Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Thursday asked Israel to provide answers after more than a hundred displaced Palestinians scrambling for aid were killed in Gaza. “We are urgently seeking additional information on exactly what took place,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters as he offe...
TEL AVIV – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has admitted he has been under “pressures to end the war” on Gaza. “Today I am pushed, together with my friends, to end the war before we achieve all its goals. These pressures are increasing,” he said in a statement on Thursday. He also warned the […...
Golan Heights, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the green hills of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights near Lebanon, Arye and Ditza Alon are hiking through a tranquil nature reserve, wondering whether the wider region could become a war zone. While mediators hope for a truce soon in the ongoing war raging in Gaza to the […...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations’ highest court, the UN human rights chief has said. On January 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague said Israel must “prevent the commission of all acts within the ...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian has been killed by the Israeli army’s fire near the West Bank city of Nablus, according to local media. Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Furik east of Nablus, triggering clashes with angry Palestinians, witnesses said. A young man was shot in the abdomen during the raid and […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces in war-torn Gaza opened fire on a crowd of Palestinians at an aid distribution point Thursday, killing at least 104 people and wounding over 700, according to Palestinian health officials. Israeli sources confirmed that troops shot at the crowd, believing they “posed a threat”, in ...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States has urged Israel to allow Muslims to worship at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem during Ramadan, after a far-right minister proposed barring Palestinians from the occupied West Bank from praying there. “As it pertains to Al-Aqsa, we continue to urge Israel to facilitate acce...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Fifty members of the US Congress on Wednesday called for full funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide urgent humanitarian relief to the Gaza Strip. “For decades, UNRWA has played a unique and integral role in supporting the welfare and survival of Palestinians,” Congresswoman Pramila Jay...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned the army against launching a ground attack in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Olmert told Bloomberg in an interview on Wednesday that a ground offensive in Rafah would be a “risk we can’t afford to take.” “The patience of the international community has […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – US President Joe Biden said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel will lose international support if it continues its aggression in Gaza. “Israel has had the overwhelming support of the vast majority of nations. If it keeps this up with this incredibly conservative government they have, and (National Security Minister Ita...
