United Nations, NEW YORK – AFP The United Nations has launched a $1.2 billion aid appeal to help Gaza and West Bank residents devastated by Israel attacks. It had previously appealed for $294 million. “The situation has grown increasingly desperate since then,” said Jens Laerke, OCHA spokesperson. The updated flash appeal wil...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The US has been flying drones over the Gaza Strip in search of captives held by Hamas, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority said on Friday. The authority did not provide further details, but Israeli Channel 12 reported that the US Army has been flying unarmed MQ-9 Reaper drones in the skies of the […]
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army on Friday announced that four more Israeli soldiers had been killed in overnight fighting in Gaza with Palestinian fighters. According to Haaretz daily, the Israeli army death toll since the start of the military ground operation in Gaza on Tuesday has risen so far to 23 army personnel. Palestinian [&hellip...
ISTANBUL (AA) – There are voices within Israel critical of the actions taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government in response to the Hamas’ October 7 attack. Daniel Levy, a former senior adviser during ex-Premier Ehud Barak’s government, says it is “important to call out lies … (that) are justifying the mass killing [&...
ANKARA (AA) – Australia has urged Israel to stop the killing of civilians and warned that Tel Aviv faces “grave risks” if the conflict in Gaza spreads. Speaking to reporters in Adelaide on Thursday, the South Australia capital, Foreign Minister Penny Wong reiterated her country’s call for humanitarian pauses in Gaza. “We want humanitaria...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – Hamas’ armed wing said on Thursday that it had targeted two Israeli vehicles in the northwestern Gaza Strip. The brigades said on Telegram that they targeted two Israeli vehicles in northwestern Gaza with Yasin 105 shells. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli side on the claim. On Wednesday, the [&...
BEIRUT (AA) – Hezbollah said on Thursday another member has been killed in clashes with Israeli forces on border. The group, however, did not provide details about the circumstances leading to the death of its member. Tension has flared along the border between Israel and Lebanon, with exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Hezboll...
Israel-Hamas war: Day 27 Rocket Attacks and Israeli Response: Hamas rockets launched from Lebanon wounded at least two in Kiryat Shmona; footage showed damage with cars and shops on fire. Deployment of two drones by Hezbollah against an Israeli military position. Heavy clashes reported between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in Gaza. I...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP A group of dual nationals left Gaza for Egypt on Thursday through Rafah, a border official said, a day after the crossing point reopened for foreign passport holders and wounded Palestinians. Wael Abu Mohsen, spokesman for the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, said in a statement that “100...
İSTANBUL (AA) – The commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said Wednesday that the situation in Gaza is “unprecedented” as he made his first visit to the Palestinian enclave since the start of Israel’s war against Hamas. “This is the first time ...
