RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A comprehensive strike in the occupied West Bank in protest against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip paralyzed all aspects of life in the occupied territory on Monday. Transportation was disrupted in all provinces of the West Bank, while institutions, banks, schools, ministries, and shops shut their doors, and local st...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Israeli army attacked the southern city of Rafah and the Nuseirat refugee camp in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing 11 civilians and wounding dozens of others. Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah. Six Palestinians were killed, most of them children, and many others [&h...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, announced Sunday that it had killed 40 Israeli soldiers and destroyed 44 military vehicles in the last two days. “During the last 48 hours, the Al-Qassam Mujahideen managed to completely or partially destroy 44 military vehicles on all fronts of...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has no plans to evacuate the residents of the Gaza Strip towards the Egyptian border, the state media claimed on Sunday. “The relationship between Israel and Egypt is strategic and important, and the two countries are cooperating to prevent masses of Palestinians in Gaza from storming the border into Sinai,” an [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces have taken hostage 142 Palestinian women and children during their ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, including nursing infants and the elderly, two social welfare organizations have announced. The information was disclosed in a joint statement issued by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that it is “unacceptable” for Israel to use the events of October 7 as a pretext for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Addressing the 21st Doha Forum in Qatar, he called for an international observation mission for the Gaza Strip. He suggested that [&helli...
ANKARA (AA) – Popular US Senator Bernie Sanders has said that it would be “irresponsible” for the US to provide an additional $10 billion in military aid to Israel to sustain its “war against Hamas”. Sanders made the remarks while appearing on the CBS News program Face the Nation, according to The Hill news outlet. […]...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has reiterated its commitment to the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians at the hand of Israel. In a statement marking the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, has announced that several members of an Israeli special force were killed and injured when a house in which they were positioned in eastern Gaza City was blown up. In a statement, the brigades said: “We demolished a house […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Lebanon has announced the closure of all government offices and institutions nationwide on Monday in solidarity with Gaza and the southern Lebanese villages affected by Israeli attacks. In an official statement, the secretary-general of Lebanon’s Council of Ministers, Mahmoud Mekkiya, announced that Prime Minister ...