JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli army spokesman on Saturday said that the political leadership had decided against allowing fuel into the Gaza Strip. In a statement Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army spokesman, claimed: “The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is under control. “We appeal to the residents of the northern Gaza Strip t...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli reserve soldier was killed and three others were injured by an anti-tank missile near the border with Lebanon, Israel’s military said Saturday. A statement said two soldiers were in moderate condition, while a third was slightly wounded near Margaliot in northern Israel. The Lebanese group Hezbollah said Frida...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 352 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, according to the government media office in Gaza. In a statement, Salama Maarouf, the head of the office, said the Israeli attacks in different areas of Gaza have resulted in the […]
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas released two Americans held in Gaza, offering a “sliver of hope” to desperate families, as Israel pounded the densely-populated territory where millions waited for promised aid deliveries on Saturday. The Palestinian resistance group took more than 200 people prisoners when it storme...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered the war-torn and besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, said AFP correspondents on both sides. UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said he was “confident that this delivery will be the start of a sustainable effor...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories — AFP Fadwa al-Najjar said she walked for 10 hours with her family from the north of war-torn Gaza to reach a UN camp for displaced Palestinians, witnessing terrifying scenes along the road. “We left the house at 10:00 am and we got here at 8:00 pm,” said the 38-year-old who […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has said that Israeli bombardment of Gaza “goes beyond the right to self-defense”. “We must all take action to contain developments that may become uncontrollable regionally,” the Egyptian president said during discussions with visiting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, state ...
BERLIN (AA) – Germany has called on its nationals to leave Lebanon amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hezbollah. “We call on German citizens who are currently still in Lebanon, to leave Lebanon. The situation is simply very volatile and we have to expect that the situation will worsen at any time,” deputy Foreign Min...
BAIDOA, Somalia (AA) – People in the Somali capital of Mogadishu took to the streets on Friday to protest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and to show solidarity with Palestinians. Protesters, including religious figures, youth, and women, chanted slogans against Israeli aggression and in support of Palestinian struggle for freedom. Some of t...
Cairo, Egypt – AFP Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Egypt in support of war-torn Gaza on Friday, with large crowds flooding into Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square, an AFP correspondent and Egyptian media said. The correspondent said several thousand packed into Tahrir Square, the epicentre of the 2011 uprising that toppled...
