JERUSALEM (AA) – The Israeli government on Tuesday announced it gave green light to call up around 360,000 of the army’s reservists amid fighting with Palestinian groups in Gaza. According to the Ynet news website, the Israeli army dispatched air force jets to collect reservists from Europe to join the army. Meanwhile in another st...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Thousands marched in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid the Israeli attacks on Gaza. Carrying Palestinian flags and wearing headbands engraved with the slogan “Labbaik ya Gaza,” (We are here, Gaza), marchers, including women and children, chan...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip, depriving civilians of goods essential for survival, is banned under international law, the United Nations human rights chief has said. Volker Turk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, said people’s dignity and lives had to be respected as he called for ...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The World Health Organization has called for a humanitarian corridor to be established into and out of the Gaza Strip, which has been placed under total siege by Israel. Israel has cut off the water supply, food, electricity and other essential supplies as it bombed targets in the crowded Palestinian [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israeli attacks have destroyed seven mosques in the Gaza Strip since Saturday. Israeli warplanes attacked the Al Abbas Mosque in central Gaza with many rockets. The attacks have now led to the destruction of seven mosques. Israel had previously hit the al-Susi, Al-Yarmouk, Al-Amin Muhammad, Ahmed Yassin, Al-Habib Mo...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced Tuesday that 123 soldiers have died since fighting broke out with Hamas over the weekend. The Times of Israel website reported that the Israeli army released the names of another 38 soldiers killed in the fighting over the past three days, bringing the overall toll to 123. Meanwhile, […]
LONDON (AA) – The European Union’s assistance to Palestine will continue without suspension, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday. The announcement came in response to concerns that any suspension of payments would adversely affect the Palestinian population and potentially encourage terrorist activities in the region. ̶...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza has risen to 900, as the war entered its fifth day. Israeli warplanes continued to launch airstrikes on targets in various parts of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza-based resistance group Hamas launched Operation Al-Aqsa Flood against Israel early Saturday, firing a barr...
LONDON (AA) – Hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in London on Monday, triggering a tense standoff between demonstrators and law enforcement officers. The rally was organized by Friends of Al-Aqsa, the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Muslim A...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Israel pounded Hamas targets in Gaza Tuesday and claimed the bodies of 1,500 fighters were found in southern towns recaptured by the army in gruelling battles near the Palestinian enclave. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Israel’s military campaign following Saturday’s surprise mass onsl...
