Palestinian Territories – AFP At least 12 people were killed in Israeli strikes on the central city of Deir al-Balah on Sunday, according to the health ministry in Gaza. Witnesses also reported Israeli air and artillery strikes on the southern municipality of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Yunis, the Gaza Strip’s second city. Meanwhile...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel carried out fresh strikes on Gaza Sunday as its leaders came under growing pressure to secure the release of prisoners held by Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced protests on Saturday by relatives of hostages who called for an urgent deal to secure their freedom after the army admitted mis...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Palestine (AA) – Families have turned to burying the bodies of their relatives killed in Israeli airstrikes in makeshift mass graves scattered throughout the Gaza Strip. The burials in makeshift graves are due to the difficulty of reaching cemeteries because of the continual bombardment. Palestinians interviewed by the med...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hen Avigdori, whose daughter and wife were released in a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas, has said that in the midst of the ongoing attacks on Gaza, it was not possible to save Israeli detainees in Palestine. He requested that the Israeli premier stop attacks against Gaza, according to media reports. […]
BEIRUT (AA) – Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib has urged a “comprehensive package” to implement UN Resolution 1701, including Israel’s withdrawal from occupied areas in Lebanon and the cessation of ground, maritime and aerial violations, according to the Lebanese Foreign Ministry. Habib emphasized that there can be “no comprehensive p...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has arrested 16 more people, including a cancer patient woman, bringing the total number of Palestinian detainees in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem to 4,520 since October 7, a Palestinian prisoners’ affairs group said. The Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement issued on Saturday that ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Friday Gaza was an “integral part” of the Palestinian state. During talks with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who visited Abbas’s West Bank headquarters, “the president underscored that separation or any attempt to isolate any part ...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel approved a “temporary measure” allowing aid to be delivered directly to Gaza through its Kerem Shalom border crossing, the prime minister’s office said on Friday, after weeks of pressure. Before Friday’s reopening, all aid entering the Palestinian territory had to pass through the...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army said its troops shot and killed three people held by Hamas on Friday after erroneously believing they posed a danger. During combat in the Gaza city neighbourhood of Shejaiya, troops “mistakenly identified three Israeli hostages as a threat. As a result, the troops fired toward them and t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces have arrested another seven Palestinians from the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem. A joint force of Israeli police and the border police arrested seven Palestinians from Wadi al-Joz for “throwing rocks at Israeli forces”. Eyewitnesses, however, reported that the Israeli police...
