the ongoing escalation due to its continuous violations of the rights of the Pale...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for showing a map of “The New Middle East” without Palestine during his recent speech at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. “Showing a map that does not show territories that are occupied or annexed, so to […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Lebanese group Hezbollah, held talks in Beirut on Saturday with leaders of Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad to discuss developments in Palestine. The meeting, attended by Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah, ass...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his ministers to get approval from his office before publicizing secret diplomatic meetings. The move came two days after the controversial first-ever meeting between Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and his Libyan counterpart Najla Al-Mangoush, held in Rome last week, ma...