JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has said it closed four roads to traffic near the Lebanese border, according to Israeli media. The decision was made after an assessment by the army of the situation in the region, leading to the closure of four roads until further notice, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported. The closed [&hell...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar on Monday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of prolonging the war in the Gaza Strip. Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed al-Ansari said Netanyahu’s statements in which he called on Doha to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages were “nothing but a new attempt to stall and prolong the war for […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The ongoing war on Gaza caused the Israeli economy to contract 19.4% in the last quarter of 2023, reported the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday. “The contraction of the economy in the fourth quarter of 2023 was directly affected by the outbreak of the Iron Swords War on October 7,” […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 150 patients are crammed in rooms and corridors of the Nasser Medical Complex in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli occupation forces arrested 70 medical staff and refused to evacuate the patients for treatment in other hospitals, the Gaza Health Ministry said […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians who have died in Israel’s war on Gaza has jumped to 29,092, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said on Monday. In a statement, the ministry said that 69,028 others were also injured in the ongoing onslaught. It added that in the past 24 hours, Israeli […]
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Al-Maliki told the UN’s top court Monday his people were suffering “colonialism and apartheid” under the Israelis, urging judges to order an immediate and unconditional end to the occupation. “The Palestinians have endured colonialism and apartheid...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians were killed and two others injured in an Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Tulkarm on Sunday, according to the Health Ministry. A ministry statement identified the victims as Nabil Atta, 19, and Mohmmad Fayez, 36, who lost their lives to Israeli bullets in the Tulkarm […]
Munich, Germany – AFP EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the situation in the Israel-occupied West Bank posed a major obstacle to finding a long-term solution for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. “The West Bank is the real obstacle for the two-state solution,” Borrell said at the Munich Security Co...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Adham family is living in the back of a truck in Rafah as they struggle to survive after Israel destroyed their home in Jabalia. Maryam Al-Adham expressed her family’s difficulty in finding adequate shelter in Rafah due to overcrowded shelters and the high cost of tents, which led them […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Every day, Abu Muhammad Hassan, an elderly Palestinian, goes to collect wood from under the rubble of homes destroyed by the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip. His 7-year-old granddaughter, Maryam, accompanies him on his daily search trip in the northern Gaza Strip to collect wood pieces from doors and windows, [&...
