Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army announced plans to evacuate the northern city of Kiryat Shmona on Friday, after days of clashes with Hezbollah fighters along the border with Lebanon. “A short while ago, the Northern Command informed the mayor of the city of the decision,” the military said in a statement. Lebanon&...
Rafah, Egypt – AFP Aid trucks waiting to cross from Egypt into Gaza are “a lifeline” which need to move into the war-torn Palestinian enclave as soon as possible, the UN chief said Friday. “These trucks are not just trucks, they are a lifeline. They are the difference between life and death for so many […]
ANKARA (AA) – Malaysian veteran politician and former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called out US President Joe Biden for his comments about the bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza, dubbing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Pentagon as liars. Biden said on Wednesday that the hospital blast, which killed hund...
Palestinian Territories — AFP At least 3,785 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Israel began bombarding the coastal enclave, the Palestinian health ministry said on Thursday. Some 1,524 children and 1,000 women are among those killed in the relentless Israeli air strikes, the ministry said, adding another 12,493 people have ...
BERLIN (AA) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned Iran and Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization against intervening in Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Scholz told the German parliament in Berlin that a spillover of the conflict “would be devastating for the entire region and that is why it is now important that we do everything we [&h...
– RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Amid continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces have rounded up 120 Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, a local nongovernmental organization reported on Thursday. “Former parliamentarians and Hamas leaders were among the detainees,” Amani Sarahneh, a spokeswoman for the P...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Nine Palestinians, including two teenagers, were shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. A ministry statement said a 16-year-old Palestinian was shot in the head in Tulkarm, while a 32-year-old man was shot in the chest in the town of Budrus west of […]
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories – AFP The first woman elected to Hamas’s political leadership has been killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip, the group said Thursday. Jamila Al-Shantee, 64, was killed Wednesday evening in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, Hamas said. She became the first woman to be elected to the movement̵...
Palestinian Territories-AFP US President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled a deal to allow desperately-needed humanitarian aid to enter war-torn Gaza, where one million people have fled their homes amid withering Israeli air strikes. After face-to-face talks in Israel and intense telephone diplomacy with Egypt, Biden said a limited number of tru...
Strasbourg, France – – AFP EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has said that there is “no excuse for hitting a hospital full of civilians” in Gaza, but did not apportion blame for the blast. The European Commission president told EU lawmakers the “facts need to be established” on the the Gaza hospital strike. Isra...
