WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden was “horrified” to learn that three Palestinian students were shot in Vermont over the weekend, the White House said Monday. Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid, and Tahseen Ahmad “should be back in school with their classmates, not in a hospital room,” spokesperson Karine J...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel said Monday it was open to extending the pause in its war against Palestinians living in Gaza if Hamas continued to release captive Israelis. US President Joe Biden, top EU envoy Josep Borrell and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg have all joined a global chorus demanding that the break be [&hel...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Amid media reports about a possible exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hamas, US President Joe Biden said Monday he believes a deal to free hostages in Gaza is near. “I believe so,” Biden responded when asked if a deal to release hostages in Gaza is near during the annual Thanksgiving turkey […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden says Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed civilians, but not so many as the enclave’s health ministry reports. “I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed. I’m sure innocents have been killed,” Biden said in response to a quest...
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman stressed Tuesday the necessity of stopping the military escalation in the Gaza Strip, affirming his rejection of any forced displacement of Palestinians. His remarks came during a phone call he received from US President Joe Biden, according to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). &#...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President Joe Biden has dispatched a few high-ranking military officers to Israel to provide counsel to the Israeli military on operations in Gaza, the White House confirmed Monday. “What I can tell you is that there are a few relevant military officers with the kinds of experience that we believe is appropriate [...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden said on Monday that any discussions about a Gaza ceasefire could only take place if Hamas frees all the people it took from Israel in its October 7 attack. “We should have those prisoners released and then we can talk,” Biden said at a White House […]
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he was “confident that this delivery will be the start of a sustainable effor...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Trucks of international aid for Gaza should be rolling “in the next day or so”, the United Nations said Friday, with Palestinians desperate for life-saving supplies after sustained bombing from Israel. Some 175 lorries crammed with vital medicines, food, and water stretched into the distan...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip desperately await the arrival of aid trucks promised under a deal US President Joe Biden struck with Egypt and Israel. The war on Gaza — sparked by the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel that officials said has claimed more than 1,400 lives — has […]
