JERUSALEM (AA) – Half of Israelis oppose a proposed deal with Hamas to secure the release of 35 Israelis in return for a 45-day cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, a new survey has found. The survey, conducted by Israeli Channel 12, showed that 35% of Israelis support such a deal with Hamas, while 15% did […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli army has pulled out its 5th reservist brigade from the Gaza Strip, according to the Israeli media. The Israeli public broadcaster KAN said the 5th reservist brigade had fought in the northern Gaza Strip and had seized the territory’s coastal area from Hamas fighters. According to the broadcaster, one reservist [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has voiced support for the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, or UNRWA, amid that agency’s funding crisis. The crisis was sparked by allegations that some of its employees in the Gaza Strip took part in the October 7 cross-border attack on Israel. “UNRWA is the backbone...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Three more Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting with Palestinian groups across the Gaza Strip, Israel’s army announced on Wednesday. In a statement cited by the Times of Israel news website, the Israeli army said two other soldiers were seriously wounded in southern Gaza. A total of 223 Israeli soldiers [&hellip...
Sanaa, Yemen – AFP Yemen’s Houthis fired “several” missiles at a US warship in the Red Sea, they said on Wednesday, hours after the US military reported shooting down a missile. “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces, with the help of God Almighty, fired several… naval missiles at the American destroye...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army arrested a number of workers at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees or UNRWA while they were moving to Rafah in southern Gaza, a witness told Anadolu on Wednesday. Speaking to Anadolu reporter, a Palestinian woman, Fatema Abou Jou’eid, said the UNRWA workers were arrested on Monday [&...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel’s army has begun flooding Hamas’s network of tunnels, with the UN warning of the potential “collapse of the humanitarian system” in the territory after a funding row hit its Palestinian aid agency. The epicentre of the fighting in recent weeks has been Khan Yunis, southern Gaza...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip are grinding animal feed to make bread due to the prolonged scarcity of wheat flour amid Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid. Awatif al-Besyuni, who has been affected by Israel’s attacks, told the media that residents have been forced to grind broken wheat ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel on Tuesday accused the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, of letting Hamas use its infrastructure in the Gaza Strip for military activity. “UNRWA is a front for Hamas. It has been fundamentally compromised in three main ways: hiring terrorists on a massive scale, letting its infrastructure ...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The World Health Organization has said that the row over funding for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency was distracting from the humanitarian disaster in Gaza. It urged governments to keep backing UNRWA, which has seen several key donors suspend funding over Israel’s accusations that several...
