Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas said Monday that it had freed two more women taken from Israel during the October 7 attacks. The Palestinian group’s military wing said the two elderly women, identified as Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, had been freed for “compelling humanitarian” reasons following mediation by ...
ISTANBUL (AA): Israel is using a “dehumanization” strategy to justify its attacks on civilian areas in Gaza following the surprise attack by Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, according to an Israeli professor of international law and human rights. Neve Gordon, a member of the Faculty of Law at Queen Mary University ...
NEW YORK (AA) – Professor Norman Finkelstein has described the attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza as “a horror of the highest magnitude” and said, “Israel always denies responsibility.” The political scientist spoke to the media about the attack on the hospital and developments in the region since Octo...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas said Monday it had targeted two Israeli military bases with drones. The group’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said two drones were fired at Hatzerim and Tze’elim military bases in southern Israel. No information was provided about casualties. The Israeli army confirmed that it had intercepted two dron...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A third convoy of 20 aid trucks entered the Rafah crossing from Egypt to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, according to a Palestinian spokesman at the terminal. “Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian aid are being allowed into Gaza through the Rafah crossing,” Wael Abu Mohsen told Anadolu. Egypt’s state news [...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing bombardment has climbed to 4,651, including 1,873 children, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Sunday. In a statement, Ashraf Qudra, a ministry spokesman, said that 1,023 women were also among the people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7. [&hell...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Hezbollah on Sunday said that four of its fighters were killed while fighting the Israeli army in southern Lebanon. The death toll of Hezbollah affiliates killed in fighting with the Israeli army since Oct. 7 has risen to 22. Tensions have flared along the Israeli-Lebanese border amid Israeli airstrikes against the...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — The number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7 rose to 91 on Sunday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement, it said that the General Authority for Civil Affairs, the Palestinian Authority’s contact point with the Israeli side, informed it of the death of [&hellip...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Scores of Palestinians were killed in central Gaza on Sunday as Israel stepped up its strikes on the war-torn enclave and another convoy of 17 aid trucks arrived as the Hamas-run territory faces “catastrophic” shortages. With Israel’s bombing remaining unchecked, Iran said the region...
LONDON (AA) — London witnessed another massive demonstration in support of Palestinians’ freedom on Saturday as thousands took to the streets to express their solidarity. Aiming to raise awareness about the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, a sea of demonstrators filled the British capital’s streets throughout the demonstrat...