JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel shut the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid on Sunday following rocket fire from the besieged enclave. At least 10 Israelis were injured when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at a military site near the illegal settlement of Kerem Shalom, according to the Walla news […]
ANKARA (AA) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday condemned the closure of campus entrances at top universities by students protesting against Israeli attacks on Gaza. In an interview with La Tribune Dimanche and La Provence dailies, Macron condemned “with the utmost firmness” the blockades at universities. He said he was in favor...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of undermining efforts to reach a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip. “Hamas is still keen on reaching an agreement that ends the aggression, guarantees Israeli troop withdrawal, and achieves a serious prisoner exchange deal,” Hani...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel killed five Palestinians in a building during a 12-hour siege in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. An AFP photographer saw a heavy military deployment in the village of Deir al-Ghusun, near the northern town of Tulkarem. Israeli soldiers deployed a bulldozer to flatten a building and carri...
PARIS (AA) – A Palestinian-British surgeon who served as a doctor soon after Israel began its current war on Gaza was prevented from entering France due to a ban on his entry to Europe imposed by Germany. At Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport, Ghassan Abu-Sitta wrote on X: “They are preventing me from entering France. […]
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The availability of food in the Gaza Strip has very slightly improved, though the risk of famine in the besieged territory remains, the World Health Organization has said. “The food situation has a little bit improved. There’s a bit more food,” Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative in the Pale...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Displaced from her hometown in Beit Lahia to a makeshift tent in the heart of Gaza, Palestinian girl Camelia Abu Khader finds herself amidst the grim realities of war — hungry, unsafe, and surrounded by the shroud of death. In the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, […]
ANKARA (AA) – Saudi Arabia has renewed its call for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli onslaught in the besieged enclave. “The issue of Palestine remains a priority for the Islamic Ummah (Muslim community), reflecting the voice of the Islamic community in support of the brotherly people of Palestine to [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – The 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has started in the Gambian capital Banjul. World leaders from the 57 member countries of the OIC and beyond are expected to attend, said the OIC in a statement ahead of the summit. It added that the summit aims to strengthen unity […]
Dayr Jarīr, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank say armed Jewish settlers are increasingly seizing their lands by bringing livestock to so-called shepherding outposts and refusing to leave. One settler arrived recently near sunset on a hilltop near the village of Deir Jarir, wearing a black shirt ...
