WASHINGTON (AA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II will visit Washington next week for a meeting with US President Joe Biden, the White House has said. The February 12 meeting comes as regional efforts continue to broker an agreement to halt Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip. The White House said Abdullah and Biden will […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A paramedic was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike as they were evacuating injured Palestinians in Gaza City, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRSC) said. “Israeli forces deliberately targeted the Red Crescent team as they were carrying out a coordinated humanitarian mission to evacuate ...
Tel Aviv, Israel — AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza detainees with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the offer for a conditional cease-fire by Hamas. Blinken met in Tel Aviv with Benny Gantz and Gabi Eisenkot, […...
ANKARA (AA) – Norway has sent $26 million in aid to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), after some countries decided to stop their support in response to Israeli allegations against UNRWA workers of involvement in the October 7 Hamas attacks. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said on X, “Today, Norway tran...
LONDON (AA) – Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned what it calls the “eradication of journalism and the right to information in Gaza by the Israeli army.” “Palestinian journalists killed, wounded, and prevented from working without any possibility of safe refuge,” the Paris-based RSF said in a statement. It called on...
ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s deadly offensive against the Gaza Strip has jumped to 27,840 since Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement said that 67,317 other people have also been injured in the ongoing onslaught. “Israeli attacks left 130 people dead and 170 […]...
Beirut, Lebanon – AFP A senior Lebanon-based official of Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was “genocide”. Netanyahu’s “insistence on continuing the aggression totally confirms that the goal of the aggression on Gaza is geno...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – As Palestinian Tamer Kaskeen managed to return to his neighborhood in Gaza City, it was hard for him to locate the site of his destroyed home due to Israel’s devastating onslaught against the Gaza Strip. When he identified the location of his destroyed home, Kaskeen, 50, drowned in tears over […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 340 Palestinian medics have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since October 7, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila. “Health teams are facing serious violations in Gaza and the West Bank,” Alkaila said during a rally held outside the UN office in the West Bank city […]
ANKARA (AA) – Harvard University is facing a government investigation for possible discrimination following a civil rights complaint filed by Arab and Muslim students, according to media reports. Since the start of Israel’s assault on Gaza last October, more than 60 investigations by the US Department of Education have been launche...
