The U.S. has rejected Amnesty International’s report issued this week which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said the U.S. views these allegations as unfounded, despite acknowledging the significance of NGOs in monitoring human rights. Patel emphasized U.S. concerns about the impac...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Lebanese civil defense teams came under fire while looking for people trapped under rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel, local media said. Lebanon’s official National News Agency said Israeli artillery shelling targeted civil defense teams in Naqoura while searching the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area. The teams w...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Egypt has proposed a cessation of fighting in Gaza for 45 to 60 days and opening the Rafah border crossing, Israeli media reported. The proposal also includes a gradual release of Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and an increase in the number of aid trucks into Gaza to some [&hellip...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has verbally attacked a report by human rights group Amnesty International accusing Tel Aviv of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The UK-based organization said that it has found “sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians have been killed and eight others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip, a medical source said. Israeli fighter jets hit a house next to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia, leaving seven people dead and five others injured, […]
GENEVA (AA) — Qatar’s prime minister said Wednesday that US President-elect Donald Trump wants a cease-fire in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20. In an interview with Sky News, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani confirmed that Trump had clearly stated his intention to see Israel’s war on Gaza resolved before his swe...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 22 people, including four children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, medical sources said. Witnesses said a drone shelled a group of civilians in Block C in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Five people lost their lives in the attack, including four children, […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – Israel is constructing military bases in the central Gaza Strip, The New York Times reported citing satellite imagery and video analysis. Israeli forces have demolished more than 600 buildings in recent months to create a buffer zone. The report said troops have established a network of fortified outposts featuring comm...
WASHINGTON (AA) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday threatened that there would be severe consequences if Israelis held in Gaza were not freed by January 20. “Everybody is talking about the hostages who are being held so violently, inhumanely, and against the will of the entire World, in the Middle East – But it’s all [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has called for the formation of an international committee to investigate Israel’s use of banned weapons in northern Gaza. In a statement on Telegram, Hamas said: “The horrific testimonies provided by citizens and doctors in northern Gaza following the airstrikes and mass...
