Palestinian Territories – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Egypt on Tuesday as part of his latest Middle East crisis tour, seeking a new cease-fire and “an enduring end” to Israel’s war on Gaza. Heavy strikes and fighting in Gaza killed at least 99 people overnight, mostly women and children, said the he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – At least 540 Israeli soldiers have been injured by “friendly fire” since Israel expanded its ground operations in the Gaza Strip on October 27, according to the Israeli media. Israeli Channel 12, citing military figures, said that 1,300 soldiers have been wounded since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza, including [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has said that Palestine rejects any Israeli attempt to transfer or replace the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. “Israel is trying to relocate the crossing to another location. We affirm this is a pure Egyptian-Palestinian matter,” S...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The US and the UK have carried out 300 airstrikes in Yemen since last month, according to the Houthi group. “The US is attacking Yemen and it will not escape punishment,” Hussein al-Ezzi, a Houthi official in their Foreign Ministry, told a press conference cited by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah Television. “We […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A food convoy came under Israeli artillery fire in the Gaza Strip on Monday, the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said. “This morning, a food convoy waiting to move into Northern Gaza was hit by Israeli naval gunfire,” UNRWA’s Gaza chief Thomas White said on X. No one was injured […]
ANKARA (AA) – France’s foreign minister on Monday called for a permanent cease-fire in the Middle East. “For four months now, Gazans have been under bombs and living under an almost total siege. They are deprived of minimal aid that would let them cure their wounds, protect themselves from epidemics, and feed themselves. They cannot [&he...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top representative of Hamas in Lebanon said on Monday mediator countries are working on a deal to achieve cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The mediators are working to achieve the agreement, which “must guarantee all what we are asking for,” Osama Hamdan, a member of the Palestinian group’s politburo, tol...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU’s foreign policy chief has warned against de-funding the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), saying it would be “dangerous” and threaten regional stability. Josep Borrell wrote a blog post on the EU’s official website late Sunday, saying that “allegations against UNRWA staff are seriou...
Palestinian Territories – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East for another crisis tour on Monday in a bid to secure a new truce, as southern Gaza saw no let-up in attacks by Israel. On his fifth trip to the region since Hamas’s October 7 attack, Blinken is expected to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 30 Palestinians were killed in the Deir al-Balah region of central Gaza in 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged enclave, local officials said Sunday. The Israeli army carried out air attacks on the homes of civilians in Deir al-Balah and bombed a mosque in the same […]
