ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held phone discussions with his counterparts from Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain and Gambia on halting the violence in Gaza and supporting Palestinian rights. Bin Farhan spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan about the latest developments on the Palestinian issue, ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas, has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen to maintain troops in the Philadelphi Corridor between Egypt and the Gaza Strip rather than getting back Israeli detainees alive. This was mentioned in a video me...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine on Monday said that Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank as part of an elimination and expansion strategy. “Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously, as part of an overall process of elimination, replacement and territorial expansion,” Fra...
WASHINGTON (AA) – US President Joe Biden said on Monday he does not think Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing enough to secure a deal with Hamas. His remarks came in response to a reporter’s question during his arrival at the White House. The US president also said he believed a final deal for […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 11 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City on Sunday, according to a medical source. The attack targeted Safad School in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, the source said, adding that several people were also injured in the attack. The...
Palestinian Territories – AFP A polio vaccination campaign officially began Sunday in the Gaza Strip where the United Nations has announced “humanitarian pauses” to allow for large-scale innoculation, a health official told AFP. The campaign was announced after Gaza recorded its first polio case in a quarter of a century last...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army announced on Sunday that the bodies of six individuals who were taken prisoner on Oct. 7 were found and recovered late Saturday from Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. The army identified them as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi, and Master Sergeant [...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark warning about the potential impact of a military operation in Gaza during the upcoming polio vaccination campaign. In a statement on X, UNRWA said: “We cannot vaccinate children who are fleeing for their lives,” and warned that “any military operations duri...
ANKARA (AA) – The death toll in Gaza has risen to nearly 40,700 as Israeli forces killed 89 more Palestinians over the past two days, the Gaza Health Ministry reported. The relentless Israeli onslaught, ongoing since October 7, 2023, has also left 94,060 others injured, according to the ministry. “Israeli forces killed 89 people and [&he...
Vice President Kamala Harris says she would not alter the Biden administration’s policies on the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands and the war on Gaza. Harris’s comments come during an interview with CNN network — her first interview as this year’s Democratic presidential nominee. She, however, stresses the need to secure a...
