Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Hamas fired a salvo of rockets at Israel’s commercial hub Tel Aviv for the first time in months, sending people scrambling for shelter. Hamas’s armed wing said it had targeted Tel Aviv “with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist (Israeli) massacres against civilians”...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its invasion of the southern Gaza city. At the same time, renewed international efforts were underway aimed at securing a cease-fire. An Israeli official said the government had ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian group Hamas, said Thursday that it had captured an Israeli military commander during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year. The announcement contradicted previous reports from the Israel army which said he was killed in the attacks that day. In [&hel...
Washington, United States — AFP Israel has taken US concerns into account as it wages an unprecedented military operation in the battered Gaza city of Rafah, which is packed with refugees, a senior United States official has said. “It’s fair to say, I think the Israelis have updated their plans. They’ve incorporated man...
BEIRUT (AA) – Two more Hezbollah fighters were killed by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese pro-Palestine resistance group said. The group identified the slain fighters as Mohamed Ali Butoam and Ali Hassan Soltan, without providing any details about the circumstances of their death. The announcement came shortly after Lebanese me...
LONDON (AA) – More than 100 lawmakers and lords in the UK have urged the government to condemn any threats to the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its prosecutor applied for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. “We urge you to condemn any threats and attempts to undermine the independence and impartialit...
Washington, United States – AFP US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that a Gaza cease-fire deal was still possible but he charged that an International Criminal Court arrest bid for Israeli leaders was setting back efforts. Blinken was opening two days of testimony before Congress that were immediately disrupted by proteste...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutor Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Mini...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden on Monday denounced an application by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Israel’s prime minister and defense minister. Secretary of State Antony Blinken separately warned that efforts to secure a cease-fire in Israel’s war on Gaz...
ISTANBUL (AA) -Leaders from the Arab and Muslim world have extended their condolences to Tehran following the deaths of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian and other top officials in a helicopter crash. “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al-Sudani expressed his deepest condolences to the Iranian government and ...
