BEIRUT (AA) – The Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah says it repelled two attempted incursions by Israeli forces into southern Lebanon, resulting in injuries among Israeli soldiers. In a statement, Hezbollah reported that its fighters targeted advancing Israeli troops with artillery and rocket fire in the Labbouneh area, ultimately forc...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on violence against women and girls denounced on Tuesday the ill-treatment of Palestinian women and children by Israel and warned about the reproductive violence in the Gaza Strip. Reem Alsalem responded to Anadolu’s question during a news conference at UN headquarters in Ne...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s relentless attacks in Gaza have caused ecocide by damaging agricultural lands, water resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity. The term ecocide, used as an abbreviation for ecological destruction, is defined by the European Law Institute as “the destruction and devastation of the environment at any cos...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah has said that it backs political efforts by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to reach a cease-fire with Israel. “We have full confidence in the big brother Berri,” Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem said in a televised speech. He said Hezbollah’s military capabilities are still ...
LONDON (AA) – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has firmly rejected calls to ban arms sales to Israel, despite escalating violence in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and Lebanon. During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Starmer responded with a clear “no” when asked by MP Zarah Sultana if he would halt the [&h...
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks urging Israel to “get smart about Trump” during an appearance on the Hugh Hewitt Show. He claimed that he has done more for Israel and Jewish people than any other leader, expressing frustration over a lack of support from American Jews. His...
Hundreds of “Free Palestine” demonstrators gathered at Low Plaza, Columbia University, commemorating the anniversary of Israel’s war on Gaza. Organized by the groups Columbia University Apartheid Divest and Within Our Lifetime, the protest called for action against Israel. Protesters read aloud the names of Palestinians killed sinc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel has continued to “inflict a tragic, genocidal nightmare” since it launched its war on Gaza on Oct. 7 last year, Congresswoman Cori Bush said Monday. “This past year has been unfathomable, grief-ridden and gruesome, and it is only getting worse by the day,” Bush said in a statement to mark the [&hellip...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Former President Trump on Monday marked the first anniversary of Palestinian group Hamas’ attack against Israel. “We’re here this evening in solemn remembrance of one of the darkest hours in all of human history,” Trump told an event in Miami. He said that the attack “should have rallied th...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East with his Egyptian Foreign Minister Bedr Abdulati. In a phone call, Blinken thanked Abdulati for Egypt’s continued efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement in Gaza that would secure the release of Israelis held in Gaza and for ...
